2015-09-27 37 -122

Sun 27 Sep 2015 in 37,-122: 37.3563794, -122.1665555 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In the foothills open space preserve, not too far from the road. Not sure if access can be obtained, but we're going to bike over there and check it out.

Participants

Erik and meta-alt

Plans

We plan to bike to the hash from Stanford campus, perhaps leaving around noon. It should take just a few hours round trip.

Expedition

So we departed just after noon sometime, and had a smooth bike ride along Page Mill. It was a bit warm, and a lot of uphill, and it was soon evident that our water would not suffice. Anyway, we arrived at the entrance to the Foothills Park and locked up our trusty steeds Johan Johansson and Sjätte, then commenced searching for the geocache I had found online before we left. After a quick search we found it, and signed the logbook. This was within 0.5km of the hashpoint, so we earned ourselves the Hash Collision Honorable Mention too, which is nice. We continued onward, joyously but not too harmoniously playing harmonica and tin whistle as we went. Before too long though the trail diminished to nothing. At this point, probably about 0.3 miles from the hash, we began the bushwhacking adventure. After a very long time of this, we finally arrived at the hashpoint, where we celebrated by finishing our water, playing some tunes, and of course juggling. I must say, juggling at a hashpoint in the middle of underbrush is a surprisingly enjoyable experience. Anyway, the way back wasn't as bad, mostly since we knew where we were going. The bike back, almost entirely downhill, was quite enjoyable and so we arrived home tired and scratched up, but quite pleased with what I'd call a bona fide geohashing adventure.

Photos

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  An auspicious symbol we encountered, the emblem of Bay Area Traffic Solutions (BATS)

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  Welcome to the park

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  Time to hoof it

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  Erik seeking the geocache from a higher vantage point

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  A geocache on our way to the geohash, the camouflage having deteriorated

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  We signed our names in the geocache logbook

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  Poison oak in our path!

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  Erik's music achievement

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  Arthur's music, in the underbrush

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  Made it!

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  I think 16 feet is within Google Maps tolerance

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  Proof 2

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  Music near the hashpoint

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  It's a band! Harmonica and tin whistle

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  Juggling near the hashpoint

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  Juggling near the hashpoint round 2

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  The view

Achievements

Erik r and Meta-alt earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (37, -122) geohash on 2015-09-27.

Erik r and Meta-alt earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 22.5 km (total) to and from the (37, -122) geohash on 2015-09-27.

Erik r and Meta-alt earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by Juggling at the (37, -122) geohash on 2015-09-27.

Erik r and Meta-alt earned the Musical achievement by playing 2 instruments as a multiple-instrument musician / band on 2015-09-27.

Erik r and Meta-alt earned the Hash collision honorable mention by discovering the geocache GC2THTB near the (37, -122) geohash on 2015-09-27.