Difference between revisions of "2014-08-17 49 -123"
imported>Rhonda (template) |
imported>Rhonda (filling in the report) |
||
Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
== Location == | == Location == | ||
<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be --> | <!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the bus stop at 43rd and Main, Vancouver. | ||
== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with. | <!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with. | ||
--> | --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] | ||
== Plans == | == Plans == | ||
<!-- what were the original plans --> | <!-- what were the original plans --> | ||
+ | Ride bike there after [[2009-08-30 49 -123|playing tag]], take pictures, then ride home. ETA at hashpoint, 4:30-ish (because tag ends at 4). Hope somebody else can make it. | ||
== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. --> | <!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. --> | ||
− | + | I had an uneventful ride, almost entirely on marked and traffic-calmed bike routes. There were a lot of people out on bikes because it was a beautiful day. I left home early so I could visit [http://www.aboriginalbc.com/klahowya-village Klahowya Village] before going to [http://www.meetup.com/play-tag tag], and I learned that the peaks we call The Lions were originally called "the Twin Sisters" by the Squamish nation, and had a legend behind the name. Then I went from there to tag, played for two hours (with many water-and-shade breaks between games, because it was hot), then rode to the hashpoint. | |
− | + | ||
+ | I reached the bus stop at the hashpoint almost exactly at 4:30. There was a lady waiting for the bus, and she asked me something about when the bus would come, but I told her I didn't know because I was riding my bike, not taking the bus. The bus picked her up moments later, and I had to meet the driver's eye and shake my head to tell him I wasn't getting on. This happened four times in the 15-20 minutes I was there. I guess all the bus drivers figured (quite reasonably) that I was standing at the bus stop with my bike because I wanted to take the bus somewhere. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Google shows the actual hashpoint in the middle of the bus bay, next to the bus stop pole. However, as Main street is a busy street, busses seem to come every 4 minutes or so, and I got 2m from destination on my GPS while standing on the sidewalk, I decided that in the interests of safety I would declare the hashpoint reached without stepping into traffic. That would have been harder to justify if it were in one of the centre lanes: then I may have had to press the pedestrian signal at 43rd and make the traffic stop so I could get onto the road. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sophie and I chalked the sidewalk and took pictures, then shared a cookie and got back on the bike to go home. As I pedalled slowly up the Lions Gate bridge, I realized that I was really tired. But then, with nearly three hours of cycling plus two hours of tag, it shouldn't have surprised me. | ||
+ | |||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
Line 37: | Line 48: | ||
Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment | Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment | ||
--> | --> | ||
− | <gallery | + | <gallery> |
+ | Image:2014-08-17 49 -123 gps.JPG | This looks like the place! | ||
+ | Image:2014-08-17 49 -123 chalkmark.JPG | xkcd marks the spot... or close to it | ||
+ | Image:2014-08-17 looking north.JPG | Looking north from just south of the hashpoint | ||
+ | Image:2014-08-17 49 -123 looking south.JPG | Looking south from the sidewalk beside the hashpoint | ||
+ | Image:2014-08-17 49 -123 grin.JPG | obligatory stupid grin :) | ||
+ | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================ | <!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================ | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
[[Category:Expeditions]] | [[Category:Expeditions]] | ||
− | |||
[[Category:Expeditions with photos]] | [[Category:Expeditions with photos]] | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
[[Category:Coordinates reached]] | [[Category:Coordinates reached]] | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− |
Revision as of 02:42, 18 August 2014
Sun 17 Aug 2014 in 49,-123: 49.2306145, -123.1015844 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In the bus stop at 43rd and Main, Vancouver.
Participants
Plans
Ride bike there after playing tag, take pictures, then ride home. ETA at hashpoint, 4:30-ish (because tag ends at 4). Hope somebody else can make it.
Expedition
I had an uneventful ride, almost entirely on marked and traffic-calmed bike routes. There were a lot of people out on bikes because it was a beautiful day. I left home early so I could visit Klahowya Village before going to tag, and I learned that the peaks we call The Lions were originally called "the Twin Sisters" by the Squamish nation, and had a legend behind the name. Then I went from there to tag, played for two hours (with many water-and-shade breaks between games, because it was hot), then rode to the hashpoint.
I reached the bus stop at the hashpoint almost exactly at 4:30. There was a lady waiting for the bus, and she asked me something about when the bus would come, but I told her I didn't know because I was riding my bike, not taking the bus. The bus picked her up moments later, and I had to meet the driver's eye and shake my head to tell him I wasn't getting on. This happened four times in the 15-20 minutes I was there. I guess all the bus drivers figured (quite reasonably) that I was standing at the bus stop with my bike because I wanted to take the bus somewhere.
Google shows the actual hashpoint in the middle of the bus bay, next to the bus stop pole. However, as Main street is a busy street, busses seem to come every 4 minutes or so, and I got 2m from destination on my GPS while standing on the sidewalk, I decided that in the interests of safety I would declare the hashpoint reached without stepping into traffic. That would have been harder to justify if it were in one of the centre lanes: then I may have had to press the pedestrian signal at 43rd and make the traffic stop so I could get onto the road.
Sophie and I chalked the sidewalk and took pictures, then shared a cookie and got back on the bike to go home. As I pedalled slowly up the Lions Gate bridge, I realized that I was really tired. But then, with nearly three hours of cycling plus two hours of tag, it shouldn't have surprised me.
Photos