2019-09-06 38 -77

Fri 6 Sep 2019 in 38,-77: 38.8833510, -77.0291078 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a parking garage near the FCC and Department of Agriculture in Southwest DC.

Participants

• Ipswichb

Expedition

NOTE: This hash was completed two or three days before the wiki went completely down. I didn't have a chance to log the hashpoint before it went down. Now that the Wiki is running again, I'm writing my hash report a few months late.

At the time, I was living on Capitol Hill, so when I realized how close the point was to my home address, I knew I couldn't go without trying to get it. After work that day, I took the Metro to the nearby Smithsonian station and took a short walk to the hashpoint. At the time, I had assumed the only way I would be able to reach the point was to enter the buildings and try to make it into the courtyard inside. I thought this would be unlikely, but worth a shot.

However, when I got there, I noticed a lucky parking garage! I walked inside, and sure enough, the parking garage went beneath the entire building. Satellite reception was very spotty in the garage, so I couldn't pinpoint the exact place. Nevertheless, I walked all over the possible places it could have been, so I'm sure at some point I walked over the exact place. I was able to get a screenshot as well, which is below. This also qualified me for the Underground Geohashing achievement - which is an unusual one for sure!

From there, I left and went off to meet my friends at a bar and had a great Friday night in DC!

Photos

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  The "view" from the hashpoint inside the parking garage.

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  Proof

Ribbons

Ipswichb earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (38, -77) geohash on 2019-09-06 via the DC Metro System.

Ipswichb earned the Going deep geohash achievement by reaching the (38, -77) geohash on 2019-09-06.

Ipswichb earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 24 hashpoints on 2019-09-06 38 -77 and is promoted to Level 4 (Coordinates reached).

Ipswichb earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by Jevanyn to geohash in Washington going to the (38, -77) geohash on 2019-09-06.

Ipswichb earned the Dark Ages achievement by going on an expedition to the (38, -77) geohash on 2019-09-06.