2018-04-20 43 -79

Fri 20 Apr 2018 in 43,-79: 43.6792237, -79.5252103 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The south crosswalk of the Royal York and Allanhurst intersection in Etobicoke.

Participants

• Frogman

Plans

I saw that this was doable in the morning. I asked if any coworkers wanted to spend their Friday evening going an hour out of their way to cross a street. The mumbled something non-committal and then changed the subject, so I went alone.

Expedition

I took the subway to Royal York station, and then the bus north. Royal York buses don't stop at the station. It's unclear if that's a temporary thing or if there's just no bus bay there. Either way, it was a little confusing as to what I was supposed to do. After a while, a bus showed up, which made it less confusing.

Royal York goes through a relatively hilly suburban area, with houses that were a bit larger than I am used to seeing in Toronto. The hashpoint itself was in the middle of a crosswalk, near a park. I snapped some pictures, crossed the street (so I could be sure I reached the hashpoint), and headed up to nearby Eglinton Avenue. I took the Eglinton West bus to Eglinton West station, which was overall a less direct route than simply returning on the Royal York bus, but took me past some Line 5 construction sites which I was interested in seeing.

Photos

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  The intersection.

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  The park.

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  The proof.

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  The grin.

Achievements

Frogman earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (43, -79) geohash on 2018-04-20 via the TTC.

The subdivision achievement didn't exist when I went on this expedition, but this hashpoint, which is in Etobicoke, qualifies me for it:

Frogman earned the Subdivision geohash achievement by reaching hash points in all 6 pre-amalgamation municipalities of the City of Toronto.