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== Plans ==
 
== Plans ==
This morning, I ([[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]]) got a notification from my geohash-calculating [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shortcuts/id915249334 shortcut] that the geohash was accessible. We (me and [[User:Lehonk|Ethan]]) have been waiting for months for our first hash, so this is really exciting. Today happens to be a really good day, our schedules are clear and the weather is great. There are four geocaches nearby and the [https://maps.app.goo.gl/R5n6f7vYWuRfZ43v6 Iron Horse trailhead] is close, so we will try to take our bikes down to the trailhead and bike around.
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This morning, I ([[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]]) got a notification from my geohash-calculating [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shortcuts/id915249334 shortcut] that the geohash was accessible. My best friend [[User:Lehonk|Ethan]] and I have been waiting for months for our first hash, so this is really exciting. Today happens to be a really good day, our schedules are clear and the weather is great. There are four geocaches nearby and the [https://maps.app.goo.gl/R5n6f7vYWuRfZ43v6 Iron Horse trailhead] is close, so we will try to take our bikes down to the trailhead and bike around.
  
 
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== Expedition ==
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Revision as of 17:26, 9 May 2024


Wed 8 May 2024 in 34,-118:
34.4130363, -118.5996918
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Location

The hash is in a dirt area off the road near Magic Mountain and the new Valencia development. Google's Street View from 6 months ago shows some piles of dirt and a freestanding gate we can walk past. Behind the hash is a ditch with a dry culvert that we could also walk down. (Apple's satellite imagery is quite old, showing actual construction that no longer appears to be there.)

Participants

Jeremy and Ethan

Plans

This morning, I (Jeremy) got a notification from my geohash-calculating shortcut that the geohash was accessible. My best friend Ethan and I have been waiting for months for our first hash, so this is really exciting. Today happens to be a really good day, our schedules are clear and the weather is great. There are four geocaches nearby and the Iron Horse trailhead is close, so we will try to take our bikes down to the trailhead and bike around.

Expedition

We loaded up our bikes and drove down to the Iron Horse trailhead. We set out on our bikes (you can see the moment in the tracklog where I realised "hey, I should record") and crossed some busy intersections. Thankfully, the buttons for telling the speeding Teslas to stop worked. We didn't realize from the map how big the new development is, the field the geohash was in looked way smaller from the sky. ...

Tracklog

I never paused the tracking, so you get to see us wandering around at the geohash and geocaches.


Photos

(better pictures and videos will be uploaded later today (2024-05-09))

Achievements

Landgeohash.png
Jeremy and Ethan earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (34, -118) geohash on 2024-05-08.
Bikegeohash.png
Jeremy and Ethan earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 7 miles to and from the (34, -118) geohash on 2024-05-08.
TwoToN.png
Jeremy and Ethan earned the Two to the N achievement
by attempting to reach 20 hashpoints on 2024-05-08 and is promoted to Level 0 (Expeditions).