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== Planning ==
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== About ==
  
Today's point is just inside the city limits for Toronto, near the corner of Alness St. and Magnetic Dr. (Double cool points for being near Magnetic Dr.)
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Today's point is just inside the city limits for Toronto, near the corner of Alness St. and Magnetic Dr., just east of York University.
  
Satellite imagery suggests the point is on a sidewalk near some commercial/industrial buildings. This means that the point is very accessable and there should be very little human interference.
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== Expedition ==
  
I'm actually meeting my bother out in Oshawa today, so I'm not certain at what point I'll get to the spot.
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=== [[User:Splitdipless|Splitdipless]] and his Very Understanding Girlfriend ===
  
[[Category:Expedition planning]]
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It was dark when I dropped my brother off, but I still wanted to attempt a really easy hash. I called up my Very Understanding Girlfriend, and picked her up soon after. We zipped out to the location fairly quickly in 'Em'.
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I really liked the fact that the intersection included a street called Magnetic Dr. Being an electrical engineering graduate really made this cool. I couldn't help but get a picture of it before we found the real point.
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Finding the real point required me to re-calibrate my GPS compass. I'm sure my Very Understanding Girlfriend wanted to take a video of me spinning about on the spot, but luckily, evidence of such an action does not exist.
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The point was easily walked to and we commenced taking a few picture to commemorate the occation where I finally dragged her off to a hash. I earned a drag-along for introducing her, and she earned a land achievement.
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Image:2009-07-22_43_-79_A.jpg|She looks cute geohashing, doesn't she?
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Image:2009-07-22_43_-79_B.jpg|Not as cute.
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Image:2009-07-22_43_-79_C.jpg|A couples shot on the hash.
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Image:2009-07-22_43_-79_D.jpg|It's like I'm drawn towards it by some ''force''.
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Image:2009-07-22_43_-79_E.jpg|Remind me to fix my Location field.
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
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[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
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[[Category:Coordinates reached]]

Revision as of 04:36, 23 July 2009

Wed 22 Jul 2009 in Toronto:
43.7824012, -79.4793208
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About

Today's point is just inside the city limits for Toronto, near the corner of Alness St. and Magnetic Dr., just east of York University.

Expedition

Splitdipless and his Very Understanding Girlfriend

It was dark when I dropped my brother off, but I still wanted to attempt a really easy hash. I called up my Very Understanding Girlfriend, and picked her up soon after. We zipped out to the location fairly quickly in 'Em'.

I really liked the fact that the intersection included a street called Magnetic Dr. Being an electrical engineering graduate really made this cool. I couldn't help but get a picture of it before we found the real point.

Finding the real point required me to re-calibrate my GPS compass. I'm sure my Very Understanding Girlfriend wanted to take a video of me spinning about on the spot, but luckily, evidence of such an action does not exist.

The point was easily walked to and we commenced taking a few picture to commemorate the occation where I finally dragged her off to a hash. I earned a drag-along for introducing her, and she earned a land achievement.