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imported>Mkoniecz (It had never occurred to me that the first 141km would be easier than those last 50 meters. Fist of all, there is a distinct lack of landmarks in the middle of the water (and only now, as I type that sentence, does the sheer irony hit me. I guess there'"") |
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|29={{quoteMore|center|"Have faith in my blind navigational skills!"|[[User:Higgs|Higgs]], refusing to look at a GPS during the [[2013-10-21 44 -123]] expedition.}} | |29={{quoteMore|center|"Have faith in my blind navigational skills!"|[[User:Higgs|Higgs]], refusing to look at a GPS during the [[2013-10-21 44 -123]] expedition.}} | ||
|30={{quoteMore|center|Why do I search invisible coordinates while it's wet and dark and uncomfortable outside, knowing that I'll probably end up dirty all over? I can't tell|[[User:Paintedhell|Juja]], [[2013-11-22 50 11]]}} | |30={{quoteMore|center|Why do I search invisible coordinates while it's wet and dark and uncomfortable outside, knowing that I'll probably end up dirty all over? I can't tell|[[User:Paintedhell|Juja]], [[2013-11-22 50 11]]}} | ||
| − | |31={{quoteMore|center|Cake is also highly recommended, especially if you succeed in transporting it to the geohash intact. Sharing cake with strangers at the geohash is a good way to tell people about geohashing. People willing to accept cake from strangers in party hats are probably the sort of people who would consider geohashing. |[http://wiki.xkcd.com/wgh/index.php?title=Geohashing_Day&diff=111696&oldid=111684 Robyn]}} | + | |31={{quoteMore|center|Cake is also highly recommended, especially if you succeed in transporting it to the geohash intact. Sharing cake with strangers at the geohash is a good way to tell people about geohashing. People willing to accept cake from strangers in party hats are probably the sort of people who would consider geohashing. |2=[http://wiki.xkcd.com/wgh/index.php?title=Geohashing_Day&diff=111696&oldid=111684 Robyn]}} |
|32={{quoteMore|center|I was astonished to find that it was only a block away from my cousin's house, which I'd probably been to four or five times! How could I have missed a giant glacial erratic boulder in such proximity? I had to investigate, so I began to take my leave.|[[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]], commenting on [[2014-03-12 47 -122]]}} | |32={{quoteMore|center|I was astonished to find that it was only a block away from my cousin's house, which I'd probably been to four or five times! How could I have missed a giant glacial erratic boulder in such proximity? I had to investigate, so I began to take my leave.|[[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]], commenting on [[2014-03-12 47 -122]]}} | ||
|33={{quoteMore|center|As I was heading back to the truck, I encountered every urban geohasher's worst nightmare: an aggressive, charging, off-leash dog. Fortunately, it was only about the size of a large burrito.|[[User:Michael5000]] on [[2014-03-26_45_-122]]}} | |33={{quoteMore|center|As I was heading back to the truck, I encountered every urban geohasher's worst nightmare: an aggressive, charging, off-leash dog. Fortunately, it was only about the size of a large burrito.|[[User:Michael5000]] on [[2014-03-26_45_-122]]}} | ||
|34={{quoteMore|center|A few seconds later I realized that normal people can cross their own tracks.|[[User:RecentlyChanged|RecentlyChanged]] on [[2014-06-18 49 8]]}} | |34={{quoteMore|center|A few seconds later I realized that normal people can cross their own tracks.|[[User:RecentlyChanged|RecentlyChanged]] on [[2014-06-18 49 8]]}} | ||
| − | + | |35={{quoteMore|center|It had never occurred to me that the first 141km would be easier than those last 50 meters. Fist of all, there is a distinct lack of landmarks in the middle of the water (and only now, as I type that sentence, does the sheer irony hit me. I guess there's a reason they're called ''land''marks.|[[User:Thepiguy|Thepiguy]] on [[2008-09-01 49 -124]]}} | |
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| “ | I didn't bring any skis on this expedition, so when the GPS reported the hash being 59 m from the road, I thought "close enough" and called it a night. No, really, I walked/crawled through the waist-deep snow to reach the hash. I should be declared insane, but I made it.
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