2012-03-31 45 -122

Sat 31 Mar 2012 in 45,-122: 45.6109790, -122.7068086 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a gritty industrial area in North Portland.

Participants

Michael5000

Expedition

The hashpoint was about a mile off the interstate in an industrial area. I hit it on my way north up the I-5, and left a postcard in case any of the other Portlandites hit the hashpoint.

I stopped in Longview to write up the expedition, but found that the wiki had been hacked. I spent about a half hour trying to figure out the nature of the attack, but gave up eventually -- I don't have the skillz to deal with something like that.

I stopped again in Olympia to see if anybody had been able to repair the wiki. This time I got it; it's April Fools Day already on the other side of the IDL, and the site has been turned upside down as a practical joke.

Now I'm in Bellevue, and have been granted a reprieve: "˙uıʞs ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ɐ ʞɔıd puɐ 'ǝɔuɐɹɐǝddɐ <- sǝɔuǝɹǝɟǝɹd ʎɯ 'ıʞıʍ ǝɥʇ buıʇıpǝ ʇnoɥʇıʍ ǝʌıן ʇ,uɐɔ ʎןןɐǝɹ noʎ ɟı." I've spent about $15 (in wi-fi cafes) and three extra hours of the day just trying to write up this expedition. As if geohashing didn't have enough barriers to entry, know what I'm sayin'? For me, 2012-03-31 45 -122 has really turned out to be the exact opposite of "fun." I hope somebody else got to it and had a better time.

Photos

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  A commemorative postcard hovers five feet above the hashpoint.

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  The site was next to a semi-decrepit industrial building...

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  ...here in beautiful, beautiful Portland!