Template:Expeditions/2008-05-24

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The first Saturday meetup day since Geohashing publicly launched.

Gallery (see more at the 2008-05-24 meetup page):

2008-05-24 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - 7 total, 3 groups reached location (the Erlman farm) had cookies!
Denver, Colorado, USA - 4 Achievements earned! Eleven total made it to the spot in two groups. Elevation-9,610 ft. Snow-plentiful.
San Jose, California -- Not quite reachable, it was still on the beach of a lake, and multiple groups met up and had a very enjoyable picnic.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Huge success! About 40 people, despite bad suburban location found park, played Frisbee, went for pizza, played various games, stayed until after sundown. Many pictures!
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Only one person made it, to a farm 60 miles south of Chicago... perhaps the graticule shift would bring in more people.
Ithaca, New York, USA - Three of us got as close as we could by car, didn't have a handheld GPS receiver. Arrived slightly after 4:00 pm EST, saw no one else. We saw evidence of someone perhaps arriving (and pulling over where we pulled over) not long before us, and apparently someone showed up after us! Ithaca people need more patience, I guess, as we left at about 4:15 feeling strange that we were sitting on the side of a highway.
San Luis Obispo, California, USA -- bigbadbyte reached geohash with 2 associates. Met another group of 3 people. All successfully reached geohash. Details available at San Luis Obispo graticule.
Shaumburg, Illinois, USA -- DavidEGrayson and cousin Noah reached the point, meeting Shakedown, Katie, and Bill.
Zug, Switzerland -- Adi Reached at about 16.20 local time.
Christchurch, New Zealand -- Phire Failed to reach this geohash, and had to be rescued by the police.
Canberra (West), Australia -- Missed by miles by Psud (Adam) and Chris. Psud trying again another day. Brewing beer 2008-05-25.
Adelaide (South), Australia -- Successfully reached suburban location.
Brisbane (Southwest), Australia -- Successfully reached.
Eelde, The Netherlands -- Successfully reached after grueling hike of about 200 metres through a meadow.
London West, United Kingdom - Kira reached this point with Oliver, Kit and James. Updating wiki from actual spot :)
Helsinki, Finland -- Successfully reached.
Munich, Germany -- Split-double-wrong achievement!
Birmingham East, United Kingdom - Successfully reached field of cows.
Carlisle, United Kingdom - Three groups met up while independently reaching another field of cows.
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - Ajtag got as close as possible without realising then got lost.
Hazerswoude, The Netherlands - Reached.
Paris, France - Actually a failure; only pre-30W Friday's location was reached... but it was still fun!
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Nearly reached by Avagara and four others, but location was in a private home and access was not allowed by homeowner.
Frederick, Maryland, USA - Successfully reached by Dan, Kyle, David, and Jillian.
Berlin, Germany - Missed - one person tried and messed something up with the geography...
Sheffield, UK - Successfully reached on 55 mile cycle trip.
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA - Reached, but alone.
Creedmore, North Carolina, USA - Got close at 16:30; thwarted by forest; ate pie instead.
Vienna, Austria - Meeting point was inside the airport territory. Had to stop 50m away.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Reached, sat under a shelterbelt tree for half an hour all by myself.
Lockport, New York, USA - Reached the roadside 500 feet from the area; it was someone's back lawn. Waited 'till 4:30 listening to Dethklok, but nobody else showed.
Rochester, New York, USA - Meet point within city limits; 6 people showed up (4 on time) :)
Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA - Reached
Eugene, Corvallis, Monmouth, and West Salem, Oregon, USA -Stood alone on a mountain top.
Des Moines, Iowa, USA - Nearly reached, alone
Houston, Texas, USA - Sucessfully Reached, 4 People showed up.
Atlanta, Geogia, USA -- Monica Reached this spot at about 4:30 EST with Andy and Eric with only minimal trespassing upon a logging/hunting ground involved. Subsequently met a very nice guy named Chris.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA - Meeting point was well inside private farmland with no direct access. Nfomi settled for a drive-by.
Sacramento, California, USA - Meeting point was well inside private farmland, and I decided to be good too. Settled for a picture. Another group also stopped at the "no trespassing" sign and visited a nearby TV tower, one of the tallest structures in the world at 2049 feet.
Ithaca, New York, USA - Two of us got as close as we could by car, didn't have a handheld GPS receiver. Arrived ~4:15 pm EST, saw no one else, but had a lovely drive and bought some delicious strawberry rhubarb pie at a farmstand.
Los Angeles, California, USA - Darcy (with mother and dog in tow), Lauren, Zarah, Ryka, and four others (who can add their own names if desired) got within about 250 feet of the meeting point by a bit after 5pm and took pictures.
Aurora, Illinois, USA - Side of a road, no one there. Took pictures.
Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil - We two almost reached the spot. Was in a private property. Talked to owners but did not enter. Played chess. Placed xkcd signs. Took very geek photos (coming soon)
Nashville, Tennessee, USA - Got close. Location was in a fenced-in field. Went and saw the new Indy movie at a nearby theater.
Bellingham, Washington, USA - The actual coordinates were .75mi off shore from an out-of-the-way public beach.
Montgomery, Alabama, USA - Mission successful. Ashley and her pet duck frolicked in the woods about an hour southwest of Montgomery. No one else was there, but they had lots of fun anyway.
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada - Reached by at least nine people (between 15h30 and 16h30). This included four separate groups, one of which included Queerasmoi, Jakke and Naturalnumber. The site was just behind someone's backyard, but the owners were super friendly and took our pictures.
Phoenix, Arizona, USA - Mission disastrous. Two of us got lost several times and ended up being an hour and a half late. Area appeared to be inaccessible, no one else was around. Still took pictures, ate pizza, had fun.
Saskatoon, Sasktachewan, Canada -- Successfully reached by 2. In the middle of someone's farm, no one else around we could see the spot from about 15 mins away so even though we were late we know no one else made it.
Chico, California — The exact point was reachable, but only one person reached it at the designated time.
Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico Successfully reached, made chalk art, but no one showed up.
Lafayette, Indiana - Two of us got there and ate cheese.
2008-05-24 Lansing, Michigan - Three of us went together, played some harmonica and proceeded to go out for ice cream.
NW Minneapolis, Minnesota - The actual coordinates fell within a fenced farmfield.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Four of us drove for 45 minutes to discover the location was a Wal-Mart parking lot. Played frisbee, drank whiskey, left a flyer for an upcoming concert. East Pgh graticule rules!!!
Salt Lake City, UT, USA Reached by 1. Quite the climb. It rained.