Difference between revisions of "2012-10-13 42 -89"

Revision as of 22:59, 13 October 2012

Location

Farmland east of Darlington, Wisconsin, off County Highway M

Participants

Plans

This is about as close to my home (Platteville, WI) as a hash can be in the Rockford, Illinois graticule. I'm trying for the XKCD meetup: Saturday at 4 p.m.

Expedition

Success! Writeup will follow....

Photos

"Roller Coaster Road" was well named!
We made it!
SwensonJ at hash
SwensonJ's son at hash
We were there for the 4 p.m. Saturday meetup...
...and went home through Mineral Point, WI, to finish the Tron achievement

Achievements

SwensonJ earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (42, -89) geohash on 2012-10-13.

SwensonJ earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2012-10-12.

SwensonJ achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Dubuque, Iowa and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

SwensonJ earned the Tron achievement

by reaching and returning from the (42, -89) geohash without crossing his [2012-10-13_42_-89_Tron.png own tracks] on 2012-10-13.

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+Image:2012-10-13 42 -89 RoadSign.jpg | "Roller Coaster Road" was well named!
+Image:2012-10-13 42 -89 Proof.jpg | We made it!
+Image:2012-10-13 42 -89 Grin.jpg | SwensonJ at hash
+Image:2012-10-13 42 -89 Kid.jpg | SwensonJ's son at hash
+Image:2012-10-13 42 -89 Time.jpg | We were there for the 4 p.m. Saturday meetup...
+Image:2012-10-13 42 -89 Tron.png | ...and went home through Mineral Point, WI, to finish the [[Tron achievement]]
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
+    | latitude = 42
+    | longitude = -89
+    | date = 2012-10-13
+    | name = SwensonJ
+    | image = 2012-10-13_42_-89_Proof.jpg
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+}}
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+{{consecutive geohash
+    | count = 2
+    | latitude = 43
+    | longitude = -89
+    | date = 2012-10-12
+    | name = SwensonJ
-<!-- An actual expedition:
+}}
-[[Category:Expeditions]]
+{{Minesweeper geohash
--- and one or more of --
-[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
-[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+    | graticule = Dubuque, Iowa
+    | ranknumber = 4
+    | n = true
+    | ne = true
+    | e = true
+    | w = true
+    | name = SwensonJ
---><!-- or if you failed :(
+}}
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
+{{Tron
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
+    | latitude = 42
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
+    | longitude = -89
+     | date = 2012-10-13
-When you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition:
+    | tracklog = 2012-10-13_42_-89_Tron.png
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
+    | possessive = his
+    | name = SwensonJ
+    | image = 2012-10-13_42_-89_Tron.png
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->
+}}
+<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
+[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]


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