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Planning

Robyn has declared in advance that she will attend this geohash, even if it takes two days to get there.

thepiguy has also committed himself to the adventure and will begin preparing shortly.

On Thursday I will prepare everything I could conceivably need for a Vancouver geohash. That means bike, kayak, wetsuit, hiking boots, ferry schedules, T-Rex, bear repellent, ambassador letter, compass, GPS and camera batteries and spares charged, games, chalk, tent, sleeping bag, stove, food, and somewhere I can rent snowshoes borrowed from thepiguy.

Then at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, I will check the coordinates. If they are in a remote area I will spend at least an hour planning and researching routes, before I set off in search of the geohash.

Vancouver must not defy me!

Actual Planning

I see two (rather large) problem areas: the middle of the Georgia Straight and the northern quarter of the graticule. Just wondering what our crazy-ridiculous plans for those two eventualities were? How much was it to rent a plane? Thepiguy 05:30, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

• for the Straight: My brother has a boat with a motor on it, which he has suggested in the past that I could borrow, and I have a boat licence which took much less training (and verifies far less skill) than a pilot licence does. I'm not sure how fast the boat goes, but I know I've motorboated in a smaller craft from the mouth of the Fraser to Langley and back in one day, so two days should be enough to get to anywhere in our graticule.
• for the northern quarter of the graticule: that's what the snowshoes, extra day and first aid equipment are for! -Robyn 05:40, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

This is one of those moments where I try to decide who is more insane: The person planning the ill-advised-possibly-fatal-adventure, or the person willing to follow the previous person on the ill-advised-possibly-fatal-adventure. Thepiguy 05:48, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I asked Wade. He says "following". Isn't it unbelievable what can happen within 70 miles of downtown Vancouver? -Robyn 05:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

*opens mouth to protest* Meh, who cares. Let's have an adventure! Thepiguy 06:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Participants

• Robyn started this.
• thepiguy said he would come, and bring has access to the following equipment:

• First Aid supplies (and the training to use them)
• Snow shoes (two pairs)
• Bear spray and bear bells (no being eaten)
• Excessive amounts of camping equipment (a shipping container full in-fact)