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== Tributes ==
 
== Tributes ==

Revision as of 11:21, 1 March 2009

This is a gallery of amazing geohashing achievements, hilariously described catastrophes or otherwise cool adventures that demonstrate the spirit and practice of geohashing. They aren't all events like the first one-legged unicycle ascent of Mount Everest. Many are things anyone could do, but these people did. Add to the gallery of you know of a story that you think deserves a wider audience. Choose an appropriate category and place it in date order, most recent at the top.


Lucky Locations


Conquering Nature, Technology and Bodily Weakness

  • 2008-12-13 41 -74 - A double-midnight-police-frozen-virgin-no-batteries-minesweeper geohash.
  • 2008-10-31 -32 138 - Solo geohasher battles the untamed Australian wilderness.
  • 2008-10-31 59 11 - Reaching the (then) coldest Geohash after wading through (even colder) waist deep water.
  • 2008-09-21 49 -123 - Navigating on rubber rafts in the dark. Includes a deflating boat, a lost paddle and a broken oar.
  • 2008-09-01 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.
  • 2008-08-07 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.
  • 2008-06-01 -35 148 - Logging trails, improvised bridges, thorny ditches, and a picnic.


Setting New Records

  • 2008-08-16 52 12 - Geohasher reaches Saturday geohashes in EIGHT of NINE different graticules in one day.
  • 2008-06-11 31 -84 - Commercial pilot diverts flight for first aerial geohash.


Art and Aesthetics


In the Media


Weird and Notable

Tributes

  • 2008 A video/slideshow of one geohashing year.
  • The amazing ICWB - A geohashers beloved bicycle, full of surprises. A tribute.