2010-03-28 global

Location

I didn't check the global hash until Danatar alerted me to the fact that it's in Idaho, only 800 km away from Vancouver across one international border. That's about ten hours drive, plus we need to ford a river and climb 700' in elevation up a steep mountainside.

Planning

It's possible that the roads in the area are blocked by snow, as was discovered by intrepid geohasher David Souther last year about this time. We started research. The geohash is on top of a plateau near the town of St. Maries, which has a small local airport, so naturally we immediately checked into helicopter charter. There is no helicopter outfit out of St Maries, but Coeur d'Alene is about 30 miles away as the crow--or helicopter--flies, so this looks like about a $300 helicopter charter through Big Country. Add in fuel, motel, psychotherapy ... is it worth it for the coolest geohash ever?

So Wade, when do you want to leave?