2010-04-25 34 -81

Sun 25 Apr 2010 in 34,-81: 34.9440030, -81.0453958 peeron  Eupeodes google  osm  crox

Location

Columbia, South Carolina Behind an apartment building in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Participants

• Art was the only attendee.

Plans

Get to the location, ask permission to enter the backyard and access the hashpoint.

Expedition

Today's hashpoint was located in the far northeast of the graticule. Since I live in the southeast of my home graticule, this offered me a good opportunity to visit a neighboring graticule and start on my Minesweeper achievements.

Careful inspection using Google Earth revealed that I was not likely to be able to quite access the hashpoint without permission from the local residents. Upon arriving at the house, I knocked on the door and it was answered by a rather suspicious young lady, who looked at me like I was crazy when I explained why I had a camera and wanted access to her backyard. Nevertheless, she granted me the permission and after a quick dart into the woods, I had my hashpoint. Learning from yesterday's mistakes, I actually took a digital camera with me and got a couple shots at the hashpoint. I then grabbed a few pieces of geotrash and set about going home.

Tracklog

http://www.instamapper.com/trk?key=16231870856706790226

This tracklog includes my approach to Rock Hill, my visit to a nearby geocache and of course my visit to the hashpoint.

Achievements Earned

Ramblingwreck earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2010-04-24.

Ramblingwreck achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Gastonia, North Carolina and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Ramblingwreck earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (34, -81) geohash on 2010-04-25.

Ramblingwreck earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (34, -81) geohash on 2010-04-25.

Photos

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  The hashpoint.

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  Picked up some Geotrash.

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  Obligatory stupid grin.