2017-04-09 31 -106

Sun 9 Apr 2017 in 31,-106: 31.8322100, -106.3737482 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Right on the edge of a parking lot near the Biggs Army Airfield inside Fort Bliss.

Participants

Gefrierbrand

Expedition

This was an awesome opportunity too good to pass up. At my now third time in the US I noticed the Hashpoint for this Sunday would finally lie in an accessible location near me – moreover one where I could get some new achievements ;)

While I didn't know the specific location, I've been to the general area before. Fortunately, the excellent Maps from Google and the specific hash location really called for a try without GPS. I memorized which turns on which roads I would have to take and to my delight, I didn't even need the larger scale printout to get to the parking lot in question. Once stopped there, I used the roads, corners and the marked lines from each parking spot as reference and compared them to the small-scale printout, which took only a few seconds. The spot was practically unmissable.

Moreover, the place in question lies within the not publicly accessible Fort Bliss Army installation, which I just happened to have access to.

Photos

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  The Map Printout I used for navigation displayed on the Hashpoint

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  Obligatory Stupid Grin

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  GPS verification afterwards

Achievements

Gefrierbrand earned the Globetrotter achievement by visiting hashpoints on 2 continents.

Gefrierbrand earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (31, -106) geohash on 2017-04-09.

Gefrierbrand earned the Restricted area achievement by accessing the (31, -106) geohash at a restricted Fort Bliss site on 2017-04-09.