| Sat 10 May 2014 in 44,-123: 44.3946230, -123.5524217 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
On a forested hill east of Alsea, Oregon.
Participants
- Frogman
- Greg
- Alison
- Marie
Plans
It was a lazy Saturday and we hadn't hung out as a group in a while. The obvious remedy: geohashing!
Expedition
The hashpoint was on a hill, and we wanted to drive as close as possible before hiking. The road on Google Maps didn't look very promising in person, so we decided to go up a nearby logging road. Bad idea! The road was steep, narrow, and had no turnarounds until very close to the top. It got us farther away from the hashpoint! At the top we finally came across a place to turn around. We scared away some vultures from the bones of an unidentified ungulate. The view was nice.
After returning to the road suggested by Google Maps, we saw that not only was it better-kept than the logging road, but also it was public land. Score! We were able to get within about 100 meters of the hashpoint as the crow flies, but it was up an incredibly steep hill. We ended up taking a circuitous route before eventually honing in on the hashpoint. We grinned, stood around, debated net neutrality, and then left.
Tracklog
Photos
I'll upload pictures tomorrow.
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