Difference between revisions of "2023-04-08 55 -3"

Latest revision as of 20:58, 24 May 2024

Location

Buckstone Gate, Edinburgh, UK

Participants

Plans

Saturday 16:00?

Running a 10km tron circle, slowly, after 3 days straight of touristing around Edinburgh. Climb Buckstone Snab on the way back and maybe Galach Law on the way there.

Expedition

Fields at Mortonhall, in the south of Edinburgh
Still on the right path...
Is this the Galach Law peak?
The "view" from Galach Law. It's very close to street level.
The Buckstone neighborhood
This orange thing, directly at the hash. What does it mean?
Selfie on the way out.
The Buckstane
View from Braid Hills of other Edinburgh hills: Castle, Blackford Hill, Arthur's Seat.

Tracklog

Geohash droid
Geohash droid
Garmin trace: tron success

Photos

Achievements

jsk earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2023-04-08.

jsk earned the Walk geohash Achievement

by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2023-04-08 on foot, travelling a distance of 10.5 km.

jsk earned the Tron achievement

by reaching and returning from the (55, -3) geohash without crossing their own tracks on 2023-04-08.

jsk achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Challenge

jsk issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement

by geohashing in a place named Edinburgh from the (55, -3) geohash on 2023-04-08.

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 And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
 -->{{meetup graticule
-| lat={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |1}}
+| lat=55
-| lon={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |2}}
+| lon=-3
-| date={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |0}}
+| date=2023-04-08
 }}<!-- edit as necessary -->
 == Location ==
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 == Plans ==
 <!-- what were the original plans -->
-Saturday 14:00?
+Saturday 16:00?
+Running a 10km tron circle, slowly, after 3 days straight of touristing around Edinburgh.  Climb Buckstone Snab on the way back and maybe Galach Law on the way there.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+<gallery>
+File:buckstone1.jpg | Fields at Mortonhall, in the south of Edinburgh
+File:buckstone6.jpg | Still on the right path...
+File:galachlaw1.jpg | Is this the Galach Law peak?
+File:galachlaw2.jpg | The "view" from Galach Law.  It's very close to street level.
+File:buckstone2.jpg | The Buckstone neighborhood
+File:buckstone5.jpg | This orange thing, directly at the hash.  What does it mean?
+File:buckstone3.jpg | Selfie on the way out.
+File:buckstane.jpg | The Buckstane
+File:buckstone4.jpg | View from Braid Hills of other Edinburgh hills: Castle, Blackford Hill, Arthur's Seat.
+</gallery>
 == Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may use Template:Tracklog, post a link here, or both -->
+<gallery>
+File:8-4-23_Geohash_Droid-1.png|Geohash droid
+File:8-4-23_Geohash_Droid-2.png|Geohash droid
+File:8-4-23_GarminConnect.png|Garmin trace: tron success
+</gallery>
 == Photos ==
@@ Line 35: / Line 51: @@
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
-__NOTOC__
+    | latitude = 55
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+    | longitude = -3
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
+    | date = 2023-04-08
-[[Category:New report]]
+    | name = jsk
-<!-- ==REQUEST FOR TWITTER BOT== Please leave either the New report or the Expedition planning category in as long as you work on it. This helps the twitter bot a lot with announcing the right outcome at the right moment. -->
+}}
+{{Walk geohash
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+    | latitude = 55
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
+    | longitude = -3
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+    | date = 2023-04-08
--->
+    | distance =  10.5 km
+    | name = jsk
+}}
+{{Tron
+    | latitude = 55
+    | longitude = -3
+    | date = 2023-04-08
+    | tracklog = https://geohashing.site/geohashing/File:8-4-23_GarminConnect.png
+    | possessive = their
+    | name = jsk
+}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash
+    | graticule = Edinburgh, United Kingdom
+    | ranknumber = 1
+    | ne = true
+    | name = jsk
+}}
-<!-- If all those plans are never acted upon, change [[Category:Expedition planning]] to [[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]. -->
+== Challenge ==
+{{A Tale of Two Hashes challenge
-<!-- An actual expedition:
+    | latitude = 55
+    | longitude = -3
+    | date = 2023-04-08
+    | place = Edinburgh
+    | name = [[User:jsk|jsk]]
+    | image = buckstone4.jpg
+}}
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|GB|SCT|EDH}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


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