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I'm Robyn, also known on the internets as Qov. You may recognize me by another pseudonym from elsewhere, and I know I'm not doing a very good job of keeping quiet like this, but I can trust you not to blab, right?
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I'm Robyn. I hash on foot, by [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|bicycle]] and by transit, usually bringing my [[Hashscots|Hashscot]] T-Rex with me. I try to avoid going by car, because burning fuel for pointless expeditions is dumb, but exercising for pointless expeditions is the win. I am deeply [[:Category:Addicted to geohashing|addicted to geohashing]], however, so what began as sometimes stopping off at a geohash in a car while on my way elsewhere, has escalated to sometimes answering the call of distant geohashes too juicy for me to resist, but too far for me to bike before midnight.
  
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I hash on foot, by [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|bicycle]] and by transit, not by car, because burning fuel for pointless expeditions is dumb, but exercising for pointless expeditions is the win. I may stop off at a geohash in a car when I'm on my way elsewhere, though. When I'm at home in Vancouver I'll usually try for the nearest hash, in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]] or across the border to [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]. I may get over to [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] from time to time, too. I have good maps locally. I also travel all over North America for work, so you'll see me at strange graticules elsewhere.  
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When I'm at home in Vancouver, I'll usually try for the nearest hash in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]] or across the border to [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]. I get over to [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] from time to time, too. I have good maps locally. I also travel all over North America for work, so you'll see me at strange graticules elsewhere. I might just surprise you some day.
  
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==Future Plans==
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I am also known on the internets as Qov. I'm recognizable as another Internet personality as well, but I can trust you not to blab, right?
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*Friday Bellingham is attainable and Saturday Bellingham is only a few blocks away, in Everson. Sunday Bellingham is also attainable by ferry. It's at an airstrip on Shaw Island. So the question is, do I make a weekend of it? It's going to snow.
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*My [[2009-03-21 49 -123|birthday party]] is coming up.
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==Now and Near Future==
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* Who knows!
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===Eventually===
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* Eager to get a globalhash using human powered vehicles only
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* Build a cool human powered vehicle to get to geohash in.
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* Minesweep home graticule
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* Meet at least one geohasher with a name starting with each letter of the alphabet. I currently lack only B, N, U & V.
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* Boat across the Squamish River and reach a geohash in the Tantalus Range.
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* Examine early Date pages and create expedition pages for the people who reported their expeditions only on the Main Page.
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* Create a Virgin Graticule map/list of Pioneers.
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==Geohashing Equipment==
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* Успех (pronounced ''Oosp-yekh'' a.k.a. "Speckles") my 1991 Kuwahara TO2 Supertour 18-speed bicycle
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* A string (up to two and no reason to believe it will stop here) of [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|bicycles purchased and then abandoned]] in other graticules.
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* ''Amazingly Enough'', my [http://www.sevylor.com/Pointer-K1-Kayak-P1832C41.aspx inflatable kayak]
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* T-Rex, my dinosaur [[Hashscots|hashscot]]
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* Yellow Garmin ''etrex Venture HC'' GPS
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* <strike>Canon ''Power Shot SD10'' digital camera</strike> RIP March 2011, sadly missed
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* Gorilla mini camera tripod
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* Brunton orienteering compass
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===Wanted Equipment===
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*Camelback waterbag
  
 
== Statistics ==
 
== Statistics ==
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===Graticules===
 
===Graticules===
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*'''Hashes Attempted''': 57 in 30 [[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|different graticules]]
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''I'm not very good at keeping this up to date anymore.''
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*'''Hashes Achieved''': 38 in 23 different graticules
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*'''Hashes Attempted''': 148 in >39 [[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|different graticules]]
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*'''Four p.m. Saturday Meetups''': 4 in 3 [[User:Robyn/Centurion|different graticules]]
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*'''Hashes Achieved''': 99 in >33 different graticules (+2 more without proof)
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*'''Geohashers met''': 13 in 3 different graticules
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*'''Retrohashes''': 2
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*'''Continents geohashed''': 1
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*'''Centurion-eligible Saturday Meetups''': >12 in 6 [[User:Robyn/Centurion|different graticules]]
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*'''Geohashers met''': >36 in 7 different graticules
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*'''Continents geohashed''': 2
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*'''Monroe Number''': 5 (via Thomcat)'''
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*'''Globalhashes''': 1
  
 
===Things that have thwarted me===
 
===Things that have thwarted me===
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*'''No trespassing sign''': 6
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''Needs updating.''
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*'''Private property''' : 11
 
*'''Being chicken''': 1
 
*'''Being chicken''': 1
 
*'''Body of water''': 1
 
*'''Body of water''': 1
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*'''Transportation failure''': 2
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*'''Transportation failure''': 3
 
*'''Mis-setting the GPS''': 1
 
*'''Mis-setting the GPS''': 1
 
*'''Time constraints''': 4
 
*'''Time constraints''': 4
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*'''Terrain too nasty to continue safely''': 4
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*'''Terrain/weather too nasty to continue safely''': 7
 
*'''Inability to use a camera''': 1
 
*'''Inability to use a camera''': 1
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*'''Went to an alternate instead''':3
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Never turn down a chance to geohash.
 
Never turn down a chance to geohash.
  
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==All Geohashes Attempted==
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==Recent Geohashes Attempted==
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Most recent are listed first. Horizontal lines are every ten missions, to facilitate counting. Bold numbers are the success count and bold words indicate an award or consolation prize taken for that attempt. I've removed my former one ribbon per geohash limitation. I've decided to count a geohash "successful" if I:
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Most recent are listed first. Single horizontal lines every ten missions, and double lines every fifty, to facilitate counting. Bold numbers are the success count and bold words indicate an award or consolation prize taken for that attempt. Older geohash expeditions are summarized and linked on [[Robyn/All_Geohashes|their own page]].
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I've decided to count a geohash "successful" if I:
 
:(a) get to within the accuracy figure of the coordinates as shown by my GPS,  
 
:(a) get to within the accuracy figure of the coordinates as shown by my GPS,  
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:(b) have the GPS show a distance remaining of zero,  
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:(b) have the GPS show a distance remaining of zero, or
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:(c) get to where it is obvious I could reach the geohash, but refrain from trampling crops,
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:(c) for airhashes, take a readable photo within 10 seconds of each latitude and longitude.
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:(d) for airhashes, take a readable photo within 10 seconds of each latitude and longitude, or
 
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:(e) get really close <i>and</i> meet other geohashers who didn't travel with me, while trying to reach the geohash.  
 
  
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I haven't yet had to use options (c) and (e): the one time I thought I would have to invoke (c), the geohash came to me.
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*[[2013-03-10 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Cold White Rock sidewalk. Success '''#99'''.
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*[[2009-03-05 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): '''Twister''' picnic '''hash collision''' in a park: success '''#38'''.
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*[[2013-02-15 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Airhash had to work too late to make it a double. Success '''#98'''.
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*[[2009-03-02 32 -96]] ([[Dallas, Texas|Dallas, Texas]]): Stopped 716 m short. Thwarted by a field of cows and the desperate need to not miss my plane.
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*[[2013-01-18 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Deerhash by Sea-to-Sky. Success '''#97'''.
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*[[2009-03-02 32 -95]] ([[Tyler, Texas|Tyler, TX]]): Stopped 1.44 km short. Thwarted by a fence and the need to catch an airplane.
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*[[2013-01-02 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): New Year's pubhash. Success '''#96'''.
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*[[2009-02-27 30 -93]] ([[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles, LA]]): Walked for five hours but failed to find the correct road.
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*[[2012-06-02 52 -121]] ([[Likely, British Columbia|Likely, BC]]): Another airhash. Success '''#95'''.
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*[[2009-02-24 30 -93]] ([[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles, LA]]): Bushwhacked in, took trail out for success '''#37'''.
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*[[2012-06-02 54 -120]] ([[Hart Ranges, British Columbia|Hart Ranges, BC]]): Airhash with Spencer. Success '''#94'''.
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*[[2009-02-20 30 -94]] ([[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont, TX]]): Failed on the ground, succeeded in the air. Success '''#36'''.
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*[[2012-04-03 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): My first ever skihash. Success '''#93'''.
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*[[2009-02-14 32 -94]] ([[Longview, Texas|Longview, TX]]): Airhash over Smithville. Success '''#35'''.
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*[[2012-03-07 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Ran to and from an on-street Tron hash. Success '''#92'''.
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*[[2009-02-09 32 -94]] ([[Longview, Texas|Longview, TX]]): Easy drive-in geohash on a quiet road in the woods. Success '''#34'''.
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*[[2012-02-29 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Official alternate leaping with swords at Academie Duello.
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*[[2011-09-18 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Strawberry field transit/bike hash in Langley. Success '''#91'''.
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*[[2011-09-16 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Iona Beach bike hash. Met lyx & relet Success '''#90'''.
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*[[2011-08-28 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Musqueam transformer rock. Success '''#89'''.
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*[[2011-08-27 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Richmond industrial park. Success '''#88'''.
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*[[2011-06-05 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Best Airhash photo ever. Success '''#87'''.
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*[[2011-05-21 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Pitt River waterhash for Geohashing Day. Success '''#86'''.
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*[[2011-05-14 49 -121]] ([[Chilliwack, British Columbia|Chilliwack, BC]]): Too cheap to rent a power boat, too rough for a kayak.
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*[[2011-04-23 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Coquitlam Town Centre Park Xore's Birthday Hash. Success '''#85'''.
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*[[2011-04-12 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): In an alley in Shaughnessy with a turnout of five geohashers. Success '''#84'''.
 
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*[[2009-01-25 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Failed to reach a spot in a dark, frozen swamp in Abbotsford.
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*[[2011-04-09 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): In some brambles in a park in West Vancouver, with Wade. Success '''#83'''.
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*[[2009-01-24 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC)]]: Bus, ferry and walk to be the '''first geohasher''' at a meetup on a llama farm, and success '''#33'''.
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*[[2011-03-16 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Ended a long dry spell with Success '''#82''' at a park in PoCo.
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*[[2009-01-22 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): Second half of a multihash for success '''#32''' and '''5 geosquishy points'''.  
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*[[2010-10-27 47 11]] ([[Innsbruck, Austria]]): Jingle Cow Hash and a brewery visit near Erlinger Höhe, Germany. Success '''#81'''.
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*[[2009-01-22 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): A '''déjà vu geohash''' for success '''#31'''.
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*[[2010-10-25 48 12]] ([[Landshut, Germany]]): Met Dawidi, zb, Ekorren & Tanya then toured Regensburg. Success '''#80'''.  
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*[[2009-01-02 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): '''Snowman geohash''' by public transit for success '''#30'''.
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*[[2010-10-23 49 8]] ([[Mannheim, Germany]]): Met Ekorren and Koepfel but lacked a trained duck to reach the hash.
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*[[2008-12-19 32 -94]] ([[Longview, Texas|Longview, TX]]): Walked through an urban forest when I didn't have to. Success '''#29'''.
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*[[2010-10-20 49 8]] ([[Mannheim, Germany]]): Met Danatar, il padre and Koepfel in a wood in Frauenweiler. Success '''#79'''.
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*[[2008-12-02 47 -73]] ([[Montréal, Québec|Montréal, QC]]): Tried to take a non-existent bus in the snow.
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*[[2010-10-19 48 8]] ([[Pforzheim, Germany]]): Took some wrong trains and a right train then biked in the rain. Success '''#78'''.
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*[[2008-11-29 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): Took along three first-timers but private property stopped us.
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*[[2010-09-17 44 -79]] ([[Barrie, Ontario|Barrie, ON]]): Chauffeured to geohash in a golf cart. Success '''#77'''.
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*[[2008-11-20 48 -121]] ([[North Cascades National Park, Washington|North Cascades, WA]]): Third unsuccessful try in this graticule. Private property.
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*[[2010-07-12 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Couldn't get to the right spot under the Vedder Canal.
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*[[2008-11-08 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC)]]: Industrial park in Richmond, success '''#28'''.
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*[[2010-07-12 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Steveston Showroom, no public access.
 
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*[[2008-10-16 59 -122]] ([[Snake River, British Columbia|Snake River, BC]]): Airhash, success '''#27'''.
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*[[2010-07-11 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): Dead end Arlington hash with goats. Success '''#76'''.
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*[[2008-10-12 55 -119]] ([[Beaverlodge, Alberta|Beaverlodge, AB]]): Airhash, success '''#26'''.
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*[[2010-07-08 50 -119]] ([[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon, BC]]): Railroad right-of-way hash before breakfast. Success '''#75'''.
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*[[2008-10-12 56 -120]] ([[Fort St. John, British Columbia|Fort St. John, BC]]): Airhash, success '''#25'''.
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*[[2010-07-05 50 -119]] ([[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon, BC]]): Long wet grass field geohash on the way to Salmon Arm. Success '''#74'''.
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*[[2008-10-12 57 -121]] ([[Gutah, British Columbia|Gutah, BC]]): Airhash counted as failed because of a bad photo.
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*[[2010-07-04 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Train station parking lot, at a time no one could agree on. Met Mr & Mrs. Wenslayer-Parent. Success '''#73'''.
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*[[2008-10-07 55 -120]] ([[Dawson Creek, British Columbia|Dawson Creek, BC]]): Airhash in snow and rain for success '''#24'''.
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*[[2010-07-03 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): No trespassing and likely the wrong place, but we met [[User:Joannac|Joannac]]!
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*[[2008-10-07 54 -119]] ([[Nose Creek, Alberta|Nose Creek, AB]]): Airhash over patchy clearing in the foothills. Success '''#23'''.
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*[[2010-07-01 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Canada Day picnic on a streetcorner. Success '''#72'''.
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*[[2008-09-27 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): I guess I'll finally claim '''land''' with success '''#22'''.
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*[[2010-05-22 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Mouseover Day Sechelt waterhash. Thwarted by a hissing sound.
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*[[2008-09-25 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): '''Public transit''' in the rain for success '''#21'''.
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*[[2010-05-21 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Geohashing uphill hike in the dark. Thwarted by 365 metres of pitch black dense forest.
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*[[2008-09-21 49 -124]] ([[Port Alberni, British Columbia|Port Alberni, BC]]: Part two of a multihash, a '''speedhash''', and success '''#20'''.
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*[[2010-05-09 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Seven-minute old retrohash in a West Vancouver parking lot.
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*[[2008-09-21 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Rubber raft '''sunrise''' and '''water''' geohash for success '''#19'''.
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*[[2010-05-07 45 -120]] ([[Goldendale, Washington|Goldendale, WA]]): Thwarted by barbed wire near Centerville, Washington.
 
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*[[2008-09-19 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Success '''#18''' was a '''midnight''' and '''pirate''' geohash.
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*[[2010-05-02 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Success '''#71''' in the rain near Rice Lake.
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*[[2008-09-13 48 -121]] ([[North Cascades National Park, Washington|North Cascades, WA]]): Second try in this graticule. Access road too nasty to ride on my (road) bike, especially after 75 km of riding just to get there.
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*[[2010-05-01 53 -113]] ([[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton, AB]]): Success '''#70''' across the road from Edmonton International Airport.
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*[[2008-09-11 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC)]]: I '''walk'''ed to '''#17''', which was my first success in my home graticule.
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*[[2010-03-28 global]] ([[Globalhash]]): Helicopter borderhash with Wade, near St. Maries, Idaho. '''Globalhash #1'''.
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*[[2008-08-31 53 -113]] ([[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton, AB]]): A restricted area at an airport. I will count it as a failed attempt even though I failed a day early.
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*[[2010-02-07_49_-123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Success '''#69''' at a non-existent church in Squamish.
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*[[2008-08-30 53 -113]] ([[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton, AB]]): A Saturday meetup where I met no one, but they missed a fine spot. Success '''#16'''.
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*[[2009-12-30 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Brambly hash just off the dyke south of the airport. Brought Wade, met Elbie. Success '''#68'''.
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*[[2008-08-30 54 -114]] ([[Barrhead, Alberta|Barrhead, AB]]): Success '''#15''' was a drive-in geohash at a housing development in a virgin graticule.
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*[[2009-11-18 35 -78]]   ([[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh, NC]]): In which Robyn chooses geohashing over physiological needs. Success '''#67'''.
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*[[2008-08-29 55 -114]] ([[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake, AB]]): I was asked to fly to a point one minute and thirty seconds past today's geohash.  I did as I was told for success '''#14'''.
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*[[2009-11-18 35 -77]] ([[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville, NC]]): No trespassing between a pig farm and a cotton field.
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*[[2008-08-28 55 -115]] ([[Utikuma Lake, Alberta|Utikuma Lake, AB)]]: Success '''#13''' is the first ever in the graticule. Beavers did not thwart me.
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*[[2009-11-17 35 -77]] ([[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville, NC]]): Sandwich deja-presque-retrohash.
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*[[2008-08-26 55 -114]] ([[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake, AB]]): Planned for a water geohash, but it was cold and windy and I had to work -- ''at the geohash''! Success '''#12'''
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*[[2009-11-07 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Elbie and Wade on imaginary 160th Street. Success '''#66'''.
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*[[2008-08-24 55 -114]] ([[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake, AB]]): I don't remember the '''raptor attack''', but I have significant claw marks on my legs. Success '''#11'''.
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*[[2009-09-20 47 -121]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): Solo over-the-fence reach in Duvall, Washington. Success '''#65'''.
 
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*[[2008-08-21 55 -114]] ([[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake, AB]]): First ever hash here, for success '''#10''' and '''coldest''' documented.
 
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*[[2008-08-17 55 -115]] ([[Utikuma Lake, Alberta|Utikuma Lake, AB]]): '''Mother Nature''' makes me her '''bitch''' in deep tangled forest.
 
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*[[2008-08-16 55 -114]] ([[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake, AB]]): Stopped by deep swamp filled with metaphorical '''alligators''' a mere 0.2 nm from the geohash.
 
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*[[2008-08-15 55 -114]] ([[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake, AB]]): Uphill dirt road took me too close to bedtime.
 
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*[[2008-08-14 55 -115]] ([[Utikuma Lake, Alberta|Utikuma Lake, AB]]): Ran out of time cycling around the lake.
 
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*[[2008-07-28 48 -123]] ([[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria, BC]]): '''Border geohash''' at Point Roberts. Success '''#9'''.
 
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*[[2008-07-21 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Second attempt at a hash in my home graticule. '''Blinded by Science''' entering coordinates.
 
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*[[2008-07-19 48 -121]] ([[North Cascades National Park, Washington|North Cascades, WA]]): Thwarted by '''No Trespassing''' sign.
 
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*[[2008-07-18 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): '''Ambassador''' achievement, on a boat dock. Success '''#8'''.
 
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*[[2008-07-14 39 -121]] ([[Chico, California|Chico, CA]]): Suspense-filled adventure. No raptors. Success '''#7'''.
 
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*[[2008-07-13 42 -123]] ([[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass, OR]]): My first speed hash. '''Virgin graticule'''. Success '''#6'''.
 
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*[[2008-07-10 44 -123]] ([[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene, OR]]): Unsuccessful because the motorcyclist refused the road.
 
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*[[2008-07-06 47 -121]] ([[Snoqualmie, Washington|Snoqualmie, WA]]): A '''drag-along''' hash, where the draggee brought me, on a motorcycle. Success '''#5'''.
 
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*[[2008-07-05 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, BC]]): My first repeat hash in the same graticule, and '''4th''' successful geohash. Logged '''bicycle'''.
 
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*[[2008-06-14 40 -112]] ([[Tooele, Utah|Tooele, UT]]): Unsuccessful, thwarted by a ditch in the way.
 
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*[[2008-06-14 32 -93]] ([[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport, LA]]): Another aerial hash, my '''3rd''' successful one. Just missed getting the Master Pilot Award.
 
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*[[2008-06-11 31 -84]] ([[Albany, Georgia|Albany, GA]]): My '''2nd''' successful geohash. [[2008-06-11 31 -84|First ever '''aerial hash''']] reported by anyone.
 
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*[[2008-06-07 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): [http://geohashing.blogspot.com/2008/06/wolves-and-watershed.html Thwarted] by the watershed. And wolves.
 
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*[[2008-06-04 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): just south of King George Skytrain station - My '''1st''' successful.
 
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*[[2008-06-03 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): east of Limestone Junction - unsuccessful, because I chickened out at the border.
 
 
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*See my [http://geohashing.blogspot.com blog] for details on my early geohashing adventures, before I had properly figured out wiki-ing.
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See [[Robyn/All_Geohashes]] for links to my previous one hundred geohashing expeditions.
  
 
==Geohashers Met==
 
==Geohashers Met==
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Alphabetical by username. Date is first meeting.
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Alphabetical by username. Date is first meeting at a geohash.
  
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* '''Abigailme''' - resplendent and smiling on the grass before I arrived at the geohash on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
 
*[[User:Adrian|Adrian]] - on a bicycle with Twilightcity at the llama farm on [[2009-01-24 49 -123|2009-01-24]].
 
*[[User:Adrian|Adrian]] - on a bicycle with Twilightcity at the llama farm on [[2009-01-24 49 -123|2009-01-24]].
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*[[User:Arbron|Arbron]] - strolling down 22nd Avenue looking at his iPhone on [[2009-03-09 49 -123|2009-03-09]].
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* '''Charlotte''' - trying to photograph Klaus in front of the train station on [[2010-07-04 49 -123|2010-07-04]].
 
*[[User:DaleF|DaleF]] - freezing his teeth with a blue geosquishy on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
 
*[[User:DaleF|DaleF]] - freezing his teeth with a blue geosquishy on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
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*[[User:Danatar|Danatar]] - wet, eating cookies in a wood in Frauenweiler on [[2010-10-20 49 8|2010-10-20]].
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*[[User:Dawidi|Dawidi]] - leading an informative tour of Regensburg on [[2010-10-25 48 12|2010-10-25]].
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*[[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] - unstoppable in his knowledge of train schedules on [[2010-10-23 49 8|2010-10-23]].
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*[[User:Elbie|Elbie]] - in a double kayak with [[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] on [[2009-03-29 49 -124|2009-03-29]].
 +
*[[User:Fbfree|Fbfree]] - in the middle of a thorn bush on [[2009-07-17 49 -122|2009-07-17]]
 +
*[[User:Flag guy|Flag guy]] - 300 m from the Seymour River geohash on [[2009-07-10 49 -123|2009-07-10]].
 +
*[[User:galaxstar|galaxstar]] - playing Twister outdoors in six degree weather [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
 
*[[User:Garyuuko|Garyuuko]] astride a Buell motorcycle on [[2008-11-08 49 -123|2008-11-08]] in Richmond.
 
*[[User:Garyuuko|Garyuuko]] astride a Buell motorcycle on [[2008-11-08 49 -123|2008-11-08]] in Richmond.
 
*[[User:HollyB|HollyB]] - bouncing happily in the rain [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]] at Heather and 16th.
 
*[[User:HollyB|HollyB]] - bouncing happily in the rain [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]] at Heather and 16th.
 +
*[[User:Ilpadre|Ilpadre]] - taking group photos in the woods in Frauenweiler on [[2010-10-20 49 8|2010-10-20]]
 
*[[User:Jaem|Jaem]] - protecting his new mobile device with a towel on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
 
*[[User:Jaem|Jaem]] - protecting his new mobile device with a towel on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
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*[[User:galaxstar|Kelsey]] - playing Twister outsoors in six degree weather [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
+
* '''Jeff''' - jumping off a bicycle by an alley in Shaughnessy.
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*[[User:Shaml|Miles]] - toasting the geohash in gingerale on [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
+
*[[User:Joannac|Joannac]] - in a Vietnamese restaurant before trying to reach the wrong coordinates [[2010-07-03 47 -122|2010-07-03]].
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*[[User:Twilightcity|Twilightcity]] - stopping his bicycle in front of a llama farm on [[2009-01-24 49 -123|2009-01-24]].
+
*[[User:Juventas|Juventas]] - after surviving an hour stuck in construction traffic on [[2009-05-08 49 -120|2009-05-08]].
 +
* '''Klaus''' - risking death by taxicab to reach the coordinates on [[2010-07-04 49 -123|2010-07-04]].
 +
*[[User:Koepfel|Koepfel]] - like a drowned rat, with mini-T-Rex, in Frauenweiler, on [[2010-10-20 49 8|2010-10-20]].
 +
*[[User:Lumy|Lumy]] - In a sailboat with a pirate flag as he landed at Ambleside Beach on [[2009-07-11 49 -123|2009-07-11]].
 +
*[[User:lyx|lyx]] - in a swamp at Iona Beach on [[2011-09-16 49 -123|2011-09-16]].
 +
*[[User:MylSh|MylSh]] - toasting the geohash in gingerale on [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
 +
*[[User:Osmie|Osmie]] - On a path in a Coquitlam park, asking us if we were geohashers, on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
 +
* '''Paul''' on a hill in Coquitlam at [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
 +
*[[User:plypkie|plypkie]] - in a sailboat on Ambleside beach trying to reach the [[2009-07-11 49 -123|2009-07-11]] geohash.
 +
*[[User:Qunchuy|Qunchuy]] - in a hotel hallway and then went geohashing on [[2009-07-26 40 -75]].
 +
*[[User:relet|relet]] - while biking the other way, yelling "I'll be right back! Don't wait for me!" on [[2011-09-16 49 -123|2011-09-16]].
 +
*[[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] - paddling her brand new inflatable kayak to Anvil Island on [[2009-04-08 49 -123|2009-04-08]].
 +
*[[User:Rhonda's mom|Rhonda's mom]] - in a red Jeep on [[2009-05-10 50 -120|2009-05-10]].
 +
*'''Rhonda's dad''' -  who hasn't chosen a username yet, driving the red Jeep on [[2009-05-10 50 -120|2009-05-10]].
 +
*'''Simon''' - who doesn't have a username yet, dragged by Elbie, and amazed that people understood his geeky jokes, on [[2009-05-23 49 -123|2009-05-23]]
 +
* '''SoBe''' - not getting too much grass on the cake on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
 
*[[User:srs0|srs0]] - inflating a boat [[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21]] at a sunrise water geohash.
 
*[[User:srs0|srs0]] - inflating a boat [[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21]] at a sunrise water geohash.
 +
*[[User:SueB|SueB]] - looking good in her shorts [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] in a Coquitlam driveway
 +
*[[User:Tanya|Tanya]] - stunningly dressed and fitting in instantly with an experienced geohashing crowd on
 
*[[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] - cursing like a pirate on [[2008-09-19 49 -122|2008-09-19]] at a midnight geohash.
 
*[[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] - cursing like a pirate on [[2008-09-19 49 -122|2008-09-19]] at a midnight geohash.
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*[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] - with his two kids on a Ballard side street on [[2009-01-22 47 -122|2009-01-22]].
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*[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] - with his ''two kids'' on a Ballard side street on [[2009-01-22 47 -122|2009-01-22]].
 +
*[[User:Twilightcity|Twilightcity]] - stopping his bicycle in front of a llama farm on [[2009-01-24 49 -123|2009-01-24]].
 +
*[[User:Wade|Wade]] - geohashing with me since [[2008-07-06 47 -121|2008-07-06]], often by motorbike
 +
*[[User:Xore|Xore]] - walking along highway 99 to join our formal wine & cheese party on [[2009-04-18 49 -122|2009-04-18]]
 +
*[[User:yangman|yangman]] - Coasting down Sorrento Street on [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] on his mountain bike.
 +
*[[User:zb|zb]] - Abducted to his house in Münich after a Regensburg tour on [[2010-10-25 48 12|2010-10-25]].
 +
* '''ZZ''' - pointing the way to where the nerds were, on [[2011-04-23 49 -122|Xore's birthday]].
  
 
== Achievements ==
 
== Achievements ==
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I love the idea of [[Achievements]], I want them *all*. Just for fun, I'm trying to make an achievement at every geohash, and only taking each award once, but I've given up my earlier restriction of one award per geohash. It would also be funny to see how many achievements I could get at once. Also I take Virgin Graticule every time it is applicable. In each section, the most recent new achievement is last.  
+
These are the ten or so ribbons I have earned or updated recently. I have moved all the older ribbons to [[User:Robyn/Achievement ribbons|their own page]].
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−
===Once Is Enough Ribbons===
 
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I only take a ribbon for the first time I do one of these, even if I have achieved the feat more than once.
 
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{{air geohash | latitude = 31 | longitude = -84 | date = 2008-06-11 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-06-11 31 -84.jpg |subcategory = Pilot
 
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}}{{bicycle geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -122 | date = 2008-07-05 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-07-05_49_-122.JPG
 
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}}{{drag-along | latitude = 47 | longitude = -121 | date = 2008-07-06 | partner = Wade | name = Robyn | image = 47 -121.Wade.jpg
 
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}}{{Ambassador geohash | latitude = 47 | longitude = -122 | date = 2008-07-18 | | name = Robyn
 
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    | image = 2008-07-18 47 -122.gotthere.jpg
 
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}}{{Border geohash achievement
 
−
    | latitude = 48
 
−
    | longitude = -123
 
−
    | date = 2008-07-28
 
−
    | country1 = Canada
 
−
    | country2 = USA
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2008-07-28 48 -123.border.jpg
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{Velociraptor geohash
 
−
    | latitude = 55
 
−
    | longitude = -114
 
−
    | date = 2008-08-24
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2008-08-24.55-114.ApparentRaptorWounds.JPG
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{Easy_geohash
 
−
| latitude = 55 | longitude = -114 | date = 2008-08-29 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-08-29.55-114.TheView.JPG
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{Geotrash
 
−
    | latitude = 53
 
−
    | longitude = -113
 
−
    | date = 2008-08-30
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2008-08-30.Geotrash.JPG
 
  
−
}}{{Walk geohash
+
{{Tron
 +
| latitude = 49
 +
| longitude = -123
 +
| date = 2012-03-07
 +
| tracklog = http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1477468
 +
| possessive = her
 +
| name = Robyn
 +
| image = 2012-03-07 49 -123.Robyn.JPG
 +
}}{{Geohashing Day
 
     | latitude = 49
 
     | latitude = 49
−
     | longitude = -123
+
     | longitude = -122
−
     | date = 2008-09-11
+
    | year = 2011
−
     | name = Robyn
+
     | coorddate= 2011-05-21
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    | distance = 3.5 km
+
    | celebration = kayaking around an island
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    | image = 2008-09-11 49 -123 0.JPG
+
     | name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]
 +
}}{{A Tale of Two Hashes | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2011-04-12 | name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]|user2 =[[User:Aperfectring|APR]], [[User:Jiml|Jim]], and [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] | place = Vancouver
  
−
}}{{Midnight geohash
+
}}{{Globetrotter
−
    | latitude = 49
 
−
    | longitude = -122
 
−
    | date = 2008-09-19
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2008-09-19 49-122.2pirates.JPG
 
  
−
}}{{Buccaneer geohash
+
     | name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]
−
     | latitude = 49
+
     | northamerica = true
−
    | longitude = -122
+
     | eurasia = true
−
     | date = 2008-09-19
+
     | continents = 2
−
     | action = attending a midnight geohash in pirate attire on TLAP Day
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
     | image =2008-09-19 49 -122 threesCompany.jpg
 
  
−
}}{{Sunrise geohash
+
}}{{gratuitous ribbon
−
     | latitude = 49
+
    | color =red
−
     | longitude = -123
+
    | icon = Dog.png
−
    | date = 2008-09-21
+
     | latitude = 49  
 +
     | longitude = -123  
 
     | name = Robyn
 
     | name = Robyn
−
     | image = 2008-09-21 49 -123 robyn.jpg
+
    | date = 2010-07-01
 +
    | achievement = doghash achievement
 +
    | description = petting a friendly dog at the hashpoint
 +
     | image = 2010-07-01_49_9_hashdog.JPG‎
 +
}}{{Train wreck
  
−
}}{{water geohash
+
     | latitude = 49  
−
     | latitude = 49
+
     | longitude = -123  
−
     | longitude = -123
+
     | date = 2010-05-22
−
     | date = 2008-09-21
+
     | reason = using an inflatable boats that wouldn't stay that way
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2008-09-21 49 -123 robyn.jpg
 
−
     | vehicle = inflatable pool toy rowboat
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{Speed Racer geohash
 
−
    | latitude = 49
 
−
    | longitude = -124
 
−
    | date = 2008-09-21
 
 
     | name = Robyn
 
     | name = Robyn
−
     | image =2008-09-21 49-123.speedhash.JPG
+
     | image = 2010-05-22 49 -123.flotilla.jpg
  
−
}}{{Public Transport Geohash
+
}} {{Geohashing Day
−
    | latitude = 49
 
−
    | longitude = -123
 
−
    | date = 2008-09-25
 
−
    | busline = the '''33 UBC''' bus
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2008-09-25 49-123.33bus.JPG
 
  
−
}}{{Meetup geohash
 
 
     | latitude = 49
 
     | latitude = 49
 
     | longitude = -123
 
     | longitude = -123
−
     | date = 2008-09-25
+
     | year = 2010
 +
    | coorddate= 2010-05-22
 +
    | mouseover = true
 
     | name = Robyn
 
     | name = Robyn
−
     | other = HollyB, Jaem, and DaleF
+
     | celebration = bringing her kayak to the beach
−
     | image = 2008-09-25 49-123.us.JPG
+
     | image =  
−
 
 
−
}}{{land geohash
 
−
    | latitude = 48
 
−
    | longitude = -122
 
−
    | date = 2008-09-27
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2008-09-27 48 -122.farm.JPG
 
  
−
}}{{Picnic_geohash
+
}}{{Geohashing Day
  
−
    | latitude = 49
+
     | latitude = 49  
−
    | longitude = -123
 
−
    | date = 2008-11-08
 
−
    | name = Robyn, Wade and Garyuuko
 
−
    | image = 2008-11-08_49_-123.picnic.JPG
 
−
    | food = grape juice and sandwiches
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{snowman geohash
 
−
 
 
−
     | latitude = 49
 
 
     | longitude = -122
 
     | longitude = -122
−
     | date = 2009-01-02
+
     | year = 2010
−
     | name = Robyn
+
     | coorddate= 2010-05-21
−
    | image = 2009-01-02 49 -122.meandfrosty.JPG
+
    | name = Robyn  
−
 
+
     | celebration = hiking uphill in the dark with cake
−
}}{{Déjà vu geohash
+
     | image = 2010-05-21 49 -122.cake.jpg
−
| latitude = 48
 
−
| longitude = -122
 
−
| date = 2009-01-22
 
−
| olddate = 1993-06-26
 
−
| name = [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]
 
−
| image = 2009-01-22 48 -122.JPG
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{GeoSquishy FirstSip
 
−
 
 
−
     | latitude = 47
 
−
     | longitude = -122
 
−
    | date = 2009-01-22
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2009 01 22 47 -122 squishy200m.jpg
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{GeoSquishy 5Star
 
−
 
 
−
    |latitude = 47
 
−
    | longitude = -122
 
−
    | date = 2009-01-22
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
    | image = 2009 01 22 47 -122 squishy200m.jpg
 
  
−
}}{{Earliest geohasher
+
}}{{globalhash
  
−
    | latitude = 49
+
     | date = 2010-03-28
−
    | longitude = -123
 
−
     | date = 2009-01-24
 
 
     | name = Robyn
 
     | name = Robyn
−
     | image = 2009-01-24 49 -123.allthree.JPG
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     | image = 20100328G.landed.jpg
  
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}}{{Hashcard achievement
+
}}{{gratuitous ribbon
  
−
     | latitude = 47
+
    | color = red
−
     | longitude = -122
+
    | icon = Bugonbox.PNG
−
     | date = 2009-01-22
+
     | latitude = 35
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     | recipient = [[User:Kate|Kate]]
+
     | longitude = -77
 +
     | date = 2009-11-17
 +
     | achievement = Jam Tomorrow Consolation Prize
 +
    | description = visiting a hashpoint the day before and the day after, but not the day of.
 
     | name = Robyn  
 
     | name = Robyn  
−
     | image =
+
     | image = 2009-11-17 35 -77.jpg
  
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}}{{twister geohash
+
}}{{gratuitous ribbon
  
 +
    | color = brown
 +
    | icon = FlyingWeasel.PNG
 
     | latitude = 49
 
     | latitude = 49
 
     | longitude = -123
 
     | longitude = -123
−
     | date = 2009-03-05
+
     | date = 2009-07-11
 +
    | achievement = MacGyver Honourable Mention
 +
    | description = constructing a raft out of driftwood, rope, duct tape and old bicycle tires and paddling to within 111 m of
 
     | name = Robyn  
 
     | name = Robyn  
−
     | image =  
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     | image = 2009-07-11 49 -123.launch.jpg
  
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}}{{Hash collision
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}}{{wedding anniversary geohash
  
 
     | latitude = 49
 
     | latitude = 49
 
     | longitude = -123
 
     | longitude = -123
−
     | date = 2009-03-05
+
     | date = 1994-07-08
−
     | name = Robyn
+
     | on = 2009-07-08
−
    | id = GC1HTNJ
+
     | name = Wade & Robyn
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    | link = http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1c726ca1-b926-42d2-9975-c31c415ddc27
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     | image = 2009-07-08 49 -123.us.jpg
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     | distance = 20 m
 
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     | image = 2009-03-05 49 -123.cache.JPG
 
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}}
 
  
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===Upgradeable Ribbons===
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}}{{Walk geohash
−
These ribbons change as I accomplish more.
 
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{{Cold Geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -114 | date = 2008-08-21 | name = Robyn | temperature = 14.8°C | image = 2008-08-21.Grin.JPG
 
  
−
}}{{Multihash
+
     | latitude = 49
−
    | latitude1 = 54
+
     | longitude = -122
−
    | longitude1 = -114
+
     | date = 2009-07-07
−
     | latitude2 = 53
 
−
     | longitude2 = -113
 
−
     | date = 2008-08-30
 
 
     | name = Robyn
 
     | name = Robyn
−
     | image = 2008-08-30.MeandGrain.JPG
+
    | distance = 42.6 km
 +
     | image = WalkgeohashRObyn.jpg
 +
}}
  
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}}{{Minesweeper geohash
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===Progress Towards Multihash Achievements===
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    | graticule = Seattle, Washington
 
−
    | ranknumber = 3
 
−
    | n = true
 
−
    | e = true
 
−
    | nw = true
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
  
−
}}{{Minesweeper geohash
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*[[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|Graticule Hopper]] - progress towards logging [[Graticule Hopper|100 different graticules]].
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    | graticule = Barrhead, Alberta
+
*[[User:Robyn/Mode of transport|Mode of transport]] - working out an interesting way to display how I get to each geohash.
−
    | ranknumber = 3
+
*[[User:Robyn/Bicycle geohashes|My bicycle geohashes]] - cumulative total of cycling distance. No ribbon yet, but there might be someday.
−
    | n = true
+
*[[User:Robyn/Notifications|Notifications]] - graticules I'm watching for the right spot
−
    | se = true
 
−
    | nw = true
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{Minesweeper geohash
 
−
    | graticule = Vancouver, British Columbia
 
−
    | ranknumber = 4
 
−
    | e = true
 
−
    | se = true
 
−
    | s = true
 
−
    | w = true
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{Minesweeper geohash
 
−
    | graticule = Bellingham, Washington
 
−
    | ranknumber = 5
 
−
    | n = true
 
−
    | nw = true
 
−
    | s = true
 
−
    | w = true
 
−
    | se = true
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
}}{{consecutive geohash
 
−
    | count = three
 
−
    | latitude = 55
 
−
    | longitude = -115
 
−
    | date = 2008-08-28
 
−
    | name = Robyn
 
−
 
 
−
}}
 
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<td style="border-width: 5px; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: hidden hidden hidden solid; border-color: green; border-collapse: separate;"><div>[[Image:GeoSquishy_Achievement_5Star.jpg|44px]]</div></td>
 
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<td style="padding: 0px 12px 0px 10px;"> '''Robyn''' has enjoyed '''[[GeoSquishy]]''' treats for a cumulative total of '''5 points'''</td>
 
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XKCD Centurion
 
−
 
 
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    | count = 4
 
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    | name = Robyn
 
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    | image =
 
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}}
 
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=== Virgin Graticules ===
 
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If you are the first to reach ground-based coordinates in a graticule I airhashed, I will cede the ribbon and the glory to you.
 
−
 
 
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{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 31 | longitude = -84 | date = 2008-06-11 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-06-11 31 -84.jpg
 
−
}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 32 | longitude = -93 | date = 2008-06-14 | name = Robyn
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 42 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-07-13 | name = Robyn & Wade | image=2008-07-13 42 -123.hashpoint.jpg
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 55 | longitude = -114 | date = 2008-08-21 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-08-21.Grin.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 55 | longitude = -115 | date = 2008-08-28 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-08-28.55-115.TheGrin.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 54 | longitude = -114 | date = 2008-08-30 | name = Robyn | image = BarrheadSign.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 54 | longitude = -119 | date = 2008-10-07 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-10-07 54-119.view.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 55 | longitude = -120 | date = 2008-10-07 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-10-07 55-120.view.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 55 | longitude = -119 | date = 2008-10-12 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-10-12 55 -119.view.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 56 | longitude = -120 | date = 2008-10-12 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-10-12_56_-120.view.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 59 | longitude = -122 | date = 2008-10-16 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-10-16 59 -122.JPG
 
−
}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 32 | longitude = -94  | date = 2008-12-19 | name = Robyn | image = 2008-12-19 32 -94 fence.jpg
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 30 | longitude = -94  | date = 2009-02-20 | name = Robyn | image = 2009-02-20 30 -94.view.JPG
 
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}}{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 30 | longitude = -93  | date = 2009-02-24 | name = Robyn | image =
 
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}}
 
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=== Consolation Prizes ===
 
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{{No trespassing geohash | latitude = 48 | longitude = -121 | date = 2008-07-19 | name = Robyn
 
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    | image = 2008-07-19_48_-121notresspassing.jpg
 
−
 
 
−
}}{{There Might be Alligators!|name=Robyn|latitude=55|longitude=-114|date=2008-08-16|hazard=marsh}}{{mnb geohash
 
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    | latitude = 55
 
−
    | longitude = -115
 
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    | date = 2008-08-17
 
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=== Checklist of achievements to get===
 
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time traveller, endurance, no batteries, geoflashing, underground, underwater, golf, pub, hash collision, freeway, birthday, sex, twister, phonebooth, hopper, restricted, [http://failblog.org/2008/12/28/best-failboat-evar/ MacGyver], circus, and most everything else that has been made up.
 
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===Progress Towards Multihash Achievements===
 
 
*[[User:Robyn/Regional Geohash|Regional Geohash for British Columbia]] - progress towards [[Regional Geohashing|logging all the graticules]] in my province.
 
*[[User:Robyn/Regional Geohash|Regional Geohash for British Columbia]] - progress towards [[Regional Geohashing|logging all the graticules]] in my province.
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*[[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|Graticule Hopper]] - progress towards logging [[Graticule Hopper|100 different graticules]].
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*[[User:Robyn/BC Regional Districts|BC Regional Districts]] that I am working on geohashing.
 
*[[User:Robyn/Centurion|xkcd Centurion]] - progress towards making [[XKCD Centurion|100 Saturday meetups]].
 
*[[User:Robyn/Centurion|xkcd Centurion]] - progress towards making [[XKCD Centurion|100 Saturday meetups]].
  
 
==Wiki Stuff==
 
==Wiki Stuff==
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* I've made it my goal to complete the needed pages to fix red links on the [[Achievements]] page. People keep making new achievements (which I love) but every one needs a page describing the achievement, a ribbon template, and a ribbon image.
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Things you can blame me for on the wiki.
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* I ''like'' making ribbons and it makes me happy when people put them on their pages. If you have drawing or photoshopping talents please help make new or better [[:Category:Ribbon Image Needed|ribbon images]].
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* Maintaining consistency and organization of the [[Achievements]] page, monitoring [[:Category:Proposed achievements|proposed achievements]] to ensure achievements are suitable, and well formatted.
 
* I obsess about every page belonging to its proper categories, and every category belonging to a category, all the way up to the [[:Category:Root categories|root]].
 
* I obsess about every page belonging to its proper categories, and every category belonging to a category, all the way up to the [[:Category:Root categories|root]].
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* Placing the same page in two categories, one of which is a subcategory of the other, defeats the purpose of categories. I removed the category ''Europe'' from a couple of hundred European graticules that were classed in Europe in addition to their country categories.
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* I came to this wiki knowing nothing about wiki, so I sympathize with others and am working on the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page, and the initial experience for new users.
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* I came to this wiki knowing nothing about wiki, so I sympathize with others and am working on the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page.
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* Experimenting with the [[Geohashing:Current events|Current events]] page to make it more relevant.
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* My C-key doesn't work all that well, so some of my categories are ategories.
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* Maintaining [[:Template:New on the wiki]] for Main Page announcements.
 
* In progress: [[Geohash on Private Property]].
 
* In progress: [[Geohash on Private Property]].
 
* Started pages [[Transportation to the Geohash]] and [[Games We Play]]. Keeping an eye out for additions.
 
* Started pages [[Transportation to the Geohash]] and [[Games We Play]]. Keeping an eye out for additions.
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* Making expedition pages and Userpages for [[Ninja Geohasher|Ninja geohashers]].
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* Making expedition pages and User pages for [[Ninja Geohasher|Ninja geohashers]].
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* Conducted project [[Vancouver, British Columbia/Accessibility|tracking Vancouver geohashes]] for a month to quantify accessibility issues in Vancouver graticule.
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* Working on a way of displaying/recording [[Virgin Graticule]] conquests.
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* Generally trying to do things that make the wiki better.
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* Oh, and I boss everyone around, too.
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[[Category:Addicted to geohashing|Robyn]]
 
[[Category:Addicted to geohashing|Robyn]]
 
[[Category:Geohashers in Canada]]
 
[[Category:Geohashers in Canada]]
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[[Category:Unimportant geohashers]]

Latest revision as of 21:26, 22 January 2022

Robyn and T-Rex.png

I'm Robyn. I hash on foot, by bicycle and by transit, usually bringing my Hashscot T-Rex with me. I try to avoid going by car, because burning fuel for pointless expeditions is dumb, but exercising for pointless expeditions is the win. I am deeply addicted to geohashing, however, so what began as sometimes stopping off at a geohash in a car while on my way elsewhere, has escalated to sometimes answering the call of distant geohashes too juicy for me to resist, but too far for me to bike before midnight.

When I'm at home in Vancouver, I'll usually try for the nearest hash in Vancouver, in Surrey or across the border to Bellingham. I get over to Victoria from time to time, too. I have good maps locally. I also travel all over North America for work, so you'll see me at strange graticules elsewhere. I might just surprise you some day.

I am also known on the internets as Qov. I'm recognizable as another Internet personality as well, but I can trust you not to blab, right?

Now and Near Future

  • Who knows!

Eventually

  • Eager to get a globalhash using human powered vehicles only
  • Build a cool human powered vehicle to get to geohash in.
  • Minesweep home graticule
  • Meet at least one geohasher with a name starting with each letter of the alphabet. I currently lack only B, N, U & V.
  • Boat across the Squamish River and reach a geohash in the Tantalus Range.
  • Examine early Date pages and create expedition pages for the people who reported their expeditions only on the Main Page.
  • Create a Virgin Graticule map/list of Pioneers.

Geohashing Equipment

  • Успех (pronounced Oosp-yekh a.k.a. "Speckles") my 1991 Kuwahara TO2 Supertour 18-speed bicycle
  • A string (up to two and no reason to believe it will stop here) of bicycles purchased and then abandoned in other graticules.
  • Amazingly Enough, my inflatable kayak
  • T-Rex, my dinosaur hashscot
  • Yellow Garmin etrex Venture HC GPS
  • Canon Power Shot SD10 digital camera RIP March 2011, sadly missed
  • Gorilla mini camera tripod
  • Brunton orienteering compass

Wanted Equipment

  • Camelback waterbag

Statistics

Graticules

I'm not very good at keeping this up to date anymore.

  • Hashes Attempted: 148 in >39 different graticules
  • Hashes Achieved: 99 in >33 different graticules (+2 more without proof)
  • Retrohashes: 2
  • Centurion-eligible Saturday Meetups: >12 in 6 different graticules
  • Geohashers met: >36 in 7 different graticules
  • Continents geohashed: 2
  • Monroe Number: 5 (via Thomcat)
  • Globalhashes: 1

Things that have thwarted me

Needs updating.

  • Private property : 11
  • Being chicken: 1
  • Body of water: 1
  • Transportation failure: 3
  • Mis-setting the GPS: 1
  • Time constraints: 4
  • Terrain/weather too nasty to continue safely: 7
  • Inability to use a camera: 1
  • Went to an alternate instead:3

Never turn down a chance to geohash.

Recent Geohashes Attempted

Most recent are listed first. Single horizontal lines every ten missions, and double lines every fifty, to facilitate counting. Bold numbers are the success count and bold words indicate an award or consolation prize taken for that attempt. Older geohash expeditions are summarized and linked on their own page.

I've decided to count a geohash "successful" if I:

(a) get to within the accuracy figure of the coordinates as shown by my GPS,
(b) have the GPS show a distance remaining of zero, or
(c) for airhashes, take a readable photo within 10 seconds of each latitude and longitude.

See Robyn/All_Geohashes for links to my previous one hundred geohashing expeditions.

Geohashers Met

Alphabetical by username. Date is first meeting at a geohash.

Achievements

These are the ten or so ribbons I have earned or updated recently. I have moved all the older ribbons to their own page.

Lightcycle.png
 Robyn earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (49, -123) geohash without crossing her own tracks on 2012-03-07.
2012-03-07 49 -123.Robyn.JPG
Escape.PNG
 Robyn earned the 2011 Geohashing Day achievement
by kayaking around an island in the (49, -122) graticule on May 21st 2011.
T2htemp2.JPG
 Robyn earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement
by meeting the challenge by APR, Jim, and Rhonda to geohash in Vancouver going to the (49, -123) geohash on 2011-04-12.
Globetrotter11000.png
 Robyn earned the Globetrotter achievement
by visiting hashpoints on 2 continents.
Dog.png
 Robyn earned the doghash achievement
by petting a friendly dog at the hashpoint (49, -123) geohash on 2010-07-01.
2010-07-01 49 9 hashdog.JPG
Trainwreck.png
 Robyn earned the Train wreck consolation prize
by failing to reach the (49, -123) geohash on 2010-05-22 using an inflatable boats that wouldn't stay that way.
2010-05-22 49 -123.flotilla.jpg
Escape.PNG
 Robyn earned the 2010 Mouse Over Day achievement
by bringing her kayak to the beach in the (49, -123) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2010.
Escape.PNG
 Robyn earned the 2010 Geohashing Day achievement
by hiking uphill in the dark with cake in the (49, -122) graticule on May 21st 2010.
2010-05-21 49 -122.cake.jpg
Globalhash.png
 Robyn earned the Globalhash achievement
by reaching the globalhash for 2010-03-28.
20100328G.landed.jpg
Bugonbox.PNG
 Robyn earned the Jam Tomorrow Consolation Prize
by visiting a hashpoint the day before and the day after, but not the day of. (35, -77) geohash on 2009-11-17.
2009-11-17 35 -77.jpg
FlyingWeasel.PNG
 Robyn earned the MacGyver Honourable Mention
by constructing a raft out of driftwood, rope, duct tape and old bicycle tires and paddling to within 111 m of (49, -123) geohash on 2009-07-11.
2009-07-11 49 -123.launch.jpg
WeddingAnniversaryGeohash.png
 Wade & Robyn earned the Wedding anniversary geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash for 1994-07-08 on 2009-07-08.
2009-07-08 49 -123.us.jpg
Walk.PNG
 Robyn earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-07-07 on foot, travelling a distance of 42.6 km.
WalkgeohashRObyn.jpg

Progress Towards Multihash Achievements

Wiki Stuff

Things you can blame me for on the wiki.

  • Maintaining consistency and organization of the Achievements page, monitoring proposed achievements to ensure achievements are suitable, and well formatted.
  • I obsess about every page belonging to its proper categories, and every category belonging to a category, all the way up to the root.
  • I came to this wiki knowing nothing about wiki, so I sympathize with others and am working on the Help page, and the initial experience for new users.
  • Experimenting with the Current events page to make it more relevant.
  • Maintaining Template:New on the wiki for Main Page announcements.
  • In progress: Geohash on Private Property.
  • Started pages Transportation to the Geohash and Games We Play. Keeping an eye out for additions.
  • Making expedition pages and User pages for Ninja geohashers.
  • Conducted project tracking Vancouver geohashes for a month to quantify accessibility issues in Vancouver graticule.
  • Working on a way of displaying/recording Virgin Graticule conquests.
  • Generally trying to do things that make the wiki better.
  • Oh, and I boss everyone around, too.
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