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|[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=38&long=-121&zoom=9&abs=-1 Sacramento]
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|{{Today's location|lat=38|lon=-121|text=Sacramento}}
|[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=38&long=-120&zoom=9&abs=-1 Placerville]
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|[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=37&long=-120&zoom=9&abs=-1 Merced]
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|[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=39&long=-121&zoom=9&abs=-1 Chico]
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|{{Today's location|lat=39|lon=-121|text=Chico}}
|[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=38&long=-119&zoom=9&abs=-1 South Lake Tahoe]
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<b>[[2013-05-14 38 -121]]</b>[[http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/38,-121]] in a wheat field off of highway 205 in Tracy, CA.<blockquote>
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<b>[[2013-05-14 38 -121]]</b>[[[38,-121]]] in a wheat field off of highway 205 in Tracy, CA.<blockquote>
 
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<b>[[2013-10-12 38 -121]]</b>[[http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/38,-121]] - Hash was on private property in a hay field, down a steep embankment in the dark. There was nowhere to park, and I didn't dare get out of my car.  
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<b>[[2013-10-12 38 -121]]</b>[[[38,-121]]] - Hash was on private property in a hay field, down a steep embankment in the dark. There was nowhere to park, and I didn't dare get out of my car.  
  
 
<b>[[2014-01-04 38 -120]]</b>[[[38,-120]]] - Hash on private property. Turned back by no trespassing sign and serious gates.<blockquote>
 
<b>[[2014-01-04 38 -120]]</b>[[[38,-120]]] - Hash on private property. Turned back by no trespassing sign and serious gates.<blockquote>
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[[Image:2013-11-09 38 -121 Sign and Trusty Steed.JPG|right|150px]]
 
[[Image:2013-11-09 38 -121 Sign and Trusty Steed.JPG|right|150px]]
  
<b>[[2013-02-23 38 -121]]</b> [[http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/38,-121]] This one looks like I can get to it, and it's on (relatively) public property! Probably try for morning, instead of 4pm, though. - <del>Got within feet, but couldn't get the GPS to cooperate. Also, there was a fence.</del> Still fun and interesting! - I'm switching this to Succeeded, due to the fact that my margin of error was about 4 feet, and I'm sure that the hash was right there on the other side of the fence, or maybe I was standing on it. Either way, I was there, it was there, and I was really, really close.
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<b>[[2013-02-23 38 -121]]</b> [[[38,-121]]] This one looks like I can get to it, and it's on (relatively) public property! Probably try for morning, instead of 4pm, though. - <del>Got within feet, but couldn't get the GPS to cooperate. Also, there was a fence.</del> Still fun and interesting! - I'm switching this to Succeeded, due to the fact that my margin of error was about 4 feet, and I'm sure that the hash was right there on the other side of the fence, or maybe I was standing on it. Either way, I was there, it was there, and I was really, really close.
  
<b>[[2013-04-21 38 -121]]</b> [[http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/38,-121]]
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<b>[[2013-04-21 38 -121]]</b> [[[38,-121]]]
 
I was out in Rancho Cordova anyway and saw that this hash was about 9 miles away. It was a really pretty, quiet spot at the back of a parking lot.
 
I was out in Rancho Cordova anyway and saw that this hash was about 9 miles away. It was a really pretty, quiet spot at the back of a parking lot.
  
<b>[[2013-09-27 38 -121]]</b>[[http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/38,-121]] Residential street in Lodi, CA.
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<b>[[2013-09-27 38 -121]]</b>[[[38,-121]]] Residential street in Lodi, CA.
  
<b>[[2013-11-09 38 -121]]</b>[[http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/38,-121]] Posh ranchette neighborhood off of highway 12.
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<b>[[2013-11-09 38 -121]]</b>[[[38,-121]]] Posh ranchette neighborhood off of highway 12.
  
 
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Foiled by my bronchitis-ridden husband.
 
Foiled by my bronchitis-ridden husband.
  
<b>[[2012-11-01 37 -120]]</b>[[http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Merced,_California]] This one was in a dairy effluent pit. Didn't go near it.
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<b>[[2012-11-01 37 -120]]</b>[[[Merced, California]]] This one was in a dairy effluent pit. Didn't go near it.

Latest revision as of 21:54, 16 January 2022

About Lucky

Lucky is an insurance agent, Burner, and sometime land pirate with very little math or web editing know-how. They simply like the idea of a random adventure generator. Lucky works in one graticule, lives in another, and is close to four others. When they find a hash they can get to, on a day that they have time, they do it. Unfortunately, it does not appear that there are many active geohashers nearby. As a side note, Lucky usually edits the wiki from an iPhone, which can get pretty tricky. Their skeptical SO is sometimes in the car when Lucky wanders off to a hash.

Graticules

37,-120, 37,-121, 38,-119, 38,-120, 38,-121, 39,-121,

Maps of today's locations in nearby graticules
San Jose Sacramento Placerville
Merced Chico South Lake Tahoe

Equipment

iPhone with geohashing apps.

Planning

Attempted

2012-12-19 38 -120 [[[38,-120]]] - Dark road with nowhere to pull over. Lots of cars zooming by. Got pretty close, but couldn't get out of the car.

2013-03-02 38 -120 [[[38,-120]]] - This hash was on East Bay Municipal Utility District property. No trespassing signs all over the place.

Notrespassing.gif
Lucky91xj earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost (1.18 miles) reaching the (38, -120) geohash on 2013-03-02.
2013-03-02 38 -120 no pass.jpg

2013-04-25 38 -120[[[38,-120]]] - A private property hash in an unfriendly neighborhood with a beautiful view. Sadly, unsuccessful.

Notrespassing.gif
Lucky91xj earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost (390.1 ft) reaching the (38, -120) geohash on 2013-04-25.
2013 04 25 38 -120 specific.jpg

2013-05-14 38 -121[[[38,-121]]] in a wheat field off of highway 205 in Tracy, CA.

Notrespassing.gif
Lucky91xj earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost (468.2 ft) reaching the (38, -121) geohash on 2013-05-14.

2013-10-12 38 -121[[[38,-121]]] - Hash was on private property in a hay field, down a steep embankment in the dark. There was nowhere to park, and I didn't dare get out of my car.

2014-01-04 38 -120[[[38,-120]]] - Hash on private property. Turned back by no trespassing sign and serious gates.

Notrespassing.gif
Lucky91xj (talk) earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost (1795 ft) reaching the (38, -120) geohash on 2014-01-04.

Succeeded

2013-11-09 38 -121 Sign and Trusty Steed.JPG

2013-02-23 38 -121 [[[38,-121]]] This one looks like I can get to it, and it's on (relatively) public property! Probably try for morning, instead of 4pm, though. - Got within feet, but couldn't get the GPS to cooperate. Also, there was a fence. Still fun and interesting! - I'm switching this to Succeeded, due to the fact that my margin of error was about 4 feet, and I'm sure that the hash was right there on the other side of the fence, or maybe I was standing on it. Either way, I was there, it was there, and I was really, really close.

2013-04-21 38 -121 [[[38,-121]]] I was out in Rancho Cordova anyway and saw that this hash was about 9 miles away. It was a really pretty, quiet spot at the back of a parking lot.

2013-09-27 38 -121[[[38,-121]]] Residential street in Lodi, CA.

2013-11-09 38 -121[[[38,-121]]] Posh ranchette neighborhood off of highway 12.

Not Attempted

2014-02-26 38 -120 [[[38,-120]]] - By the time I made it out of Lodi, it was rainy and windy, and, frankly, scary as hell out there. I chose to drive home directly, rather than test my luck trying to get onto a private property hash.

2014-01-09 37 -121[[[37,-121]]] Reasonably accessible, had I not been exceedingly tired. Home was in the opposite direction, so I did not visit this hash.

2013-10-08 37 -121 [[[37,-121]]] In my old neighborhood. I had a bike stripped and mostly stolen less than a block from here.

2013-09-09 38 -120 [[[38,-120]]] Foiled by my bronchitis-ridden husband.

2012-11-01 37 -120[[[Merced, California]]] This one was in a dairy effluent pit. Didn't go near it.