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Revision as of 16:26, 12 May 2014

Location

On a forested hill east of Alsea, Oregon.

Participants

Frogman
Greg
Alison
Marie

Plans

It was a lazy Saturday and we hadn't hung out as a group in a while. The obvious remedy: geohashing!

Expedition

The hashpoint was on a hill, and we wanted to drive as close as possible before hiking. The road on Google Maps didn't look very promising in person, so we decided to go up a nearby logging road. Bad idea! The road was steep, narrow, and had no turnarounds until very close to the top. It got us farther away from the hashpoint! At the top we finally came across a place to turn around. We scared away some vultures from the bones of an unidentified ungulate. The view was nice.

After returning to the road suggested by Google Maps, we saw that not only was it better-kept than the logging road, but also it was public land. Score! We were able to get within about 100 meters of the hashpoint as the crow flies, but it was up an incredibly steep hill. We ended up taking a circuitous route before eventually honing in on the hashpoint. We grinned, stood around, debated net neutrality, and then left.

Tracklog

Photos

View from the logging road.
Marie
There were bones in the road!
Here is a picture of another logging road. We tried to drive up it but the truck couldn't make it.
Look over there!
There was some trash up here. Cottage cheese, etc.
Another view from the logging road.
A bug!
We had to hike up a pretty steep hill.
Here is the hashpoint!
Goofy grins!
I have a hashscot now. Here he is!
Here he is on Alison's head!

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