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Pi Day

  • Start date: 03/14/2017

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/14/2017

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

NOTE time change for departure. If PI is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making Pi occur on March 14 at 1:59.26. We will hike around 3.14 miles on the River Path Greenway Bride, River Road. We will stop Sweet Life at 1:59 pm for pie. Paul Flashenberg is doing the math and planning the route for us. Optional hike up Skinner Butte to see the eagle nest.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Campbell Community Ctr,west parking lot(Cheshire Ave)

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2017

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.28

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The Pi digits that inspired us were 3.14159. Paul Flashenberg planned the route to led us on a 3.14 mile hike from the Senior Campbell Center to Sweet LIfe to eat pie at 1:59PM. On the way back, five of us took an alternative route up to the top of Skinner Butte and the rest returned on the river path.