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==About==
 
==About==
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.759663N%2C%2071.825383W 42.759663N, 71.825383W]
 
[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.759663N%2C%2071.825383W 42.759663N, 71.825383W]
  
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This hash is located between Greenville, NH and New Ipswich, NH in the [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] graticle across the Souhegan River from Rte 123.  
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This hash is located in New Ipswich, NH near the Greenville border in the [[Boston, Massachusetts]] graticule across the Souhegan River from Rte 123.
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{{land geohash
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| latitude = 42
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| longitude = -71
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| date = 2008-06-06
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| image = Snap-C473188F.png
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| name = [[User:Ahecht|AHecht]]
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{{one with nature
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| latitude = 42
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| longitude = -71
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| date = 2008-06-06
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| image = Downedtree.jpg
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| name = [[User:Ahecht|AHecht]]
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}}
  
 
==Expeditions==
 
==Expeditions==
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===[[User:Ahecht|AHecht]] 1:15pm EDT===
 
===[[User:Ahecht|AHecht]] 1:15pm EDT===
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I didn't find out the coordinated until I was already at work, so I had to make due with what I had with me. I didn't have a camera or separate GPS, so I had to use my phone as a camera and GPS unit (using a bluetooth GPS radio). I put on my emergency rain pants and waterproof boots from my car and headed out. The easiest access to the cache was through a backyard that was nicely mowed all the way to the river. However, not wanting to tresspass, I bushwacked my way down to the banks of the Souhegan.
 
  
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<gallery caption="Sneaking About" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
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See story in gallery below.
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Image:Rivercrossing.jpg|The driveway from which the hash was accessible.
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Image:2008-06-05-42-71-02.jpg|The rather impressive house associated with the hash location. We knocked on the door to ask for permission to poke about, but nobody was home.
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Image:2008-06-05-42-71-03.jpg|We decided to take a quick look around anyway. Soon enough, we reached the hash. This is the satellite photo of the hash, at the hash; stunning resemblance, no?
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<gallery caption="GeoSquishing" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
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Image:2008-06-05-42-71-04.jpg|The large field (lawn?) we crossed to reach the hash.
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Image:GMaps.Geohash.06-06-2008.Boston.jpg|These coordinates are 15 minutes from my office. I didn't find out the coordinates until I was already at work, so I had to make do with what I had with me. I didn't have a camera or separate GPS, so I had to use my phone as a camera and GPS unit (using a bluetooth GPS radio). I put on my emergency rain pants and waterproof boots from my car and headed out. The easiest access to the hashpoint was through a backyard that was nicely mowed all the way to the river. However, not wanting to trespass, I bushwacked my way down to the banks of the Souhegan.
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Image:2008-06-05-42-71-05.jpg|Ben at the hash.
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Image:2008-06-05-42-71-06.jpg|Grace at the hash.
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Image:Rivercrossing.jpg|After getting to the river, this is what I was faced with. I was able to get half-way across without any trouble, but the water was too deep to get across the second half dry. After walking up and down the shore, trying to find a better crossing, I decided to go for it and wade in. My waterproof boots quickly became filled with water, and of course the water wouldn't drain out.
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Image:2008-06-05-42-71-07.jpg|There was also a pond nearby, presumably constructed by the local denizens. It looked more like a visual accoutrement than a place one would actually swim in.
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Image:Downedtree.jpg|There was a downed tree crossing the river, but it looked too precarious for me to risk, especially with my GPS and phone in my pockets.
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Image:Geohash.06-06-2008.Boston.jpg|The geohash itself was in this nice little clearing.
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Image:AHechtAt06062008Geohash.jpg|Here I am at the hash. It was just me and the mosquitoes.
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Image:Marker.jpg|I had made up a stone before leaving work with the coordinates and date on it that I could leave as a marker. Yes, I know, I got the URL wrong.
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Image:Markerontree.jpg|Here is the marker placed at the base of the tree closest to the coordinates.
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Image:Pathback.jpg|Finally, here is the back back to the river from the geohash. Just think *squish* *squish* *squish* and you'll have a pretty good idea of what the walk back was like. After getting back the car and changing shoes, I went to the nearby Panda Wok restaurant and got pretty good chinese food for lunch.
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Image:Snap-C473188F.png|Here is the proof I reached the spot: a screenshot from the CotoGPS program running on my Palm Centro.
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 2 April 2024

Fri 6 Jun 2008 in 42,-71:
42.7596630, -71.8253824
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About

42.759663N, 71.825383W


This hash is located in New Ipswich, NH near the Greenville border in the Boston, Massachusetts graticule across the Souhegan River from Rte 123.


Landgeohash.png
 AHecht earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (42, -71) geohash on 2008-06-06.
Snap-C473188F.png
OWN Ribbon.jpg
 AHecht earned the One with Nature Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (42, -71) geohash on 2008-06-06.
Downedtree.jpg

Expeditions

AHecht 1:15pm EDT

See story in gallery below.


  • GeoSquishing

  • These coordinates are 15 minutes from my office. I didn't find out the coordinates until I was already at work, so I had to make do with what I had with me. I didn't have a camera or separate GPS, so I had to use my phone as a camera and GPS unit (using a bluetooth GPS radio). I put on my emergency rain pants and waterproof boots from my car and headed out. The easiest access to the hashpoint was through a backyard that was nicely mowed all the way to the river. However, not wanting to trespass, I bushwacked my way down to the banks of the Souhegan.

  • After getting to the river, this is what I was faced with. I was able to get half-way across without any trouble, but the water was too deep to get across the second half dry. After walking up and down the shore, trying to find a better crossing, I decided to go for it and wade in. My waterproof boots quickly became filled with water, and of course the water wouldn't drain out.

  • There was a downed tree crossing the river, but it looked too precarious for me to risk, especially with my GPS and phone in my pockets.

  • The geohash itself was in this nice little clearing.

  • Here I am at the hash. It was just me and the mosquitoes.

  • I had made up a stone before leaving work with the coordinates and date on it that I could leave as a marker. Yes, I know, I got the URL wrong.

  • Here is the marker placed at the base of the tree closest to the coordinates.

  • Finally, here is the back back to the river from the geohash. Just think *squish* *squish* *squish* and you'll have a pretty good idea of what the walk back was like. After getting back the car and changing shoes, I went to the nearby Panda Wok restaurant and got pretty good chinese food for lunch.

  • Here is the proof I reached the spot: a screenshot from the CotoGPS program running on my Palm Centro.

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