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== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
  
* [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]])
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* [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
  
 
== Plans ==
 
== Plans ==
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I finally made it to the park, expecting it to say it closed at dusk.  But it is apparently
 
I finally made it to the park, expecting it to say it closed at dusk.  But it is apparently
open from 5AM to 12:01AM, so I still had a an hour or so to go!
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open from 5AM to 12:01AM, so I still had a few hours to find the hashpoint and escape the park!
  
I had only 300 feet to go, so I headed down the road I parked on, but only got to 100 feet from the
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I had only 300 feet to go, so I headed down the road I parked on, but only got to within 100 feet from the
 
hashpoint - apparently this wasn't the path the hashpoint was on.  So I went back to the path I had
 
hashpoint - apparently this wasn't the path the hashpoint was on.  So I went back to the path I had
seen earlier.  It was dirt, and somewhat sloped, and it had been raining earlier today...
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seen earlier.  The path was a sloped, dirt one, and it had been raining earlier today...
  
 
But, I was so close to the hashpoint - much closer than the stupidity distance, so I gingerly made
 
But, I was so close to the hashpoint - much closer than the stupidity distance, so I gingerly made
 
my way down the path with my flashlight.
 
my way down the path with my flashlight.
  
I eventually got to 21 feet from the hashpoint, and the arrow pointed off into the slope on the side of
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I eventually got to 21 feet from the hashpoint, and the GPS arrow pointed off into the sloped brush on the side of
 
the path.  I demurred on getting any closer, declared success, and went home.
 
the path.  I demurred on getting any closer, declared success, and went home.
  
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== Achievements ==
 
== Achievements ==
 
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* Land Geohash
 
* Land Geohash
  
 
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Revision as of 19:04, 10 May 2016

Fri 29 Apr 2016 in 45,-122:
45.4564740, -122.7220046
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Location

In a very dark park south of Beaverton

Participants

Plans

Go by in the evening on my way home

Expedition

It could have turned out very badly, but it didn't.

I finally made it to the park, expecting it to say it closed at dusk. But it is apparently open from 5AM to 12:01AM, so I still had a few hours to find the hashpoint and escape the park!

I had only 300 feet to go, so I headed down the road I parked on, but only got to within 100 feet from the hashpoint - apparently this wasn't the path the hashpoint was on. So I went back to the path I had seen earlier. The path was a sloped, dirt one, and it had been raining earlier today...

But, I was so close to the hashpoint - much closer than the stupidity distance, so I gingerly made my way down the path with my flashlight.

I eventually got to 21 feet from the hashpoint, and the GPS arrow pointed off into the sloped brush on the side of the path. I demurred on getting any closer, declared success, and went home.

(No photos, as you might expect.)


Achievements

  • Land Geohash