User:Rhonda

Hi. My name is Rhonda, and I like adventure. Robyn thinks I am at least as insane as she is, possibly due to my first ever geohash being a (planned) 4 hour kayak expedition.

Upcoming

• Scout the bridge access bike route from both sides and for all arrival and departure directions for the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge - will need to know this if I want to do a pure bicycle geohash that isn't downtown or on the north shore.
• Thinking of buying a bike trailer, to carry the kayak on. Any recommendations?

Goals

My origin hash spot looks so easy to access, I'm going to go for it next time I visit my parents (with time to spare in the trip up or back). It's about 500m (straight line) from highway 5, and google maps shows what appears to be a logging road that passes within 20m or less of the spot.

Personal firsts

This is a list of things that I did for the first time in my life while or because of geohashing.

• Kayaked into 17kts wind and whitecaps in open water.
• Rode a bike across an international border.
• Went to the US on a lark. (All other trips were planned in advance.)
• Bicycle camping.
• Carried a kayak on a city bus.
• Bushwhacked my way down a cliff.

Geohashes attempted

• 2009-08-30 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Designated alternate, playing tag with Xore and Wade and the Tag! You're it! crew.
• 2009-07-31 49 -123 (Burnaby, BC): Success #22, empty lot transit hash with Xore and plypkie
• 2009-07-28 49 -122 (Annacis Island, BC): Success #21, parking lot transit hash with Xore and PhilB
• 2009-07-14 49 -122 (Buntzen Lake, BC): ran out of time on the way to the top of a mountain, with Robyn and Xore.
• 2009-07-12 49 -122 (Langley, BC): 4 metres on the other side of a tall fence, with Xore
• 2009-07-11 49 -123 (West Vancouver, BC): Success #20, kayak hash into the shipping lanes off Ambleside Park with Xore, Robyn and Wade, and plypkie, yangman, and Elbie.
• 2009-07-10 49 -123 (North Vancouver, BC): Success #19, down a cliff with Robyn after meeting Flag guy coming back from his expedition.
• 2009-07-05 49 -125 (Courtenay, BC): Success #18, virgin graticule with Elbie, Xore, and Xore's sister and brother-in-law.
• 2009-06-19 50 -121 (Cache Creek, BC): Success #17, my first solo geohash.
• 2009-06-14 49 -122 (Surrey, BC): Success #16, ambassador geohash in a Surrey backyard with Xore, Elbie, SueB, yangman, and plypkie.

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• 2009-06-12 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Designated alternate, Watched Elbie give a talk about geohashing to some UBC Computer Science grad students with Xore and yangman.
• 2009-06-06 51 -121 (100 Mile House, BC): Success #15, short easy hike with Mom.
• 2009-06-03 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Success #14, transit tree twister hash with Elbie, Ray, Stathi, and Xore.
• 2009-05-23 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Saturday alternate, Mouse Over Day celebration on the cruise ship dock at Canada Place, with Robyn, Wade, Xore, SueB, Elbie, Simon, and of course my mom.
• 2009-05-21 48 -123 (Saltspring Island, BC): Success #13, Geohashing Day celebration with Xore, Elbie, Robyn, and Wade, with cake and twister.
• 2009-05-18 50 -120 (Kamloops, BC): Success #12, sewage plant hash with Mom.
• 2009-05-12 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): Success #11, transit kayak hash with Robyn.
• 2009-05-10 50 -120 (Kamloops, BC): Success #10, logging road consecutive geohash with my parents and Robyn.
• 2009-05-09 50 -119 (Vernon, BC): Success #9, missing the perfect road and hiking for a consecutive geohash with Robyn and Juventas.
• 2009-05-08 49 -119 (Kelowna, BC): aborted due to darkness and potholes at the highway turnoff.

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• 2009-05-08 49 -120 (Princeton, BC): Success #8, hiking up from a provincial campsite with Robyn and Juventas.
• 2009-05-03 48 -122 (Laurel, WA): Success #7, bicycle border transit consecutive geohash with Robyn.
• 2009-05-02 48 -122 (Silver Lake Park, WA): Success #6, transit bicycle border camping geohash with Robyn.
• 2009-04-28 49 -122 (Coquitlam, BC): Bicycle no trespassing geohash with Robyn, SueB, and yangman.
• 2009-04-25 49 -123 (Gambier Island, BC): Success #5, clifftop picnic hash in the sun with Robyn and Wade.
• 2009-04-23 48 -122 (Orcas Island, WA): Border, ferry, bicycle, camping... no trespassing geohash with Robyn.
• 2009-04-22 49 -122 (Langley, BC): Success #4, via public transit. Met Robyn and played hopscotch.
• 2009-04-16 48 -122 (Semiahmoo Bay, WA): Success #3, via transit and bike. Met Robyn on the bus and thepiguy at the Peace Arch at 1PM, and rode there together.
• 2009-04-13 49 -122 (Langley, BC): Success #2, via public transit. Met Robyn at the hashpoint about 4pm.
• 2009-04-08 49 -123 (Vancouver, BC): First attempt, first success - 5 1/2 hours in an inflatable kayak I bought that morning. Success with Robyn!

Geohashers met

• Elbie on 2009-05-21 picked up on a street corner.
• Flag guy on 2009-07-10 300m from the hash point.
• Juventas on 2009-05-08 at the Stemwinder campsite entrance.
• PhilB on 2009-07-28 chasing my bus on his harley.
• plypkie on 2009-06-14 at the hashpoint driveway.
• Ray on 2009-06-03 in a tree.
• Rhonda's mom when I convinced her to come geohashing on 2009-05-10 - mother's day
• Robyn on 2009-04-08 inflating a kayak at Porteau Cove.
• SueB on 2009-04-28 in an empty driveway (but really I knew her before).
• thepiguy on 2009-04-16 falling off his bike at the Peace Arch.
• Wade on 2009-04-25 at the water taxi dock.
• Xore on 2009-05-21 picked up on a street corner (but really I knew him before).
• yangman on 2009-04-28 in an empty driveway.

Ribbons earned

I'm only listing the first time I get a given ribbon. Unless I find it amusing to include again.

Achievement ribbons

Rhonda earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-07-11.

Rhonda earned the Hobbit Achievement by bearing a ring and baring her feet to and from the (50, -121) geohash on 2009-06-19.

Rhonda earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by juggling at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-06-03.

Rhonda earned the 2009 Mouse Over Day achievement by organizing an official alternate meetup in the (49, -123) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2009.

Rhonda earned the Picnic achievement by eating cake at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-21.

Rhonda, Robyn, Elbie, Xore, and Wade earned the Phonebooth stuffing achievement by helping stuff a phonebooth near the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-21.

Rhonda earned the Twister Geohash Achievement by playing Twister at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-21.

Rhonda earned the 2009 Geohashing Day achievement by celebrating in the (48, -123) graticule on May 21st 2009.

Rhonda earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging her dad to the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-10.

Rhonda earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 3 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-05-08.

Rhonda earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-05-02.

Rhonda earned the Police Geohash Achievement by being questioned by Homeland Security Border Patrol while attempting the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-05-02.

Rhonda earned the Camping geohash achievement by camping in a tent 937m the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-05-02, from 15:30 to 8:30.

Rhonda earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating someone to reach the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-04-27.

Rhonda earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Canada-USA border on 2009-04-16 to reach the (48, -122) geohash.

Rhonda earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting thepiguy at the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-04-16.

Rhonda earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-13 via translink.

Rhonda earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-13.

Rhonda earned the Water geohash achievement by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-08 by inflatable kayak.

Upgradeable ribbons

Rhonda achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Vancouver, British Columbia and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

Rhonda achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Kamloops, British Columbia and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Gratuitous Ribbons

Robyn & Rhonda earned the Double Mother Geohash Ribbon by visiting both their mothers, in different graticules, on Mothers' Day, before reaching the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-10.

Rhonda earned the stinky geohash ribbon by attending a geohash located between the pulp mill, sewage treatment plant, and city dump at the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-18.

Rhonda earned the monkey games achievement by climbing a tree directly on the hashpoint then playing games in it (49, -123) geohash on 2009-06-03.

Consolation Prizes

Rhonda earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-28.

Other pages

• POSTED: list of my no trespassing geohashes for the POSTED achievement.
• Cycling: list of my bicycle trip distances.
• xkcd Centurion: list of Saturday meetups attended.
• BC Regional Districts project: Graticule maps of BC's Regional Districts, for a more feasible regional geohash award in BC.