Vancouver, British Columbia/Accessibility
From Geohashing
This is a project to show the difficulty of geohashing in Vancouver. All distances are one-way from Robyn's house, in roughly the middle of Vancouver. Driving times are from Google Maps. Cycling times allow 20 km/h. Walking allows 8 km/h on good trails ranging down to 400 m in an hour in dense bush with poor footing. Kayaking is 5 km/h, which accepts that we aren't very good at kayaking and includes an allowance for launching.
From last, is the distance from the previous location, were I doing the endurance geohash. Such distance does not allow for getting to and from a safe place to camp between geohashes.
The last column "Excuse" is why I did not attempt/reach the geohash. Or "None needed!" if I got there.
| Date | Location Description | Route | Road | Water | Bush | Total travel | From last | Excuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-03-31 | Shore of Howe Sound just south of Woodfibre | Drive to Britannia Beach, then kayak across | 60.9 km | 3 km | 1 h 39 | N/A | 40 kt winds | |
| Bike to Britannia Beach then kayak across | 3 h 36 | N/A | ||||||
| Go all the way around by road/trail (requires fording Squamish River) | 71.5 km | 300 m | 15 km | 3 h 45 | N/A | |||
| 2009-04-01 | In the water at the north edge of Howe Sound just northeast of Woodfibre and only a few kilometres from yesterday's location. | Drive to north of Britannia Beach, then kayak across | 64.7 km | 3 km | 1 h 55 | 3 km | Gale warning in effect. |
