2023-10-12 37 -113

Thu 12 Oct 2023 in 37,-113: 37.0965110, -113.4116425 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In the Sand Mountain OHV Area, east of St George.

Participants

Michael5000

Expedition

For two and a half days, I attended to the business end of the business-and-adventure trip, then reclaimed the Expedition Vehicle from the conference hotel parking garage and headed northeast towards this hashpoint.

I've just looked up "OHV," and it stands for "Off-Highway Vehicles" -- dune buggies, in other words. Why do they call it Sand Mountain? Well, for the obvious reason, as it turns out. The sand in question is a kind of orange-pink color, with a moderate cover of desert plants and the occasional cactus, making this a distinctive and pretty place to take a walk. Or, I suppose, to drive a dune buggy.

It was about a kilometer from the parking area to the hashpoint, but felt a little longer than that because walking on sand is a little effortful. But, it wasn't anything I couldn't handle. I headed back to the vehicle and pointed its nose one degree of latitude north.

Photos

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  I didn't bring an OHV

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  Nice view from the parking lot

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  Looking north from the hashpoint

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  Looking south from the hashpoint

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  The hashpoint

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  Me, at the hashpoint

Achievements

Michael5000 earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (37, -113) graticule, here, on 2023-10-12.