2012-01-15 46 -122

From Geohashing
Sun 15 Jan 2012 in 46,-122:
46.4493384, -122.9166824
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Location

In the woods south of Winlock, Washington.

Participants

Expedition

The Mount St. Helens graticule is a tough one to crack, so when I saw that there was a hashpoint close to a freeway exit this weekend I decided to pounce on it. It was a bit of a drive, but then I like bits of drives. There has been rare low-altitude snow in the region this weekend, which made the drive more pretty than usual.

From the freeway, McClure Road took me up a hill to a gate to a logging road that immediately forked in two. I chose the left road -- correctly, I think -- and a slight, gradual rise in elevation soon took me into ankle-deep snow. The forest has thickened considerably since the aerial images available online, so the final four hundred feet required ducking and weaving through a maze of animal trails through branches and undergrowth thick with melting snow. But, I made it to the hashpoint.

By the time I got back to the logging road, I was completely soaked. Back at the truck, I turned on the heater and the fan and was more or less dry within a half hour.

Photos

Achievements


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Michael5000 completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in [[Portland, Oregon]] and all of the surrounding graticules.
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Michael5000 achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in [[Astoria, Oregon]] and 7 of the surrounding graticules.
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Michael5000 achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in [[McMinnville, Oregon]] and 7 of the surrounding graticules.
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Michael5000 achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in [[Mt. St. Helens, Washington]] and 7 of the surrounding graticules.
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Michael5000 achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in [[The Dalles, Oregon]] and 6 of the surrounding graticules.