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Never turn down a chance to geohash.
 
Never turn down a chance to geohash.
  
==All Geohashes Attempted==
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==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.
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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 sumarized and linked on [[Robyn/All_Geohashes|their own page]].
  
 
I've decided to count a geohash "successful" if I:
 
I've decided to count a geohash "successful" if I:
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*[[2009-09-10 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): Quick solo not far from the I-5 by Everett. Success '''#64'''.
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See [[Robyn/All_Geohashes]] for links to my previous one hundred geohashing expeditions.
*[[2009-08-06 51 -113]] ([[Calgary NE, Alberta|Calgary NE, AB]]): Thwarted by private property on the edge of a field.
 
*[[2009-07-26 40 -75]] ([[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown, PA]]): With '''Qunchuy''' into poison ivy a.d stinging nettles. Success '''#63'''.
 
*[[2009-07-17 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Met '''fbfree''' in the middle of a thorn patch. Success '''#62'''.
 
*[[2009-07-14 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Climbed a mountain with Rhonda and Xore but had to turn around before the hashpoint so as not to get locked in.
 
*[[2009-07-11 49 -123|2009-07-11 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): MacGyver attempt off Ambleside beach.
 
*[[2009-07-10 49 -123|2009-07-10 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Met '''flag guy''' near the Seymour River over an embankment with Rhonda. Success '''#61'''.
 
*[[1994-07-08 49 -123|2009-07-08 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Wedding anniversary retrohash and dinner at Vij's. Successful retrohash.
 
*[[2009-07-07 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Walked 42 km and got yelled at for Elbie's Birthday hash. Success '''#60'''.
 
*[[2009-05-23 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Coordinates not reached by eight geohashers at Canada Place.
 
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*[[2009-05-21 48 -123]] ([[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria, BC]]):Geohashing Day celebration with cake on Salt Spring Island. Success '''#59'''.
 
*[[2009-05-16 49 -121]] ([[Chilliwack, British Columbia|Chilliwack, BC]]): Virgin freshwater kayak hash in Harrison Lake. success '''#58'''.
 
*[[2009-05-12 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Public transit kayak geohash from Lions Bay in Howe Sound. Success '''#57'''.
 
*[[2009-05-10 50 -120]] ([[Kamloops, British Columbia|Kamloops, BC)]]: Driving on scary road then uphill through bush with Rhonda's parents. Success '''#56'''.
 
*[[2009-05-09 50 -119]] ([[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon, BC)]]: Uphill through bush after missing perfect road. Success '''#55'''.
 
*[[2009-05-08 49 -119]] ([[Kelowna, British Columbia|Kelowna, BC)]]: Aborted camping geohash in conditions too dark to hike.
 
*[[2009-05-08 49 -120]] ([[Princeton, British Columbia|Princeton, BC]]): Uphill from Stemwinder Park with Juventas. Success '''#54'''.
 
*[[2009-05-03 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle consecutive hash in the road next to a raspberry field. Success '''#53'''.
 
*[[2009-05-02 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle border '''camping''' hash at Silver Lake Park. Success '''#52'''.
 
*[[2009-04-28 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Met yangman and Sue in a driveway 23 m from the geohash, and Sue abducted us.
 
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*[[2009-04-25 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Water taxi and cliff climbing on Gambier Island. Success '''#51'''.
 
*[[2009-04-23 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle no trespassing thighbuster on Orcas Island, 1.39 km away.
 
*[[2009-04-22 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Bicycle hopscotch with Rhonda in Langley.  Success '''#50'''.
 
*[[2009-04-18 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Chicken farm bicycle Duke Point No Tresspassing 350 m away.
 
*[[2009-04-18 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): '''Formal attire''' side of the highway. Success '''#49'''.
 
*[[2009-04-17 48 -121]] ([[North Cascades National Park, Washington|North Cascades, WA]]): Third time lucky. Success '''#48''' in wet but walkable woods.
 
*[[2009-04-16 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle border geohash at Semiahmoo. Success '''#47'''.
 
*[[2009-04-13 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Success '''#46''' by public transit in a group home garden.
 
*[[2009-04-08 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Success '''#45''' achieved after 5 1/2 hours in an inflatable kayak.
 
*[[2009-04-06 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Surrendered 999 m away on a snowy mountain north of Squamish.
 
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*[[2009-04-05 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle border hash in Lynden, WA. Success '''#44'''.
 
*[[2009-03-29 49 -124]] ([[Port Alberni, British Columbia|Port Alberni, BC)]]: Glorious day with kites and kayaks and birthday cake, without reaching the coordinates.
 
*[[2009-03-28 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Bramble scramble in Kanaka Creek Regional Park for '''#43'''.
 
*[[2009-03-27 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Easy parking lot geohash in the rain for '''#42'''.
 
*[[2009-03-23 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): '''Birthday''' speedhash in Port Ludlum, WA. Success '''#41'''.
 
*[[2009-03-23 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): No trespassing 274 m from geohash in Custer, WA.
 
*[[2009-03-21 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Unsuccessfully tried to establish an alternate at my birthday party.
 
*[[2009-03-17 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): No Trespassing stopped me 330 m short, but I got to drive over a dam.
 
*[[2009-03-13 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Border geohash for success '''#40'''.
 
*[[2009-03-09 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): '''Frozen''' snowman bicycle geohash in the CIBC parking lot for success '''#39'''.
 
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*[[2009-03-05 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): '''Twister''' picnic '''hash collision''' in a park: success '''#38'''.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[2009-02-27 30 -93]] ([[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles, LA]]): Walked for five hours but failed to find the correct road.
 
*[[2009-02-24 30 -93]] ([[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles, LA]]): Bushwhacked in, took trail out for success '''#37'''.
 
*[[2009-02-20 30 -94]] ([[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont, TX]]): Failed on the ground, succeeded in the air. Success '''#36'''.
 
*[[2009-02-14 32 -94]] ([[Longview, Texas|Longview, TX]]): Airhash over Smithville. Success '''#35'''.
 
*[[2009-02-09 32 -94]] ([[Longview, Texas|Longview, TX]]): Easy drive-in geohash on a quiet road in the woods. Success '''#34'''.
 
*[[2009-01-25 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Failed to reach a spot in a dark, frozen swamp in Abbotsford.
 
*[[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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*[[2009-01-22 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): Second half of a multihash for success '''#32''' and '''5 geosquishy points'''.
 
*[[2009-01-22 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): A '''déjà vu geohash''' for success '''#31'''.
 
*[[2009-01-02 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): '''Snowman geohash''' by public transit for success '''#30'''.
 
*[[2008-12-19 32 -94]] ([[Longview, Texas|Longview, TX]]): Walked through an urban forest when I didn't have to. Success '''#29'''.
 
*[[2008-12-02 47 -73]] ([[Montréal, Québec|Montréal, QC]]): Tried to take a non-existent bus in the snow.
 
*[[2008-11-29 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): Took along three first-timers but private property stopped us.
 
*[[2008-11-20 48 -121]] ([[North Cascades National Park, Washington|North Cascades, WA]]): Third unsuccessful try in this graticule. Private property.
 
*[[2008-11-08 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC)]]: Industrial park in Richmond, success '''#28'''.
 
*[[2008-11-01 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC)]]: A fine time at an unadopted Saturday alternate at the Bloedel Conservatory.
 
*[[2008-10-16 59 -122]] ([[Snake River, British Columbia|Snake River, BC]]): Airhash, success '''#27'''.
 
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*[[2008-10-12 55 -119]] ([[Beaverlodge, Alberta|Beaverlodge, AB]]): Airhash, success '''#26'''.
 
*[[2008-10-12 56 -120]] ([[Fort St. John, British Columbia|Fort St. John, BC]]): Airhash, success '''#25'''.
 
*[[2008-10-12 57 -121]] ([[Gutah, British Columbia|Gutah, BC]]): Airhash not counted because of a bad proof of location photo.
 
*[[2008-10-07 55 -120]] ([[Dawson Creek, British Columbia|Dawson Creek, BC]]): Airhash in snow and rain for success '''#24'''.
 
*[[2008-10-07 54 -119]] ([[Nose Creek, Alberta|Nose Creek, AB]]): Airhash over patchy clearing in the foothills. Success '''#23'''.
 
*[[2008-09-27 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA]]): I guess I'll finally claim '''land''' with success '''#22'''.
 
*[[2008-09-25 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): '''Public transit''' in the rain for success '''#21'''.
 
*[[2008-09-21 49 -124]] ([[Port Alberni, British Columbia|Port Alberni, BC]]: Part two of a multihash, a '''speedhash''', and success '''#20'''.
 
*[[2008-09-21 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Rubber raft '''sunrise''' and '''water''' geohash for success '''#19'''.
 
*[[2008-09-19 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Success '''#18''' was a '''midnight''' and '''pirate''' geohash.
 
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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.
 
*[[2008-09-11 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC)]]: I '''walk'''ed to '''#17''', which was my first success in my home graticule.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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'''.
 
*[[2008-08-30 54 -114]] ([[Barrhead, Alberta|Barrhead, AB]]): Success '''#15''' was a drive-in geohash at a housing development in a virgin graticule.
 
*[[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'''.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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'''
 
*[[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'''.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[2008-08-15 55 -114]] ([[Slave Lake, Alberta|Slave Lake, AB]]): Uphill dirt road took me too close to bedtime.
 
*[[2008-08-14 55 -115]] ([[Utikuma Lake, Alberta|Utikuma Lake, AB]]): Ran out of time cycling around the lake.
 
*[[2008-07-28 48 -123]] ([[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria, BC]]): '''Border geohash''' at Point Roberts. Success '''#9'''.
 
*[[2008-07-21 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): Second attempt at a hash in my home graticule. '''Blinded by Science''' entering coordinates.
 
*[[2008-07-19 48 -121]] ([[North Cascades National Park, Washington|North Cascades, WA]]): Thwarted by '''No Trespassing''' sign.
 
*[[2008-07-18 47 -122]] ([[Seattle, Washington|Seattle, WA]]): '''Ambassador''' achievement, on a boat dock. Success '''#8'''.
 
*[[2008-07-14 39 -121]] ([[Chico, California|Chico, CA]]): Suspense-filled adventure. No raptors. Success '''#7'''.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[2008-07-06 47 -121]] ([[Snoqualmie, Washington|Snoqualmie, WA]]): A '''drag-along''' hash, where the draggee brought me, on a motorcycle. Success '''#5'''.
 
*[[2008-07-05 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): My first repeat hash in the same graticule, and '''4th''' successful geohash. Logged '''bicycle'''.
 
*[[2008-06-25 41 -111]] ([[Ogden, Utah|Ogden, UT]]): Airhash success but no proof, so not counted.
 
*[[2008-06-14 40 -112]] ([[Tooele, Utah|Tooele, UT]]): Unsuccessful, thwarted by a ditch in the way.
 
*[[2008-06-14 32 -93]] ([[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport, LA]]): Another aerial hash, my '''3rd''' successful one. Just missed getting the Master Pilot Award.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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.
 
*[[2008-06-04 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): just south of King George Skytrain station - My '''1st''' successful.
 
*[[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.
 
  
 
==Geohashers Met==
 
==Geohashers Met==

Revision as of 02:26, 17 May 2010

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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 B,C,I,N,O,U,V & Z.
  • 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
  • Gorilla mini camera tripod
  • Brunton orienteering compass

Wanted Equipment

  • New bicycle tights
  • Waterproof camera
  • Camelback waterbag

Statistics

Graticules

  • Hashes Attempted: 111 in >35 different graticules
  • Hashes Achieved: 70 in >29 different graticules (+2 more without proof)
  • Retrohashes: 2
  • Centurion-eligible Saturday Meetups: 12 in 6 different graticules
  • Geohashers met: 28 in 6 different graticules
  • Continents geohashed: 1
  • 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 sumarized 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,
(c) get to where it is obvious I could reach the geohash, but refrain from trampling crops,
(d) for airhashes, take a readable photo within 10 seconds of each latitude and longitude, or

I've never invoked option (c); such hashes are usually Not Reached - No public access.




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

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Robyn earned the Globalhash achievement
by reaching the globalhash for 2010-03-28.
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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.
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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.
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Wade & Robyn earned the Wedding anniversary geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash for 1994-07-08 on 2009-07-08.
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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.
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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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