Difference between revisions of "User:Juventas"

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I geohash mostly in the Vernon and Mabel Lake, British Columbia graticules. It's a great place to be if you like to get to the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately it also means there's no other geohashers around.

Getting There

I drive a Subaru Legacy, which is a great car for all the unpaved roads here. It doesn't always cut it on the logging roads and four-wheeler trails, which are required for most hash points. Nevertheless, I think I surprise some of the pickups passing by, and sometimes myself.

I enjoy hiking, and soon invested in some real boots and a backpack from the Mountain Equipment Co-op. The stuff is worth every penny. I still can't get everywhere I want, and find myself looking at dual-sport motorcycles, river kayaks, and snowshoes.

Photography

I enjoy photography, and geohashing gave me the last incentive I needed to purchasing a digital SLR. My early photos are with a point & shoot, and I'm still learning with the SLR. I've since purchased a good tripod, a shutter release, a hot shoe level, and a polarizing filter. I hope as I go on, I'll be able to look at my photos and see a progression of improvement.

Getting in Touch

Feel free to leave anything on my discussion page. I sometimes can be found in the #geohashing channel on Foonetic.

Expeditions

2008-07-26	Vernon	solo	~150m	Near the northern tip of Okanagan Lake, in a reed bed.
2008-08-09	Vernon	solo	~200m	Near one of the Specs Lakes, on the swampy shoreline.
2008-08-16	Vernon	solo	~600m	Far north of Bouleau Lake, in a dense forest.
2008-08-23	Vernon	solo	reached	Near Tadpole Lake, in a logging clearing.
2008-08-30	Vernon	Jing	reached	sorta
2008-08-31	Mabel Lake	solo	reached
2008-09-14	Surrey	DigitalAngel	reached
2008-10-11	Vernon	family	reached
2009-01-18	Mabel Lake	DigitalAngel	~5km
2009-01-25	Vernon	DigitalAngel	reached
2009-02-16	Nakusp	DigitalAngel	108m

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-I geohash in the [[Vernon, British Columbia]] and [[Mabel Lake, British Columbia]] graticules.  It's a great place to be if you like to get to the middle of nowhere.  Unfortunately it also means there's no other geohashers around.
+I geohash mostly in the [[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon]] and [[Mabel Lake, British Columbia]] graticules.  It's a great place to be if you like to get to the middle of nowhere.  Unfortunately it also means there's no other geohashers around.
-==Getting Around==
+==Getting There==
-I drive a Subaru Legacy, which is a great car for all the unpaved roads here.  It doesn't always cut it on the logging roads and four-wheeler trails, which are required traveling for most hash points.  Nevertheless, I think I surprise some of the pickups passing by, and sometimes myself.  I had been considering a dual-sport motorcycle, and since geohashing I want one even more!
+I drive a Subaru Legacy, which is a great car for all the unpaved roads here.  It doesn't always cut it on the logging roads and four-wheeler trails, which are required for most hash points.  Nevertheless, I think I surprise some of the pickups passing by, and sometimes myself.
+I enjoy hiking, and soon invested in some real boots and a backpack from the Mountain Equipment Co-op.  The stuff is worth every penny.  I still can't get everywhere I want, and find myself looking at dual-sport motorcycles, river kayaks, and snowshoes.
 ==Photography==
-I enjoy photography, and geohashing gave me the last push to purchasing a digital SLR.  My photos taken up till the [[2008-08-23 50 -119|August 28th]] hash are with a point & shoot, and those after should be with the SLR.  If you ever want a print-quality copy please let me know, I'd be flattered.
+I enjoy photography, and geohashing gave me the last incentive I needed to purchasing a digital SLR.  My early photos are with a point & shoot, and I'm still learning with the SLR.  I've since purchased a good tripod, a shutter release, a hot shoe level, and a polarizing filter.  I hope as I go on, I'll be able to look at my photos and see a progression of improvement.
 ==Getting in Touch==
-Feel free to leave anything on my discussion page.  Also, I sometimes can be found in the #geohashing channel on Foonetic.
+Feel free to leave anything on my discussion page.  I sometimes can be found in the #geohashing channel on Foonetic.
 ==Expeditions==
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