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** Looks quite accessible on Salt Spring Island
 
** Looks quite accessible on Salt Spring Island
  
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1998-09-19&lat=48&long=-124&zoom=9&abs=1 1998-09-19 Victoria]: Date my wife & I got married (in the same graticule no less).
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* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1998-09-19&lat=48&long=-124&zoom=9&abs=1 1998-09-19 Victoria]: Date my wife & I got married (in the same graticule no less), which would qualify for the [[Wedding anniversary geohash achievement]].
 
** In the bush near Jordan River -- looks doable though.
 
** In the bush near Jordan River -- looks doable though.
 
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-09-19&lat=48&long=-124&zoom=9&abs=1 2008-09-19 Victoria]: 10-year anniversary.
 
** Right off highway 112 east of Port Angeles in Washington State.
 
  
 
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1972-08-02&lat=48&long=-124&zoom=9&abs=1 1972-08-02 Victoria]: My birthday in my local graticule.
 
* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1972-08-02&lat=48&long=-124&zoom=9&abs=1 1972-08-02 Victoria]: My birthday in my local graticule.
 
** Looks fairly accessible out in East Sooke.
 
** Looks fairly accessible out in East Sooke.
  
== Origin Geohash ==
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* [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1972-08-02&lat=45&long=-74&zoom=8&abs=1 1972-08-02 Montreal]: My birthday in my birth graticule, which would qualify for the [[Origin geohash achievement]].
 
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** It actually looks pretty doable.  Just got to get myself to the Montreal area first, that's all.
Some day, I'll have to go for the [[Origin geohash achievement]] and get to [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1972-08-02&lat=45&long=-74&zoom=8&abs=1 this location]. It actually looks pretty doable.  Just got to get myself to the Montreal area first, that's all.
 

Revision as of 20:06, 15 June 2009

I live in the Victoria, British Columbia graticule. I'm mostly lurking for now, especially since I don't have a GPS, but if a Geohash appears in an accessible location, I just might try for it.

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Links

Various links of interest.

Geohashes Attempted

  • 2009-06-13 48 -123 (Victoria, BC: William Head Institute): thwarted by private property (correctional officers wouldn't let me in for some reason :-)

Retro Expedition Candidates

Here's a list of potential retro expeditions to take and why.

Auspicious Dates

  • 1972-08-02 Victoria: My birthday in my local graticule.
    • Looks fairly accessible out in East Sooke.