Difference between revisions of "2013-11-15 43 -116"

Revision as of 08:16, 17 November 2013

Location

East of US-95, south of Homedale.

Participants

Eldin
Borneo

Expedition

I got off work earlier than expected, so I decided to try for today's hash. I stopped on the way to pick up a friend who sometimes accompanies me on hashing expeditions. By the time we reached the point to turn off from the highway for the hash, it had grown quite dark (which it does fairly early this time of year). We were also about 10 miles outside of having any mobile coverage, so the geohash droid map wasn't showing properly. So given the darkness, poor map, and poorer roads, we made several wrong turns. The first time we stopped the car and started walking towards the hash, we were about 1300ft from it. But after walking a few hundred feet we were able to see a ravine in front of us that we weren't comfortable with trying to cross in the dark. So we went back and tried a different fork in the road. This one got us to a point about 500ft from the hash. So we set off walking again. Without a proper map showing on the GPS, we didn't end up taking the most direct route to the hash. But we did reach the hash. After reaching the hash, we headed back to town, and went out to a Mongolian BBQ place for dinner.

Photos

Proof that the coordinates were reached.
The bush that grows on the hash.
A grinning geohasher.
And another one.

Achievements

Eldin & Borneo earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -116) geohash on 2013-11-15.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<!-- If you did not specify these parameters in the template, please substitute appropriate values for IMAGE, LAT, LON, and DATE (YYYY-MM-DD format)
-[[Image:{{{image|IMAGE}}}|thumb|left]]
-Remove this section if you don't want an image at the top (left) of your report.   You should remove the "Image:" or "File:"
-tag from your image file name, and replace the all upper-case word IMAGE in the above line.
-And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
--->
 {{meetup graticule
 | lat=43
@@ Line 15: / Line 5: @@
 }}
-<!-- edit as necessary -->
 __NOTOC__
@@ Line 24: / Line 13: @@
 * [[User:Eldin|Eldin]]
 * Borneo
 == Expedition ==
 I got off work earlier than expected, so I decided to try for today's hash. I stopped on the way to pick up a friend who sometimes accompanies me on hashing expeditions. By the time we reached the point to turn off from the highway for the hash, it had grown quite dark (which it does fairly early this time of year). We were also about 10 miles outside of having any mobile coverage, so the geohash droid map wasn't showing properly. So given the darkness, poor map, and poorer roads, we made several wrong turns. The first time we stopped the car and started walking towards the hash, we were about 1300ft from it. But after walking a few hundred feet we were able to see a ravine in front of us that we weren't comfortable with trying to cross in the dark. So we went back and tried a different fork in the road. This one got us to a point about 500ft from the hash. So we set off walking again. Without a proper map showing on the GPS, we didn't end up taking the most direct route to the hash. But we did reach the hash. After reaching the hash, we headed back to town, and went out to a Mongolian BBQ place for dinner.
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+File:2013-11-15 43 -116 proof.jpg | Proof that the coordinates were reached.
+File:2013-11-15 43 -116 point.jpg | The bush that grows on the hash.
+File:2013-11-15 43 -116 grin1.jpg | A grinning geohasher.
+File:2013-11-15 43 -116 grin2.jpg | And another one.
 </gallery>
@@ Line 43: / Line 29: @@
 {{Land geohash|date=2013-11-15|latitude=43|longitude=-116|name= [[user:Eldin|Eldin]] & Borneo}}
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- 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]]
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- 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:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


Fri 15 Nov 2013 in 43,-116: 43.3120039, -116.9592174 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox