From Geo Hashing
Hi. My name is Rhonda, and I like adventure. Robyn thinks I am at least as insane as she is, possibly due to my first ever geohash being a (planned) 4 hour kayak expedition.
[edit] Geohashes attempted (28/38)
- @ 2009-08-30 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): playing tag with Xore and Wade and the Tag! You're it! crew.
- #22: 2009-07-31 49 -123 (Burnaby, BC): empty lot transit hash with Xore and plypkie
- #21: 2009-07-28 49 -122 (Annacis Island, BC): parking lot transit hash with Xore and PhilB
- 2009-07-14 49 -122 (Buntzen Lake, BC): ran out of time on the way to the top of a mountain, with Robyn and Xore.
- 2009-07-12 49 -122 (Langley, BC): 4 metres on the other side of a tall fence, with Xore
- #20: 2009-07-11 49 -123 (West Vancouver, BC): kayak hash into the shipping lanes off Ambleside Park with Xore, Robyn and Wade, and plypkie, yangman, and Elbie.
- #19: 2009-07-10 49 -123 (North Vancouver, BC): down a cliff with Robyn after meeting Flag guy coming back from his expedition.
- #18: 2009-07-05 49 -125 (Courtenay, BC): virgin graticule with Elbie, Xore, and Xore's sister and brother-in-law.
- #17: 2009-06-19 50 -121 (Cache Creek, BC): my first solo geohash.
- #16: 2009-06-14 49 -122 (Surrey, BC): ambassador geohash in a Surrey backyard with Xore, Elbie, SueB, yangman, and plypkie.
- @ 2009-06-12 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Watched Elbie give a talk about geohashing to some UBC Computer Science grad students with Xore and yangman.
- #15: 2009-06-06 51 -121 (100 Mile House, BC): short easy hike with Mom.
- #14: 2009-06-03 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): transit tree twister hash with Elbie, Ray, Stathi, and Xore.
- @ 2009-05-23 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Mouse Over Day celebration on the cruise ship dock at Canada Place, with Robyn, Wade, Xore, SueB, Elbie, Simon, and of course my mom.
- #13: 2009-05-21 48 -123 (Saltspring Island, BC): Geohashing Day celebration with Xore, Elbie, Robyn, and Wade, with cake and twister.
- #12: 2009-05-18 50 -120 (Kamloops, BC): sewage plant hash with Mom.
- #11: 2009-05-12 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): transit kayak hash with Robyn.
- #10: 2009-05-10 50 -120 (Kamloops, BC): logging road consecutive geohash with my parents and Robyn.
- #9: 2009-05-09 50 -119 (Vernon, BC): missing the perfect road and hiking for a consecutive geohash with Robyn and Juventas.
- 2009-05-08 49 -119 (Kelowna, BC): aborted due to darkness and potholes at the highway turnoff.
- #8: 2009-05-08 49 -120 (Princeton, BC): hiking up from a provincial campsite with Robyn and Juventas.
- #7: 2009-05-03 48 -122 (Laurel, WA): bicycle border transit consecutive geohash with Robyn.
- #6: 2009-05-02 48 -122 (Silver Lake Park, WA): transit bicycle border camping geohash with Robyn.
- 2009-04-28 49 -122 (Coquitlam, BC): Bicycle no trespassing geohash with Robyn, SueB, and yangman.
- #5: 2009-04-25 49 -123 (Gambier Island, BC): clifftop picnic hash in the sun with Robyn and Wade.
- 2009-04-23 48 -122 (Orcas Island, WA): Border, ferry, bicycle, camping... no trespassing geohash with Robyn.
- #4: 2009-04-22 49 -122 (Langley, BC): via public transit. Met Robyn and played hopscotch.
- #3: 2009-04-16 48 -122 (Semiahmoo Bay, WA): via transit and bike. Met Robyn on the bus and thepiguy at the Peace Arch at 1PM, and rode there together.
- #2: 2009-04-13 49 -122 (Langley, BC): via public transit. Met Robyn at the hashpoint about 4pm.
- #1: 2009-04-08 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): - 5 1/2 hours in an inflatable kayak I bought that morning. Success with Robyn!
[edit] Upcoming
- Going to be just south of Minneapolis for most of November.
- Scout the bridge access bike route from both sides and for all arrival and departure directions for the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge - will need to know this if I want to do a pure bicycle geohash that isn't downtown or on the north shore.
- Thinking of buying a bike trailer, to carry the kayak on. Any recommendations?
My origin hash spot looks so easy to access, I'm going to go for it next time I visit my parents (with time to spare in the trip up or back). It's about 500m (straight line) from highway 5, and google maps shows what appears to be a logging road that passes within 20m or less of the spot.
[edit] Personal firsts
Things that I did for the first time in my life while or because of geohashing.
- Kayaked into 17kts wind and whitecaps in open water.
- Rode a bike across an international border.
- Went to the US on a lark. (All other trips were planned in advance.)
- Bicycle camping.
- Carried a kayak on a city bus.
- Bushwhacked my way down a cliff.
[edit] Other pages
- POSTED: list of my no trespassing geohashes for the POSTED achievement.
- Cycling: list of my bicycle trip distances.
- xkcd Centurion: list of Saturday meetups attended.
- BC Regional Districts project: Graticule maps of BC's Regional Districts, for a more feasible regional geohash award in BC.
[edit] Ribbons earned
I'm only listing the first time I get a given ribbon. Unless I find it amusing to include again.
[edit] Achievement ribbons
[edit] Upgradeable ribbons
[edit] Virgin graticules
[edit] Gratuitous Ribbons
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Robyn & Rhonda earned the Double Mother Geohash Ribbon
- by visiting both their mothers, in different graticules, on Mothers' Day, before reaching the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-10.
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Rhonda earned the stinky geohash ribbon
- by attending a geohash located between the pulp mill, sewage treatment plant, and city dump at the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-18.
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Rhonda earned the monkey games achievement
- by climbing a tree directly on the hashpoint then playing games in it (49, -123) geohash on 2009-06-03.
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Rhonda and Rhonda's mom earned the maze navigator achievement
- by successfully navigating a route through a maze of unmarked unpaved roads on the way to the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-09-27.
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[edit] Consolation Prizes
