2010-04-25 45 -123

Location

In Camp Wilkerson Park, NE of Pittsburg, Oregon

Participants

APR
Jim

Plans

Jim is hoping to head north and visit this hashpoint on the way.

Expedition

Aperfectring's Visit

Live reports

Off to get gas, cash for the honor box, and then to the point! -- aperfectring @45.5218,-122.9718 13:57, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Got gas, but no atm, will get cash on the way. -- aperfectring @45.5296,-122.9558 14:04, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Got gas, but no atm, will get cash on the way. -- aperfectring @45.5296,-122.9558 14:04, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Coordinates reached, no cell signal @ the point, bad GPS signal as well. Proof is tenuous, but I am certain I made it. -- aperfectring @45.5287,-122.8660 16:39, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Post-expedition Report

I started off this morning being woken up by one of my smoke detectors having a low battery, so starting to beep at me at about 6 AM. This rather annoyed me, so to prevent it from happening again, I went down to the garage, got my foldable table, a battery, and went back up to my bedroom to change the battery. As soon as that was done, I decided that rather than going back to sleep, I would go out and geohash this morning. I then proceeded to grab my gear, and head out the door by about 7AM.

I stopped to get gas and cash for the honor box that was supposed to be there, but the gas station had no ATM. I decided that I would just drive there, and find a place to stop on the way. I stopped at a credit union in Vernonia, Oregon and got cash. I then stopped at a convenience store, got a drink (to get change), and proceeded driving the mountain roads off towards the hashpoint.

The hashpoint itself was about 20ft off of a gravel road, but I couldn't get an accurate GPS fix. On the road I was getting anywhere between 15 and 90 ft to the hashpoint. I trudged into the woods a bit where it looked like the point was, and called it reached. I would most definitely get to the actual point, but technology prevented it. Proof pictures were taken, and the PBGH games concept officially ended its planning stage!

I then drove myself back along a different route, stopping for a decent breakfast and at a store to buy a new CD along the way. All in all a great trip!

Jim's Expedition

Jim first made another attempt at the hashpoint from March 28, and didn't succeed any better. The hashpoint didn't seem to be on a road anymore, perhaps due to logging.

Then he proceeded to today's hashpoint, and found it, though the signal was just about as odd as for APR.