2024-11-10 44 -94

From hash site looking north. Rural Minnesota in a nutshell.

Sun 10 Nov 2024 in Hutchinson: 44.7926257, -94.4165745 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Around 7 miles south of Hutchinson, MN.

Participants

Kyrkazakh (talk)

Plans

Kyrkazakh (talk) hopes to unlock this graticule around noon (local time) today.

Expedition

Quite the saga to be frank. I'll keep things brief. Started out a bit later than planned in St. Paul; I would be attempting a multi-hash and a Tron run today, and I mostly planned accordingly. On my way west out of the Twin Cities I passed a couple familiar-looking towers and continued on until I reached Dassel in Meeker County (yes! Another county ticked off the list). There, I stopped and worked out a puzzle geocache, and I also recreated a photo from the town's Wikipedia page for an achievement. But it was time to head south into McLeod County (another new one!), passing through Hutchinson (graticule's namesake) on my way.

Soon, I turned off the county road onto a gravel road (RIP my car's cleanliness) and eventually found the spot to pull over, still trying to navigate in a way that I would be Tron-eligible. The hash site ended up being only a couple meters into the wet field, close enough that I don't believe I was even on private property. I took a few photos beneath the darkening clouds, including some with my crummy TSA bag lock to represent the fact that I successfully unlocked this graticule! Then I returned to my car, went to grab another geocache, and continued on towards 2024-11-10 44 -93...

Photos

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  All set to go!

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  Truly the Kyrkazakh Cinematic Universe out here.

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  Impressive geocache in Dassel.

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  For the Wikipedia achievement!

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  The land was dark and raw, having been harvested and upturned just a couple weeks ago.

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  OMG like from the graticule!

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  Folks, we got there! And I remembered my Gaia login.

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  Looking south-southwest from hash site.

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  Looking east from hash site.

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  Looking north from hash site towards grain silos and farmstead.

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  Obligatory grin.

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  All set to go!

Achievements

Kyrkazakh earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (44, -94) graticule, here, on 2024-11-10.

Kyrkazakh earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 22 hashpoints on 2024-11-10 44 -94 and is promoted to Level 2 (Coordinates reached).

Kyrkazakh achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Minneapolis SW, Minnesota and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Kyrkazakh achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Minneapolis NW, Minnesota and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Kyrkazakh achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Hutchinson, Minnesota and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Kyrkazakh earned the 2-in-a-row achievement by achieving a connection of 2 graticules in a row (44,-94 to 45,-93) after reaching the (44, -94) geohash on 2024-11-10.

Kyrkazakh earned the 2-in-a-row achievement by achieving a connection of 2 graticules in a row (44,-94 to 44,-93) after reaching the (44, -94) geohash on 2024-11-10.

Kyrkazakh earned the Sightseeing achievement by recreating a photograph from the Wikipedia page for Dassel, Minnesota, which is near the (44, -94) geohash, on 2024-11-10.