2014-01-02 42 -85

Thu 2 Jan 2014 in 42,-85: 42.9741849, -85.7099543 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

underneath a sycamore tree near the tennis courts of Union High School, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Participants

• Mcbaneg (talk) (George)

Expedition

Too easy not to go for: grounds of a still-on-holiday school, easy to locate from features on the satmap, and very close to where the bus drops me during my commute home.

I had no problem finding the spot, though I only had my cell phone for pics, and no thermometer. I was there from about 4:50 to 5:15.

In lieu of thermometer, I offer (1) a self-portrait with ice in mustache and (2) the temperature record of weather station MC5506 at (42.97, -85.72) which shows -10.5 degrees C at 5 pm.

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  Three sycamore trees clearly identifiable at hashpoint on satmap (though in the current Google/Peeron image they still had leaves), shot taken looking north. The hashpoint is just west of the middle one.

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  View to east from hashpoint, showing line of tennis nets that indicate correct latitude.

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  View to southwest from hashpoint over school, 4:51 pm.

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  Similar view from slightly SW of hashpoint, 4:56 pm.

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  Highly biodegradable hashpoint marker.

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  Stupid Grin, with icy 'stache.

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  Temperature record from nearby weather station.

Achievements

George earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2014-01-02.

George earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2014-01-02.

George earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2014-01-02 while the temperature was -10.5 °C.