User:Wmcduff

From Geohashing

Now in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, spending the days working in the public library, and the mornings going "Oh crud, I need a boat/sherpa."

  • Update: December 4, 2013. In the two years I've been here, I've only noticed once where the geohash looked accessible, and that was in the week after I dislocated my kneecap and wasn't leaving my second floor apartment. I think I need to up the madness quotient to Vancouver-like levels. Still alive. (Though no triumphs to speak of.)
  • Update: January 3, 2023. Maybe this year, I will break the streak of ocean, ocean, mountain, island I'd have to charter a boat to, ocean, mountain that this grat gives me. Still alive, on the Discord.

I discovered geohashing on August 6, 2008.

Lol-asg.png 44 / m / 54,-130

Contributions

I created most of the New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island graticule pages, and created the Regional Geohashing, A Tale of Two Hashes achievement and Globalhash achievements. I also helped with the Regional Geohashing display, mapping out Canada and Chile.

Statistics

6 attempts, 2 successes.

Hashes I've visited

Surrey

  • 2008-09-19 Talk like a pirate day got me out for a quick hash; I've decided to call it a drunken success in retrospect. Pirates don't care about the exact correct spot!

Bathurst

  • 2008-08-10 4 km from my home for the summer, and on a Sunday. No GPS, but got there, and supplied just enough photographic evidence. I think.

Hashes I've attempted

Surrey

  • 2008-10-18 On prison grounds, and inaccessible, despite it's closeness to the school.

Moncton

  • 2009-07-12 Ended up about 30 m short, but I got a rather amusing report out of it.

Balmoral

Bathurst

Achievements

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This user earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (47, -65) geohash on 2008-08-10.
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This user earned the Virgin Graticule Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (47, -65) graticule, here, on 2008-08-10.
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This user earned the Earliest geohasher achievement
by arriving first at the (47, -65) geohash on 2008-08-10.
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This user earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2008-10-18.
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This user earned the Cato Censorius achievement
by repeatedly mentioning the importance of finishing what you have begun and thus pushing relet to tackle the (53, 11) geohash on 2009-06-14.
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This user earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
by chickening out on the (46, -64) geohash on 2009-07-12.
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This user earned the S-statements Speaking Stamp
by summarizing safari selecting S-statements solely: (46, -64) geohash on 2009-07-12.
20090712 46 -64 Stupid Grin.JPG
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This user earned the "Mother Nature's Bitch" Consolation Prize
by failing to reach the (47, -66) geohash on 2009-08-23.
2008-09-19 49 -122 Ten meters DOWN.jpg
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This user earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize
by being prevented from reaching the (47, -65) geohash on 2009-08-25 by an impassable and unforeseen beaver created pond.
2009-08-25 47 -65 Dam you beavers.jpg