2010-09-19 45 -122

Sun 19 Sep 2010 in 45,-122: 45.5101048, -122.8295401 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Amid some trees near a huge field on the Nike Campus

Participants

• Jim
• Elegant Forkbomb

Plans

Access may be a problem. I called Nike, and they said no access without an employee, so we may be stuck.

Expedition

Elegant Forkbomb

• Walked the 2.16km to the hashpoint from my house. Took some pictures from the visitor's entrance side. -- Elegant Forkbomb, 00:06, 20 September 2010

Jim

Well, I started out by heading for some brunch at a near by Dim Sum place. After that, I started trying to program the GPS. However, I discovered that the batteries were pretty much dead.

Not a problem. I had put two spare, non-rechargeable batteries into my bag just a few days earlier so I'd have some spares. I started replacing batteries, trying all the combinations. Still no luck.

Great: four dead batteries. However, there was a nearby store on the other side of the Nike campus that I could get some new ones. A little driving later and I've got a working GPS and I'm able to program it.

Now, I need to make my way to the hashpoint. I knew that part of the campus was used for fields for various kids teams, and I was hoping maybe that part would be open, while the rest was closed, and that the person on the phone was talking about the non-field part.

I found a public road to park along, and walked along past a child care center. Next to the center was a pathway. I followed it, carefully inspecting all the signs for indications that access wasn't allowed. The only sign was one saying that this was a wetland area, but I was on a paved walkway, so that was just informational.

The walkway lead to a parking area and a bunch of kids waiting around, or loading gear into cars. I continued towards the hashpoint, looking hard for that much-afeared signpost. But none were to be found. I got to the field, and walked along another path, and found the hashpoint under a tree.

I took a picture and headed home.

Photos

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  Endearingly geeky street names @45.4966,-122.8220

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  Industrial Parks of Beaverton @45.4966,-122.8220

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  Formerly Massive Test Equipment Manufacturers of Beaverton @45.4996,-122.8230

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  Hashpoint is on the far side of that building and across a pond @45.5053,-122.8050

Achievements

• Land geohash