Difference between revisions of "2024-05-18 44 -124"

Latest revision as of 21:21, 24 May 2024

Location

On a ridge north of Big Creek Road, near Heceta Head.

Participants

Michael5000

Expedition

This hashpoint was only a few kilometers from Heceta Head, a landmark seen in a million generic calendar photos, so of course I took a picture for you.

A few minutes north, there's an attractive bridge over the imaginatively named "Big Creek." Immediately afterwards, I turned off Highway 101 on Big Creek Road, and drove in about a kilometer.

I was afraid that the 200 meters between the road and the hashpoint would be prohibitively steep and/or impenetrable, but although it was as steep as a staircase, it was quite open and easy to climb. It was surprisingly easy to get up on the ridge, after which it was a short walk to ground zero.

Sometimes getting down is harder than climbing up, but that was actually pretty easy too, this time. I went back to the highway and continued my journey north.

Photos

The bridge at Big Creek
Big Creek Road
The hashpoint tree
Me

Achievements

My first expedition to the elusive Newport graticule!

Michael5000 achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Newport, Oregon]] and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[McMinnville, Oregon]] and all of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Eugene, Oregon]] and all of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Roseburg, Oregon]] and all of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Coos Bay, Oregon]] and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[North Lincoln City, Oregon]] and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

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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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-| lat={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |1}}
+| lat=44
-| lon={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |2}}
+| lon=-124
-| date={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |0}}
+| date=2024-05-18
 }}<!-- edit as necessary -->
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+On a ridge north of Big Creek Road, near Heceta Head.
 == 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 ==
+== Expedition ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+[[Image:2024-05-18 44 -124 f.jpg|200 px|left]]
+This hashpoint was only a few kilometers from Heceta Head, a landmark seen in a million generic calendar photos, so of course I took a picture for you.
+A few minutes north, there's an attractive bridge over the imaginatively named "Big Creek."  Immediately afterwards, I turned off Highway 101 on Big Creek Road, and drove in about a kilometer.
-== Expedition ==
+I was afraid that the 200 meters between the road and the hashpoint would be prohibitively steep and/or impenetrable, but although it was as steep as a staircase, it was quite open and easy to climb.  It was surprisingly easy to get up on the ridge, after which it was a short walk to ground zero.
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+Sometimes getting down is harder than climbing up, but that was actually pretty easy too, this time.  I went back to the highway and continued my journey north.
-<!-- 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:2024-05-18 44 -124 a.jpg|The bridge at Big Creek
+File:2024-05-18 44 -124 b.jpg|Big Creek Road
+File:2024-05-18 44 -124 c.jpg|The hashpoint tree
+File:2024-05-18 44 -124 d.jpg|Me
+File:2024-05-18 44 -124 e.jpg|
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
-__NOTOC__
+*My first expedition to the elusive Newport graticule!
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
-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. -->
+{{Minesweeper geohash
-[[Category:New report]]
+| graticule = [[Newport, Oregon]]
+| ranknumber = 5
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash
+| graticule = [[McMinnville, Oregon]]
+| ranknumber = 8
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| sw = true if graticule to the southwest has been hashed (optional)
+| w = true if graticule to the west has been hashed (optional)
+| nw = true if graticule to the northwest has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash
+| graticule = [[Eugene, Oregon]]
+| ranknumber = 8
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| sw = true if graticule to the southwest has been hashed (optional)
+| w = true if graticule to the west has been hashed (optional)
+| nw = true if graticule to the northwest has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+{{Minesweeper geohash
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
+| graticule = [[Roseburg, Oregon]]
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+| ranknumber = 8
--->
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| sw = true if graticule to the southwest has been hashed (optional)
+| w = true if graticule to the west has been hashed (optional)
+| nw = true if graticule to the northwest has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
-<!-- An actual expedition:
+{{Minesweeper geohash
-[[Category:Expeditions]]
+| graticule = [[Coos Bay, Oregon]]
--- and one or more of --
+| ranknumber = 5
-[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
+| n = true
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
--->
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
-<!-- if you reached your coordinates:
+{{Minesweeper geohash
-[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+| graticule = [[North Lincoln City, Oregon]]
+| ranknumber = 5
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
---><!-- or if you did not reach the coordinates:
-[[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]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->
+__NOTOC__
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|US|OR|LE}}


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