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− | In the process of getting to the point, I went around a triangle in the road, with a | + | In the process of getting to the point, I went around a triangle intersection in the road, with a |
− | lot of brush in the middle of | + | lot of brush in the middle of the triangle. As I went around it, the GPS pointed into the middle of |
it. Clearly I had crossed the stupidity distance, as I was strongly tempted to get out of | it. Clearly I had crossed the stupidity distance, as I was strongly tempted to get out of | ||
the car and plunge directly into the middle of it. | the car and plunge directly into the middle of it. | ||
− | However, sanity prevailed and I | + | However, sanity prevailed and I realized that the hashpoint was actually on the other side of the road, |
− | just as I suspected from | + | just as I suspected from Google Maps. So, I walked around the triangle and crossed the road. |
− | I found myself confronting a hedge, probably full of raptors. However, the | + | I found myself confronting a hedge, probably full of raptors. However, the stupidity distance |
had been crossed, so I plunged in (slowly) and managed to evade any bites as I made it to the other | had been crossed, so I plunged in (slowly) and managed to evade any bites as I made it to the other | ||
side of the brush. There I found the hashpoint on the edge of the field. | side of the brush. There I found the hashpoint on the edge of the field. | ||
I took a picture and headed home. | I took a picture and headed home. | ||
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== Achievements == | == Achievements == |
Revision as of 02:40, 31 July 2009
Wed 29 Jul 2009 in 45,-123: 45.5804344, -123.1123241 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
South of Banks, Oregon, on the edge of a newly harvested grain field.
Participants
Plans
Plans?? Hah! It's 103 degrees out and I have errands to do. I went by on my way home. I programmed the GPS with the coordinates, and took a GoogleMaps printout, not that I actually followed it correctly initially.
Expedition
After completing my errands preparing for our trip East, I drove out to Banks to try to find the hashpoint.
In the process of getting to the point, I went around a triangle intersection in the road, with a lot of brush in the middle of the triangle. As I went around it, the GPS pointed into the middle of it. Clearly I had crossed the stupidity distance, as I was strongly tempted to get out of the car and plunge directly into the middle of it.
However, sanity prevailed and I realized that the hashpoint was actually on the other side of the road, just as I suspected from Google Maps. So, I walked around the triangle and crossed the road.
I found myself confronting a hedge, probably full of raptors. However, the stupidity distance had been crossed, so I plunged in (slowly) and managed to evade any bites as I made it to the other side of the brush. There I found the hashpoint on the edge of the field. I took a picture and headed home.
Achievements
Jim earned the Land geohash achievement
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