Talk:2009-04-18 49 -123
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Holy crap. I didn't realize you were that determined! Oh well, too late to back out now... Thepiguy 05:17, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
The zero hour approaches...the suspense builds. It's quiet. Almost too quiet. --starbird 13:41, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Well, it looks like it's accessible at least. Quite possibly private property, though. The world holds its breath and waits... :-) -- Benjw 14:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm reading a farmer's field, there. Looks like an ambassador expedition is necessary, but no camping. If my Saturday commitment weren't right in the middle of the day, I'd be there too. -- Rhonda 14:56, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Wow, it looks like you guys are more into this than we are! I'm not even out of bed yet! Thepiguy 15:04, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
I've been researching buses, routes, shuttles and contingency plans for the last hour and a half. -Robyn 15:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
The shuttle? Alriiight, if you say so! I'll see you there by 1:00 tomorrow, and I;ll leave the snowshoes at home! Thepiguy 15:45, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Pre-coordinates Discussion
Location
It's reachable! Thank god, we're saved!
Planning
Robyn has declared in advance that she will attend this geohash, even if it takes two days to get there.
- thepiguy has also committed himself to the adventure and will begin preparing shortly.
On Thursday I will prepare everything I could conceivably need for a Vancouver geohash. That means bike, kayak, wetsuit, hiking boots, ferry schedules, T-Rex, bear repellent, ambassador letter, compass, GPS and camera batteries and spares charged, games, chalk, tent, sleeping bag, stove, food, and somewhere I can rent snowshoes borrowed from thepiguy.
Then at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, I will check the coordinates. If they are in a remote area I will spend at least an hour planning and researching routes, before I set off in search of the geohash.
Vancouver must not defy me!
Actual Planning
I see two (rather large) problem areas: the middle of the Georgia Straight and the northern quarter of the graticule. Just wondering what our crazy-ridiculous plans for those two eventualities were? How much was it to rent a plane? Thepiguy 05:30, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
- for the Straight: My brother has a boat with a motor on it, which he has suggested in the past that I could borrow, and I have a boat licence which took much less training (and verifies far less skill) than a pilot licence does. I'm not sure how fast the boat goes, but I know I've motorboated in a smaller craft from the mouth of the Fraser to Langley and back in one day, so two days should be enough to get to anywhere in our graticule.
- for the northern quarter of the graticule: that's what the snowshoes, extra day and first aid equipment are for! -Robyn 05:40, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
This is one of those moments where I try to decide who is more insane: The person planning the ill-advised-possibly-fatal-adventure, or the person willing to follow the previous person on the ill-advised-possibly-fatal-adventure. Thepiguy 05:48, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I asked Wade. He says "following". Isn't it unbelievable what can happen within 70 miles of downtown Vancouver? -Robyn 05:58, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
*opens mouth to protest* Meh, who cares. Let's have an adventure! Thepiguy 06:08, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Participants
- First Aid supplies (and the training to use them)
- Snow shoes (two pairs)
- Bear spray and bear bells (no being eaten)
- Excessive amounts of camping equipment (a shipping container full in-fact)
