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This is the place to link to amazing geohashing achievements, hilariously described catastrophes or otherwise cool adventures that people might not otherwise hear about. They don't have to be the first one-legged unicycle ascent of Mount Everest. Just a story that you think deserves a wider audience. You can also help to nag the people for more details on their tantalizing adventures. If you know of a story that is at least as good as these, then please link it in, most recent at the top. | This is the place to link to amazing geohashing achievements, hilariously described catastrophes or otherwise cool adventures that people might not otherwise hear about. They don't have to be the first one-legged unicycle ascent of Mount Everest. Just a story that you think deserves a wider audience. You can also help to nag the people for more details on their tantalizing adventures. If you know of a story that is at least as good as these, then please link it in, most recent at the top. | ||
| − | * [[2008-09-29_52_12]] - Geohashing on TV | + | * [[2008-09-29_52_12]] - Geohashing on TV. |
| + | * [[2008-09-21_49_-123]] - Navigating on rubber rafts in the dark. Includes a deflating boat, a lost paddle and a broken oar. | ||
| + | * [[2008-09-20_52_-0]] - Pre-emptive Hot air balloon geohash on previous day. | ||
* [[2008-09-19|Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008]] - Eleven out of seventeen remaining pirates on Earth visited geohashes. | * [[2008-09-19|Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008]] - Eleven out of seventeen remaining pirates on Earth visited geohashes. | ||
| − | + | * [[2008-09-01 49 -124]] - 282km via bike, kayak, and ferry, more than 22 hours total travel time. | |
| − | * [[2008-09-01 49 -124]] - 282km via bike, kayak, and ferry, more than 22 hours total travel time | + | * [[2008-08-31 60 24]] - Reaching the (then) coldest Geohash wading through waist deep water. |
* [[2008-08-16 52 12]] - Geohasher reaches Saturday geohashes in EIGHT of NINE different graticules in one day. | * [[2008-08-16 52 12]] - Geohasher reaches Saturday geohashes in EIGHT of NINE different graticules in one day. | ||
* [[2008-08-07 52 12]] - A rubber boat is carried over fifty km by bicycle to reach a water hash. | * [[2008-08-07 52 12]] - A rubber boat is carried over fifty km by bicycle to reach a water hash. | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 21 October 2008
This is the place to link to amazing geohashing achievements, hilariously described catastrophes or otherwise cool adventures that people might not otherwise hear about. They don't have to be the first one-legged unicycle ascent of Mount Everest. Just a story that you think deserves a wider audience. You can also help to nag the people for more details on their tantalizing adventures. If you know of a story that is at least as good as these, then please link it in, most recent at the top.
- 2008-09-29_52_12 - Geohashing on TV.
- 2008-09-21_49_-123 - Navigating on rubber rafts in the dark. Includes a deflating boat, a lost paddle and a broken oar.
- 2008-09-20_52_-0 - Pre-emptive Hot air balloon geohash on previous day.
- Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008 - Eleven out of seventeen remaining pirates on Earth visited geohashes.
- 2008-09-01 49 -124 - 282km via bike, kayak, and ferry, more than 22 hours total travel time.
- 2008-08-31 60 24 - Reaching the (then) coldest Geohash wading through waist deep water.
- 2008-08-16 52 12 - Geohasher reaches Saturday geohashes in EIGHT of NINE different graticules in one day.
- 2008-08-07 52 12 - A rubber boat is carried over fifty km by bicycle to reach a water hash.
- 2008-07-12 47 -122 - Three people reached a water hash on board a catamaran.
- 2008-06-11 31 -84 - Commercial pilot diverts flight for first aerial geohash.
- 2008-06-08 60 24 - Encounter with ghosts at an ancient burial ground.
- 2008-06-01 -35 148 - Logging trails, improvised bridges, thorny ditches, and a picnic.
- 2008-05-26 27 -80 - Geohashers transport an actual couch to the hash, where they get stuck in a swamp.
- 2008-05-24 -43 172 - Lost geohasher rescued by police via text messages.
- 2008-05-24 53 -113 - Agents assure bystander "don't worry, we're from the Internet"
