Difference between revisions of "2024-02-16 32 -109"

Latest revision as of 21:15, 24 May 2024

Location

Off Apache Pass Road, south of Bowie.

Participants

Michael5000

Expedition

After flying to Phoenix last Sunday and nabbing that day's local hashpoint, I spent a week doing software training things. When my class ended today, I headed south to Tucson, then continued east on I-10 as far as the small desert town of Willcox. From there, State Road 186 headed south across the flats and then into some hills, through a tiny village with the delightful name of Dos Cabezas, and on to where I turned left onto Apache Pass Road.

It's a dirt road, but I'd found a website earlier in the day that had promised that it was "suitable for passenger cars for its entire length," and that certainly proved true for its westmost five miles. I only saw two other vehicles using it, both of which passed me at the hashpoint with the drivers giving me puzzled glances: what a random, remote, not-particularly-scenic place to stop. Well, that's geohashing for you.

Photos

Pulling to the side of Apache Pass Road
A yucca plant in the center foreground lives at the hashpoint
Back at the intersection with Arizona 186

Achievements

Michael5000 earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (32, -109) graticule, here, on 2024-02-16.

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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! :)
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+| lon=-109
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+| date=2024-02-16
 }}<!-- edit as necessary -->
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Off Apache Pass Road, south of Bowie.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+*[[user:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
--->
-== Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+After flying to Phoenix last Sunday and nabbing [[2024-02-11 33 -112|that day's local hashpoint]], I spent a week doing software training things.  When my class ended today, I headed south to Tucson, then continued east on I-10 as far as the small desert town of Willcox. From there, State Road 186 headed south across the flats and then into some hills, through a tiny village with the delightful name of Dos Cabezas, and on to where I turned left onto Apache Pass Road.
-== Tracklog ==
+It's a dirt road, but I'd found a website earlier in the day that had promised that it was "suitable for passenger cars for its entire length," and that certainly proved true for its westmost five miles.  I only saw two other vehicles using it, both of which passed me at the hashpoint with the drivers giving me puzzled glances: what a random, remote, not-particularly-scenic place to stop.  Well, that's geohashing for you.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may use Template:Tracklog, post a link here, or both -->
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2020-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+File:2024-02-16 32 -109 c.jpg|Pulling to the side of Apache Pass Road
+File:2024-02-16 32 -109 b.jpg|A yucca plant in the center foreground lives at the hashpoint
+File:2024-02-16 32 -109 d.jpg|Back at the intersection with Arizona 186
+File:2024-02-16 32 -109 e.jpg
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Graticule unlocked
-__NOTOC__
+    | latitude = 32
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+    | longitude = -109
-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 = 2024-02-16
-[[Category:New report]]
+    | name = Michael5000
-<!-- ==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. -->
+}}
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+__NOTOC__
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- If all those plans are never acted upon, change [[Category:Expedition planning]] to [[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]. -->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
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 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|AZ|CH}}
---><!-- 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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