Difference between revisions of "2024-12-22 43 -92"

Latest revision as of 21:38, 22 December 2024

One of my favorite 'welcome to X town' signs in the Midwest. What does this even mean?

Location

In a cornfield southeast of Jerico, Iowa.

Participants

Plans

Kyrkazakh (talk): My previous two December efforts yielded no fruits (at least not the intended ones), so since my family was going to be driving through this area today anyway, I decided to try to convince them to stop and let me make a break for this hash.

Expedition

Kyrkazakh (talk): Surprisingly my family was okay with detouring slightly, stopping, and waiting in the car for me. I admit I felt quite silly trying to explain geohashing (particularly why it was important to enough to make me run in a snow-covered cornfield for two-ish kilometers) but am grateful for them going along with it. We parked off a gravel road southeast of Jerico (yes it's spelled like that) and I tried to beeline for the location... and then realized that snow-covered cornfields mean furrows and troughs that vary by a few inches, unseen under the white blanket. So I tried to stick to the forest edge line and go light on my bad ankle. Turns out the site felt a lot farther out than I'd anticipated, but I made it there and back and only slightly felt like my windpipe was going to collapse (if this was an Always Sunny episode it'd be called The Gang Finds Out She's Completely Out of Shape). Still, December hash checked-off, Iowa hash checked-off, reverse regional achievement secured. Not bad!

Photos

With a slogan like that, we have to visit!
I did in fact make it.
Smiley face.
Looking to the east...
... and to the west. Never said it was scenic.

Achievements

Kyrkazakh earned the Reverse regional achievement

by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Austin, Minnesota (43, -92) graticule on state level.

Kyrkazakh earned the Two to the N achievement

by reaching 2³ hashpoints on 2024-12-22 43 -92 and is promoted to Level 3 (Coordinates reached).

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 == Location ==
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+In a cornfield southeast of Jerico, Iowa.
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:Kyrkazakh|Kyrkazakh]] ([[User talk:Kyrkazakh|talk]])
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 == Plans ==
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+[[User:Kyrkazakh|Kyrkazakh]] ([[User talk:Kyrkazakh|talk]]): My previous two December efforts yielded no fruits (at least not the intended ones), so since my family was going to be driving through this area today anyway, I decided to try to convince them to stop and let me make a break for this hash.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+[[User:Kyrkazakh|Kyrkazakh]] ([[User talk:Kyrkazakh|talk]]): Surprisingly my family was okay with detouring slightly, stopping, and waiting in the car for me. I admit I felt quite silly trying to explain geohashing (particularly why it was important to enough to make me run in a snow-covered cornfield for two-ish kilometers) but am grateful for them going along with it. We parked off a gravel road southeast of Jerico (yes it's spelled like that) and I tried to beeline for the location... and then realized that snow-covered cornfields mean furrows and troughs that vary by a few inches, unseen under the white blanket. So I tried to stick to the forest edge line and go light on my bad ankle. Turns out the site felt a lot farther out than I'd anticipated, but I made it there and back and only slightly felt like my windpipe was going to collapse (if this was an Always Sunny episode it'd be called The Gang Finds Out She's Completely Out of Shape). Still, December hash checked-off, Iowa hash checked-off, reverse regional achievement secured. Not bad!
-== Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may use Template:Tracklog, post a link here, or both -->
 == Photos ==
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+Image:Jerico Lime Springs.jpg | With a slogan like that, we ''have'' to visit!
+Image:Jerico proof.PNG | I did in fact make it.
+Image:Jerico selfie.jpg | Smiley face.
+Image:Jerico eastward.jpg | Looking to the east...
+Image:Jerico westward.jpg | ... and to the west. Never said it was scenic.
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+{{Reverse regional | latitude = 43 | longitude = -92 | name = Kyrkazakh | count = 2 | graticule = Austin, Minnesota | level = state | image = Jerico selfie.jpg}}
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