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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO01.jpg|UnwiseOwl feels sympathy for Europeans and Americans in sub-frozen zones.
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO02.jpg.jpg|It's obvious I'm not used to wearing beanies, isn't it?
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO03.jpg|Bloody hell, it's hot in here!
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO04.jpg|That hot!
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO05.jpg|That's better. Pity about the face.
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO06.jpg|XKCD marks the spot.
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO07.jpg|Bush track.
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO08.jpg|Optimistic bush airfield.
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Image:2009-01-29 -34 138 UO09.jpg|Other end of the airfield. Would you land a plane on this, Robyn?
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Revision as of 03:41, 21 February 2009

Thu 29 Jan 2009 in -34,138:
-34.7677207, 138.7996902
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Photos will be up shortly.

Location

300m down the track from the airfield in the bushland near Kersbrook.

People

UnwiseOwl, rushing from work to dinner.

Narrative (by UnwiseOwl (third person is stupid))

It has been a long time since I've had the chance to go geohashing. So when the power went down at work due to extreme temperatures (the second day in a row over 45C), I was in my car and away to the foothills accompanied by the hot wind in my hair and the sound of frying traffic lights.

After some minor confusion (I need to learn to read maps some time) and eventually approaching to hashsite from the opposite direction than I had planned, I jumped out of my car, grabbed my trusty thermometer, and headed down the red dust track past an airfield that is best described as 'optimistic'.

Since everyone else is doing it and out of sympathy for my suffering Northern Hemisphere colleagues, I rugged up properly at the hash site, and stood around trying to shiver while I marked the ground. One thing I have learned is that shivering if tricky when it's 42C in the shade and there's no shade to speak of.

Unfortunately, there was no-one around to share my triumph with apart from the kangaroos, who didn't stay to chat, so I claimed the hottest geohash solo and trudged back up the hill and off to dinner.

Ribbons Earnt

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UnwiseOwl earned the Hot geohash achievement
by reaching the (-34, 138) geohash on 2009-01-29 while the temperature was 48°C in the sun.


Photos