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[[Image:Robyn and T-Rex.png|right|300px]]
I'm Robyn. I hash on foot, by [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|bicycle]] and by transit, usually bringing my [[Hashscots|Hashscot]] T-Rex with me. I try to avoid going by car, because burning fuel for pointless expeditions is dumb, but exercising for pointless expeditions is the win. I am deeply [[:Category:Addicted to geohashing|addicted to geohashing]], however, so what began as sometimes stopping off at a geohash in a car while on my way elsewhere, has escalated to sometimes answering the call of distant geohashes too juicy for me to resist, but too far for me to bike before midnight. 

When I'm at home in Vancouver, I'll usually try for the nearest hash in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]] or across the border to [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]. I get over to [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] from time to time, too. I have good maps locally. I also travel all over North America for work, so you'll see me at strange graticules elsewhere. I might just surprise you some day.

I am also known on the internets as Qov. I'm recognizable as another Internet personality as well, but I can trust you not to blab, right?

==Now and Near Future==
* Who knows!

===Eventually===
* Eager to get a globalhash using human powered vehicles only
* Build a cool human powered vehicle to get to geohash in.
* Minesweep home graticule
* Meet at least one geohasher with a name starting with each letter of the alphabet. I currently lack only B, N, U & V.
* Boat across the Squamish River and reach a geohash in the Tantalus Range.
* Examine early Date pages and create expedition pages for the people who reported their expeditions only on the Main Page.
* Create a Virgin Graticule map/list of Pioneers.

==Geohashing Equipment==
* Успех (pronounced ''Oosp-yekh'' a.k.a. "Speckles") my 1991 Kuwahara TO2 Supertour 18-speed bicycle
* A string (up to two and no reason to believe it will stop here) of [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|bicycles purchased and then abandoned]] in other graticules.
* ''Amazingly Enough'', my [http://www.sevylor.com/Pointer-K1-Kayak-P1832C41.aspx inflatable kayak]
* T-Rex, my dinosaur [[Hashscots|hashscot]]
* Yellow Garmin ''etrex Venture HC'' GPS
* <strike>Canon ''Power Shot SD10'' digital camera</strike> RIP March 2011, sadly missed
* Gorilla mini camera tripod
* Brunton orienteering compass

===Wanted Equipment===
*New bicycle tights
*Waterproof camera
*Camelback waterbag

== Statistics ==

===Graticules===
''I'm not very good at keeping this up to date anymore.''
*'''Hashes Attempted''': 141 in >37 [[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|different graticules]]
*'''Hashes Achieved''': 92 in >31 different graticules (+2 more without proof)
*'''Retrohashes''': 2
*'''Centurion-eligible Saturday Meetups''': >12 in 6 [[User:Robyn/Centurion|different graticules]]
*'''Geohashers met''': >35 in 7 different graticules
*'''Continents geohashed''': 2
*'''Globalhashes''': 1

===Things that have thwarted me===
''Needs updating.''
*'''Private property''' : 11
*'''Being chicken''': 1
*'''Body of water''': 1
*'''Transportation failure''': 3
*'''Mis-setting the GPS''': 1
*'''Time constraints''': 4
*'''Terrain/weather too nasty to continue safely''': 7
*'''Inability to use a camera''': 1
*'''Went to an alternate instead''':3
 
Never turn down a chance to geohash.

==Recent Geohashes Attempted==
Most recent are listed first. Single horizontal lines every ten missions, and double lines every fifty, to facilitate counting. Bold numbers are the success count and bold words indicate an award or consolation prize taken for that attempt. Older geohash expeditions are summarized and linked on [[Robyn/All_Geohashes|their own page]].

I've decided to count a geohash "successful" if I:
:(a) get to within the accuracy figure of the coordinates as shown by my GPS, 
:(b) have the GPS show a distance remaining of zero, or
:(c) for airhashes, take a readable photo within 10 seconds of each latitude and longitude.

*[[2012-03-07 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Ran to and from an on-street Tron hash. Success '''#92'''.
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*[[2012-02-29 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Official alternate leaping with swords at Academie Duello.
*[[2011-09-18 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Strawberry field transit/bike hash in Langley. Success '''#91'''.
*[[2011-09-16 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Iona Beach bike hash. Met lyx & relet Success '''#90'''.
*[[2011-08-28 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Musqueam transformer rock. Success '''#89'''.
*[[2011-08-27 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Richmond industrial park. Success '''#88'''.
*[[2011-06-05 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Best Airhash photo ever. Success '''#87'''.
*[[2011-05-21 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Pitt River waterhash for Geohashing Day. Success '''#86'''.
*[[2011-05-14 49 -121]] ([[Chilliwack, British Columbia|Chilliwack, BC]]): Too cheap to rent a power boat, too rough for a kayak.
*[[2011-04-23 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Coquitlam Town Centre Park Xore's Birthday Hash. Success '''#85'''.
*[[2011-04-12 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): In an alley in Shaughnessy with a turnout of five geohashers. Success '''#84'''.
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*[[2011-04-09 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): In some brambles in a park in West Vancouver, with Wade. Success '''#83'''.
*[[2011-03-16 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Ended a long dry spell with Success '''#82''' at a park in PoCo.
*[[2010-10-27 47 11]] ([[Innsbruck, Austria]]): Jingle Cow Hash and a brewery visit near Erlinger Höhe, Germany. Success '''#81'''.
*[[2010-10-25 48 12]] ([[Landshut, Germany]]): Met Dawidi, zb, Ekorren & Tanya then toured Regensburg. Success '''#80'''. 
*[[2010-10-23 49 8]] ([[Mannheim, Germany]]): Met Ekorren and Koepfel but lacked a trained duck to reach the hash.
*[[2010-10-20 49 8]] ([[Mannheim, Germany]]): Met Danatar, il padre and Koepfel in a wood in Frauenweiler. Success '''#79'''.
*[[2010-10-19 48 8]] ([[Pforzheim, Germany]]): Took some wrong trains and a right train then biked in the rain. Success '''#78'''.
*[[2010-09-17 44 -79]] ([[Barrie, Ontario|Barrie, ON]]): Chauffeured to geohash in a golf cart. Success '''#77'''.
*[[2010-07-12 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Couldn't get to the right spot under the Vedder Canal.
*[[2010-07-12 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Steveston Showroom, no public access.
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*[[2010-07-11 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): Dead end Arlington hash with goats. Success '''#76'''.
*[[2010-07-08 50 -119]] ([[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon, BC]]): Railroad right-of-way hash before breakfast. Success '''#75'''.
*[[2010-07-05 50 -119]] ([[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon, BC]]): Long wet grass field geohash on the way to Salmon Arm. Success '''#74'''.
*[[2010-07-04 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Train station parking lot, at a time no one could agree on. Met Mr & Mrs. Wenslayer-Parent. Success '''#73'''.
*[[2010-07-03 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): No trespassing and likely the wrong place, but we met [[User:Joannac|Joannac]]!
*[[2010-07-01 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Canada Day picnic on a streetcorner. Success '''#72'''.
*[[2010-05-22 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Mouseover Day Sechelt waterhash. Thwarted by a hissing sound.
*[[2010-05-21 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Geohashing uphill hike in the dark. Thwarted by 365 metres of pitch black dense forest.
*[[2010-05-09 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Seven-minute old retrohash in a West Vancouver parking lot.
*[[2010-05-07 45 -120]] ([[Goldendale, Washington|Goldendale, WA]]):  Thwarted by barbed wire near Centerville, Washington.
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*[[2010-05-02 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Success '''#71''' in the rain near Rice Lake.
*[[2010-05-01 53 -113]] ([[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton, AB]]): Success '''#70''' across the road from Edmonton International Airport.
*[[2010-03-28 global]] ([[Globalhash]]): Helicopter borderhash with Wade, near St. Maries, Idaho. '''Globalhash #1'''.
*[[2010-02-07_49_-123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Success '''#69''' at a non-existent church in Squamish.
*[[2009-12-30 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Brambly hash just off the dyke south of the airport. Brought Wade, met Elbie. Success '''#68'''.
*[[2009-11-18 35 -78]]   ([[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh, NC]]):  In which Robyn chooses geohashing over physiological needs. Success '''#67'''.
*[[2009-11-18 35 -77]] ([[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville, NC]]): No trespassing between a pig farm and a cotton field.
*[[2009-11-17 35 -77]] ([[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville, NC]]): Sandwich deja-presque-retrohash.  
*[[2009-11-07 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Elbie and Wade on imaginary 160th Street. Success '''#66'''.
*[[2009-09-20 47 -121]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): Solo over-the-fence reach in Duvall, Washington. Success '''#65'''.
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See [[Robyn/All_Geohashes]] for links to my previous one hundred geohashing expeditions.

==Geohashers Met==
Alphabetical by username. Date is first meeting at a geohash.

* '''Abigailme''' - resplendent and smiling on the grass before I arrived at the geohash on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
*[[User:Adrian|Adrian]] - on a bicycle with Twilightcity at the llama farm on [[2009-01-24 49 -123|2009-01-24]].
*[[User:Arbron|Arbron]] - strolling down 22nd Avenue looking at his iPhone on [[2009-03-09 49 -123|2009-03-09]].
* '''Charlotte''' - trying to photograph Klaus in front of the train station on [[2010-07-04 49 -123|2010-07-04]].
*[[User:DaleF|DaleF]] - freezing his teeth with a blue geosquishy on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
*[[User:Danatar|Danatar]] - wet, eating cookies in a wood in Frauenweiler on [[2010-10-20 49 8|2010-10-20]].
*[[User:Dawidi|Dawidi]] - leading an informative tour of Regensburg on [[2010-10-25 48 12|2010-10-25]].
*[[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] - unstoppable in his knowledge of train schedules on [[2010-10-23 49 8|2010-10-23]].
*[[User:Elbie|Elbie]] - in a double kayak with [[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] on [[2009-03-29 49 -124|2009-03-29]].
*[[User:Fbfree|Fbfree]] - in the middle of a thorn bush on [[2009-07-17 49 -122|2009-07-17]]
*[[User:Flag guy|Flag guy]] - 300 m from the Seymour River geohash on [[2009-07-10 49 -123|2009-07-10]].
*[[User:galaxstar|galaxstar]] - playing Twister outdoors in six degree weather [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
*[[User:Garyuuko|Garyuuko]] astride a Buell motorcycle on [[2008-11-08 49 -123|2008-11-08]] in Richmond.
*[[User:HollyB|HollyB]] - bouncing happily in the rain [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]] at Heather and 16th.
*[[User:Ilpadre|Ilpadre]] - taking group photos in the woods in Frauenweiler on [[2010-10-20 49 8|2010-10-20]]
*[[User:Jaem|Jaem]] - protecting his new mobile device with a towel on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
* '''Jeff''' - jumping off a bicycle by an alley in Shaughnessy.
*[[User:Joannac|Joannac]] - in a Vietnamese restaurant before trying to reach the wrong coordinates [[2010-07-03 47 -122|2010-07-03]].
*[[User:Juventas|Juventas]] - after surviving an hour stuck in construction traffic on [[2009-05-08 49 -120|2009-05-08]].
* '''Klaus''' - risking death by taxicab to reach the coordinates on [[2010-07-04 49 -123|2010-07-04]].
*[[User:Koepfel|Koepfel]] - like a drowned rat, with mini-T-Rex, in Frauenweiler, on [[2010-10-20 49 8|2010-10-20]].
*[[User:Lumy|Lumy]] - In a sailboat with a pirate flag as he landed at Ambleside Beach on [[2009-07-11 49 -123|2009-07-11]].
*[[User:lyx|lyx]] - in a swamp at Iona Beach on [[2011-09-16 49 -123|2011-09-16]].
*[[User:MylSh|MylSh]] - toasting the geohash in gingerale on [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
*[[User:Osmie|Osmie]] - On a path in a Coquitlam park, asking us if we were geohashers, on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
* '''Paul''' on a hill in Coquitlam at [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
*[[User:plypkie|plypkie]] - in a sailboat on Ambleside beach trying to reach the [[2009-07-11 49 -123|2009-07-11]] geohash.
*[[User:Qunchuy|Qunchuy]] - in a hotel hallway and then went geohashing on [[2009-07-26 40 -75]].
*[[User:relet|relet]] - while biking the other way, yelling "I'll be right back! Don't wait for me!" on [[2011-09-16 49 -123|2011-09-16]].
*[[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] - paddling her brand new inflatable kayak to Anvil Island on [[2009-04-08 49 -123|2009-04-08]].
*[[User:Rhonda's mom|Rhonda's mom]] - in a red Jeep on [[2009-05-10 50 -120|2009-05-10]].
*'''Rhonda's dad''' -  who hasn't chosen a username yet, driving the red Jeep on [[2009-05-10 50 -120|2009-05-10]].
*'''Simon''' - who doesn't have a username yet, dragged by Elbie, and amazed that people understood his geeky jokes, on [[2009-05-23 49 -123|2009-05-23]]
* '''SoBe''' - not getting too much grass on the cake on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
*[[User:srs0|srs0]] - inflating a boat [[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21]] at a sunrise water geohash.
*[[User:SueB|SueB]] - looking good in her shorts [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] in a Coquitlam driveway
*[[User:Tanya|Tanya]] - stunningly dressed and fitting in instantly with an experienced geohashing crowd on 
*[[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] - cursing like a pirate on [[2008-09-19 49 -122|2008-09-19]] at a midnight geohash.
*[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] - with his ''two kids'' on a Ballard side street on [[2009-01-22 47 -122|2009-01-22]].
*[[User:Twilightcity|Twilightcity]] - stopping his bicycle in front of a llama farm on [[2009-01-24 49 -123|2009-01-24]].
*[[User:Wade|Wade]] - geohashing with me since [[2008-07-06 47 -121|2008-07-06]], often by motorbike
*[[User:Xore|Xore]] - walking along highway 99 to join our formal wine & cheese party on [[2009-04-18 49 -122|2009-04-18]]
*[[User:yangman|yangman]] - Coasting down Sorrento Street on [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] on his mountain bike.
*[[User:zb|zb]] - Abducted to his house in Münich after a Regensburg tour on [[2010-10-25 48 12|2010-10-25]].
* '''ZZ''' - pointing the way to where the nerds were, on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].

== Achievements ==
These are the ten or so ribbons I have earned or updated recently. I have moved all the older ribbons to [[User:Robyn/Achievement ribbons|their own page]].

{{Geohashing Day
    | latitude = 49
    | longitude = -122 
    | year = 2011
    | coorddate= 2011-05-21
    | celebration = kayaking around an island
    | name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]
}}{{A Tale of Two Hashes | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2011-04-12 | name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]|user2 =[[User:Aperfectring|APR]], [[User:Jiml|Jim]], and [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] | place = Vancouver

}}{{Globetrotter

    | name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]
    | northamerica = true
    | eurasia = true 
    | continents = 2

}}{{gratuitous ribbon
    | color =red 
    | icon = Dog.png 
    | latitude = 49 
    | longitude = -123 
    | name = Robyn
    | date = 2010-07-01
    | achievement = doghash achievement
    | description = petting a friendly dog at the hashpoint
    | image = 2010-07-01_49_9_hashdog.JPG‎
}}{{Train wreck

    | latitude = 49 
    | longitude = -123 
    | date = 2010-05-22 
    | reason = using an inflatable boats that wouldn't stay that way 
    | name = Robyn
    | image = 2010-05-22 49 -123.flotilla.jpg

}} {{Geohashing Day

    | latitude = 49
    | longitude = -123
    | year = 2010
    | coorddate= 2010-05-22
    | mouseover = true 
    | name = Robyn
    | celebration = bringing her kayak to the beach
    | image = 

}}{{Geohashing Day

    | latitude = 49 
    | longitude = -122
    | year = 2010
    | coorddate= 2010-05-21
    | name = Robyn 
    | celebration = hiking uphill in the dark with cake
    | image = 2010-05-21 49 -122.cake.jpg

}}{{globalhash

    | date = 2010-03-28
    | name = Robyn
    | image = 20100328G.landed.jpg

}}{{gratuitous ribbon

    | color = red 
    | icon = Bugonbox.PNG
    | latitude = 35
    | longitude = -77 
    | date = 2009-11-17 
    | achievement = Jam Tomorrow Consolation Prize
    | description = visiting a hashpoint the day before and the day after, but not the day of. 
    | name = Robyn 
    | image = 2009-11-17 35 -77.jpg

}}{{gratuitous ribbon

    | color = brown
    | icon = FlyingWeasel.PNG
    | latitude = 49
    | longitude = -123
    | date = 2009-07-11
    | achievement = MacGyver Honourable Mention
    | description = constructing a raft out of driftwood, rope, duct tape and old bicycle tires and paddling to within 111 m of 
    | name = Robyn 
    | image = 2009-07-11 49 -123.launch.jpg

}}{{wedding anniversary geohash

    | latitude = 49
    | longitude = -123
    | date = 1994-07-08
    | on = 2009-07-08
    | name = Wade & Robyn
    | image = 2009-07-08 49 -123.us.jpg 

}}{{Walk geohash

    | latitude = 49 
    | longitude = -122
    | date = 2009-07-07
    | name = Robyn
    | distance = 42.6 km
    | image = WalkgeohashRObyn.jpg
}} 

===Progress Towards Multihash Achievements===

*[[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|Graticule Hopper]] - progress towards logging [[Graticule Hopper|100 different graticules]].
*[[User:Robyn/Mode of transport|Mode of transport]] - working out an interesting way to display how I get to each geohash.
*[[User:Robyn/Bicycle geohashes|My bicycle geohashes]] - cumulative total of cycling distance. No ribbon yet, but there might be someday.
*[[User:Robyn/Notifications|Notifications]] - graticules I'm watching for the right spot
*[[User:Robyn/Regional Geohash|Regional Geohash for British Columbia]] - progress towards [[Regional Geohashing|logging all the graticules]] in my province.
*[[User:Robyn/BC Regional Districts|BC Regional Districts]] that I am working on geohashing.
*[[User:Robyn/Centurion|xkcd Centurion]] - progress towards making [[XKCD Centurion|100 Saturday meetups]].

==Wiki Stuff==
Things you can blame me for on the wiki.
* Maintaining consistency and organization of the [[Achievements]] page, monitoring [[:Category:Proposed achievements|proposed achievements]] to ensure achievements are suitable, and well formatted.
* I obsess about every page belonging to its proper categories, and every category belonging to a category, all the way up to the [[:Category:Root categories|root]].
* I came to this wiki knowing nothing about wiki, so I sympathize with others and am working on the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page, and the initial experience for new users.
* Experimenting with the [[Geo Hashing:Current events|Current events]] page to make it more relevant.
* Maintaining [[:Template:New on the wiki]] for Main Page announcements.
* In progress: [[Geohash on Private Property]].
* Started pages [[Transportation to the Geohash]] and [[Games We Play]]. Keeping an eye out for additions.
* Making expedition pages and User pages for [[Ninja Geohasher|Ninja geohashers]].
* Conducted project [[Vancouver, British Columbia/Accessibility|tracking Vancouver geohashes]] for a month to quantify accessibility issues in Vancouver graticule.
* Working on a way of displaying/recording [[Virgin Graticule]] conquests.
* Generally trying to do things that make the wiki better.
* Oh, and I boss everyone around, too.

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