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Pi Hike

  • Start date: 03/14/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 03/14/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Updated with two groups. Departure Place: 25th and University, Main gate with signage—not the dead end road to the Abbey. There will be 12 in my group. Seven people have been notified that they will start earlier with Jorry as the leader.
We will start 4 ½ mile loop hike at the Masonic Cemetery winding our way up past the golf course to the Ribbon Trail and Hendricks Park. Depending on weather and interest, we could stop to purchase a piece of pie at Sweet Life on 18th. Come early if you would like to explore the cemetery. There are bathrooms at Hendricks Park!
If PI is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making Pi occur on March 14 at 1:59.26.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader: Jorry Rolfe

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: face covering, water, snacks (optional), clothing for the weather

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 4.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 387

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

With departure times 30 minutes apart, Jorry and I each led eight hikers through the Masonic Cemetery where we stopped at the "mathematician's bench “ and asked our umbrella adorned Obsidians to hunt for a spelling mistake in the marker for Dr.Paul Civin (1919-2005), a U of O math professor and also an Obsidian. Answer: the word mathematician was missing the letter "e." In my group Ginny Reich shared information about her father Dr. Robert Clark who wrote a biography of Thomas Condon and whose marker is near the Condon plot. Joanna pointed out that the nearby Irish yew tree is a tribute to Condon's Irish background. A meadow of blooming fawn lilies was a surprise. Meanwhile Jorry’s group was fortunate to have Marguerite Cooney guide them to the hard to find public trail to a bog near the golf course. For many the trails and sights were new. Another flower surprise was the plethora of trillium in full bloom on the Ribbon Trail. Our last stop was at Sweet Life for a pastry —not pie. Thanks to Obsidian Karen Seidel and Charley Wright, both long time members of the Friends of the Masonic Cemetery who when I called them on the phone quickly answered my question, "Are there mathematicians buried at the cemetery?" Jorry and I were glad we were able to safely accommodate so many —especially with comments like, “I LOVED this walk.”