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[[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]] [[2009-05-11 49 10]] Tried to go cycling after work, but got lost at every turn and called it quits. | [[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]] [[2009-05-11 49 10]] Tried to go cycling after work, but got lost at every turn and called it quits. |
Revision as of 15:42, 17 May 2009
Contents
Who am I?
Greetings to my fellow geohashers, both near and far! I'm currently a UBC physics and computer science student living in Richmond and will bike/bus to the ends of the earth for that perfect hash point!
Guten Tag to my fellow geohashers, both far and near! I'm currently a coop student at Universität Würzburg and will bike/ride a train to the ends of the earth for that perfect hash point!
I try and get to as many locations as possible, but school occasionally gets in the way. Me and my bike Josephine are willing to cycle any distance if it means one more awesome expedition.
I try and get to as many locations as possible, but work occasionally gets in the way. Me and my new bike Victoria are willing to cycle any distance if it means one more awesome expedition.
One quick note about my user name, if one were to add in the spaces it would be The Pi Guy. As in that mystical mathematical constant, and having nothing to do with the animal commonly known as bacon. If we ever meet at a geohash, ask me how I got the name Pi; it's a good 30 seconds worth of entertainment.
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Upcoming Schedule
The building I'm living in right now is so old we have to wait for the internet company to mail us our router. So for the time being the only internet I have is being provided by our helpful neighbours! Since I can't spend hours and hours planning out my routes, I may be restricted to closer weekend hashers for a while.
Geohashes
My current count is 33 successful geohashes in 8 different graticules. (Posted most recent first)
2009-05-16 49 9 First big trip on my new bike!
2009-05-11 49 10 Tried to go cycling after work, but got lost at every turn and called it quits.
2009-05-10 49 9 A bushwacking-stravaganza in my new home graticule.
2009-05-09 49 10 First Germany hash! Met Danatar in the middle of a field!
2009-04-25 48 -123 Golf geohash in Victoria.
2009-04-18 49 -123 No trespassing on a chicken farm in Nanaimo.
2009-04-18 49 -122 Formal attire hash on the side of the highway. We had to be rescued!
2009-04-16 48 -122 Bicycle border hash with Robyn and Rhonda!
2009-03-29 49 -124 The craziest geohash and/or birthday I've ever had!
2009-03-09 49 -123 A 3 party snowmeghan geohash in Vancouver with dinner!
2009-03-05 49 -123 Picnic-twister-collision-hash in a Park!
2009-02-10 49 -123 Another transit geohash in Vancouver.
2009-01-17 49 -123 Fogtastic Vancouver geohash.
2008-12-21 49 -123 A frozen snow-man Richmond-hash in a blizzard.
2008-12-11 49 -123 Another Richmond hash! Located adjacent to the new Richmond Speed Skating Oval.
2008-12-07 49 -123 In Richmond again! On my way to work.
2008-12-03 49 -123 The usual intra-Vancouver geohash.
2008-11-08 49 -123 Evidence of previous geohashers found!
2008-10-26 48 -123 Another amazing bike ride on Vancouver Island. Greatest bike path evar!!1!
2008-10-19 43 -79 I don't think this even qualifies as an expedition, but I had a nice walk through Toronto.
2008-10-18 44 -79 Another bus ride followed by a 9km walk into the middle of nowhere.
2008-10-17 43 -79 500m off shore in Hamilton Ontario. Stopped by lake Ontario, of course.
2008-10-11 49 -123 Finally back on my bike, even if it was only for 13km.
2008-10-09 49 -123 My creepiest geohash location yet.
2008-09-25 49 -123 An irresistible Thursday morning Vancouver location.
2008-09-21 49 -124 8 hours and 1° of longitude west the doublehash is complete!
2008-09-21 49 -123 A sunrise water geohash. Part 1 of the multihash.
2008-09-19 49 -122 A midnight pirate geohash with Robyn!
2008-09-11 49 -123 Another urban geohash in sunny Vancouver!
2008-09-07 49 -123 A simple mid-morning Vancouver hash.
2008-09-01 49 -124 I went 237km by bike and 4km by kayak for a beautiful water geohahs!
2008-08-19 49 -123 Four in a row! I biked out to north east Richmond on my "way" to work.
2008-08-18 49 -123 For my third geohash in three days; I dragged a few friends out in the dark!
2008-08-17 49 -123 A mid-morning adventure through Vancouver.
2008-08-16 48 -123 An epic bike ride with a great view!
2008-08-09 49 -123 Transit geohash, all by my self, in the rain. =(
2008-07-19 49 -123 Ended up biking 109km and still has a great day!
2008-06-18 49 -123 Bike geohash, and an accidental geohash!
2008-05-31 49 -122 First Saturday Geohash meetup!
2008-05-27 49 -123 First Geohash! Land Geohash achieved!
Other Geohashers Met
In order of first encounter:
- srs0. A fellow UBC student, we're in the same program, take all the same classes, and worked at the same co-op job. We spend... far to much time together. He's working at the computer next to me even as I type this.
- Some guy in his car at the 2008-05-31 geohash in Surrey. We never even got his name! Do you know who he is?
- Warren at the 2008-05-31 geohash in Surrey. He came all the way from Bellingham!
- Robyn at the 2008-09-19 geohash in Surrey dressed up like a pirate. It was about time!
- Wade also at the 2008-09-19 geohash (and also dressed up like a pirate!)
- MylSh is a UBC student that me and srs0 introduced to geohashing. We're also in most of the same classes.
- Arbron at the 2009-03-09 geohash in Vancouver. Got a good chance to know him over dinner and a bus ride back to UBC.
- Elbie and I also know each other from UBC.
- Rhonda on the way to the 2009-04-16 geohash at the Peace Arch border crossing.
- Xore at the 2009-04-18 geohash in Surrey. The second time, that is.
- Danatar at the 2009-05-09 geohash in... that German town...
Achievements Earned
It's pretty obvious, but I'm sort of really obsessing about my achievements. I don't care how non-notable it is: if there's a ribbon, it's goin' up!
thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Globetrotter achievement
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thepiguy earned the Golf Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Formal attire achievement
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thepiguy earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Border geohash achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Kayak Balancing Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Train wreck consolation prize
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thepiguy earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement
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didn't actually make it to the hash, I'll modify the ribon later
thepiguy earned the Twister Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Picnic achievement
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thepiguy earned the Hash collision achievement
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thepiguy earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Trail of blood consolation prize
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thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Earliest geohasher achievement
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thepiguy earned the Multihash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Water geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Water geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Drag-along achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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thepiguy earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Media Attention Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy has visited an Easy Geohash
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thepiguy earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Meet-up achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Regional geohashing achievement
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thepiguy earned the Land geohash achievement
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Geohashing Check Lists
Items in bold are things I have forgotten at one point or another.
The very basics
- Keys
- Wallet
- Phone
- iPod (for those solo-hashes)
- Coat (So I don't have to sit in the cold)
The geohashing basics
- GPS (with coordinates!)
- Camera
- Google map of area
- Geohashing signs
- xkcd shirt
- Nibs (Gotta' love Nibs!)
- Extra batteries for the electronics
- Sidewalk chalk (For when I don't have a sign)
- Flashlight (Because I can't see in the dark)
For any bicycle geohashes
- Bike (!)
- Helmet
- Gloves
- Sun glasses (more for bugs than for sun)
- Bike lock (with keys)
- Bike repair kit
- Bike lights and reflectors (never know how long a geohash might take)
- Lots of water
- Extra snacks/lunch
Water geohashes (I can't believe I even have this list)
- Change of clothes
- Waterproof GPS bag
- Pelican cases for camera and other valuables
- Seafaring vessel (be it raft or reservation)
Picture Gallery
I was flipping through my pictures, and thought it might be neat to create a few collections of pictures from multiple expeditions. The result (or lack thereof) can be found here!
Video Gallery
I recently compiled my expedition photos into one gigantic geohashing montage that can be found on youtube
- Geohashers
- Geohashers in their 30s
- Geohashers in 49,9
- Geohashers in 49,-123
- Minesweeper geohash achievement
- Globetrotters geohash achievement
- Golf geohash achievement
- Formal attire achievement
- Velociraptor geohash achievement
- Border geohash achievement
- Gratuitous ribbon achievement
- Train wreck consolation prize
- Birthday geohash achievement
- Twister geohash achievement
- Picnic achievement
- Hash collision achievement
- Déjà vu geohash achievement
- Frozen geohash achievement
- Snowman geohash achievement
- Trail of blood consolation prize
- Earliest geohash achievement
- Speed racer achievement
- Multihash achievement
- Sunrise geohash achievement
- Water geohash achievement
- Pirates
- Buccaneer geohash achievement
- Buccaneers
- Midnight geohash achievement
- Geosquishy achievement
- Consecutive geohash achievement
- Drag-along achievement
- Geotrash achievement
- No trespassing consolation prize
- Public transport geohash achievement
- Geohashing in the media
- Easy geohash
- Bicycle geohash achievement
- Meet-up achievement
- Regional geohashing achievement
- Land geohash achievement