2010-05-22 42 -85

Sat 22 May 2010 in Grand Rapids: 42.4635260, -85.7646015 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On the bittersweet ski hill.

Participants

retupmoca and fellow adventurer.

Plans

Get on the motorcycle, ride to bittersweet, and take a picture from the gate unless it just happened to be open.

Expedition

After getting somewhat confused and riding down a road that made a turn every mile or so, I made it to the bittersweet main gate - which was open! As it turns out, there was a free, open to the public event going on (Apparently called Harry Fest: [[1]]). In any case, we received permission to climb the hill, so up we went. We ended up climbing all the way to the top of the hill while following the all-knowing GPS arrow - and then the arrow pointed over the edge, so we went partway down the side of the hill (where I started complaining about having just climbed *up* the hill), and got to the hash on fairly level ground. Mission accomplished!

Photos

Image:2010-04-22_42_-85_GOTO.JPG|GPS set to goto. Image:2010-04-22_42_-85_WAYPOINT.JPG|GPS showing current location Image:2010-04-22_42_-85_smiling.JPG|Us at the hash Image:2010-04-22_42_-85_hill_back.JPG|Hash location from the top of the hill Image:2010-04-22_42_-85_hill_front.JPG|ski side of the hill Image:2010-04-22_42_-85_party.JPG|Festivities at the bottom of the hill

Achievements Unlocked!

retupmoca earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2010-05-22.

retupmoca earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging a fellow adventurer to the (42, -85) geohash on 2010-05-22.

retupmoca earned the 2010 Mouse Over Day achievement by celebrating in the (42, -85) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2010.