Difference between revisions of "2013-04-26 43 -79"

Latest revision as of 00:00, 10 August 2020

Location

In a field North West of Virgil

Participants

NWoodruff

Plans

Expedition

I took off from Atlanta International airport at 8:55pm to land at Buffalo/Niagara at 10:59pm. I was hoping that would give me enough time to get a car, cross the border and make it there before midnight. I started out making good time. It didn't take long to cross the border. But the closer and closer I got, I knew I wasn't going to make it before Saturday.

I arrived at 12:17am and decided not to trek into the farmers field in the pitch black darkness of the night only to still make a Coordinates not reached because of the wrong day.

I settled at 181 feet(55 meters) as the closest point vowing to make another Canadian Geohash in the future.

Photos

181 feet to go. So close but now a day late.
After traveling 909 miles, I'm 17 minutes late for a Coordinates Reached.
Date and time of the attempted meetup.
Plus or minus 12 feet accuracy.

Achievements

NWoodruff earned the Border geohash achievement

by crossing the USA-Canada border on 2013-04-26 to reach the (43, -79) geohash.

NWoodruff earned the XKCD-100 Honorable Mention Achievement

by voyaging 909 miles to reach the (43, -79) geohash on 2013-04-26. Alas it was not a Saturday.

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 == Expedition ==
+I took off from Atlanta International airport at 8:55pm to land at Buffalo/Niagara at 10:59pm. I was hoping that would give me enough time to get a car, cross the border and make it there before midnight. I started out making good time. It didn't take long to cross the border. But the closer and closer I got, I knew I wasn't going to make it before Saturday.
+I arrived at 12:17am and decided not to trek into the farmers field in the pitch black darkness of the night only to still make a Coordinates not reached because of the wrong day.
+I settled at 181 feet(55 meters) as the closest point vowing to make another Canadian Geohash in the future.
 == Photos ==
 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2013042643-79NW01.JPG | 181 feet to go. So close but now a day late.
+Image:2013042643-79NW02.JPG | After traveling 909 miles, I'm 17 minutes late for a Coordinates Reached.
+Image:2013042643-79NW03.JPG | Date and time of the attempted meetup.
+Image:2013042643-79NW04.JPG | Plus or minus 12 feet accuracy.
 </gallery>
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 }}
+{{xkcd-100-Honorable-Mention | latitude = 43 | longitude = -79 | date = 2013-04-26 | distance = 909 miles | name = NWoodruff}}
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 [[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
+[[Category:Not reached - Time constraints]]
+{{location|CA|ON|NG}}


Fri 26 Apr 2013 in 43,-79: 43.2255288, -79.1526270 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox