2012-11-24 35 -79

Sat 24 Nov 2012 in 35,-79: 35.8821370, -79.5743111 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On a private field in Liberty, NC.

Participants

Birdray

Expedition

I was on a road trip. On a whim, I opened the Geohashing app, and discovered that I was, at that moment, 4 miles away from the hashpoint in the Chapel Hill graticule. I had two birds in the car with me, it had been a long day, and it looked like the hashpoint was on private property, but I couldn't pass that up.

Unfortunately, when I arrived, the hashpoint was indeed in the middle of someone's field, and the access point was their driveway. I'm a shy hasher and not up for the "Hi, I'm From The Internet" speech... not to mention while I was traveling with pets in the car.

Hashpoint failed! But it was a scenic ten-minute detour from my route home.

Photos

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  Me, sitting in my car, in the driveway, less than 400 feet from the hashpoint. SOCLOSE.

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  Somewhere in this (blurry) field was the hashpoint.

Achievements

Birdray earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (388 ft) reaching the (35, -79) geohash on 2012-11-24.

Birdray earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out on the (35, -79) geohash on 2012-11-24 because they were too shy to talk their way onto private property.