Talk:2008-09-13 48 -121

Sorry to hear about the failure, but good attempt! I'm sure you'll have the graticule at some point! -Srs0 18:17, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, nice try! Would that I had a bike so I could attempt with you. With three months in Abbotsford to go and living and working at UFV, I can't justify it (or find the money). Still, go Robyn! - Wmcduff 18:19, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Nice try, and respectable speed with that hill included! Don't ignore hills. I don't do that either(ok, I'm dutch, so scared of the unknown). Respect mother nature, or you'll be her bitch. Unless you are willing to arrive home when the sun rises again. I think piguy prepared his epic journey very well, otherwise he wouldn't have succeeded. --Arvid 18:49, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

If I fully prepared all my geohashes I wouldn't go on half of them. I actually prefer having no idea whether they will be successful or not. It's more suspenseful. And not being able to afford a bike. Man, that's my new definition of poverty. If you can't hook up with one through http://www.pedalpower.org or find a second-hand bike to fit your budget, get in touch and I'll see what I can do. -Robyn 00:51, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm, I can understand you want the suspense, but you also are too sane to try beyond a certain point... Full preparation isn't always necessary of course. But on far away hashes, especially by bike, I want to have an idea about the hills I'll have to cope with. It's a time-schedule issue(and a mental one). It helps that I know beforehand that it might become light again before I'm home, when nothing is going my way(and that I brought enough food&drink to survive that). I most certainly wouldn't like to be surprised by a 1000m hill at the end of a long journey. Whether I'd go on would be dependant upon how bad I want to get the hashpoint. Like the last one, where I ran into a field with cattle. If that would've been in a graticule I already been to, I probably would have settled for No Trespassing. And the further I've traveled, the more eager I am to make it a successful hash, so the more stupid things I'll do.--Arvid 04:49, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Nice expedition! I was rooting for you the whole time! And never underestimate the sheer soul eroding power of vertically inclined surfaces! Along with wind, they are my most hated of all cycling obstacles!

And I'm a little afraid to ask, but what ended up happening to ICWB? Considering that it was someone else s bike, that was in a different province, I feel oddly attached and concerned for it... Thepiguy 06:35, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

ICWB got on an airplane to Peace River with a coworker who appreciated the utility of a bicycle. He will endeavour to keep it avaialble for my eventual return to the area, or at the very least give it to a thrift store. -Robyn 14:53, 15 September 2008 (UTC)