User:lizwiz

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Revision as of 10:31, 13 March 2012 by imported>Lizwiz


About

Lol-asg.png 38 / f / 43,-2

New to Geohashing!

Already have several people in mind to drag along through the unexplored basque graticules!

Achievements

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LizWiz earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (43, -2) geohash on 2012-03-12.
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LizWiz earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (43, -2) geohash on 2012-03-12.
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LizWiz earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (43, -2) geohash on 2012-03-12 using public transit.
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My first Geohash

2012-03-12_43_-2 I'd been consumed by the concept of geohashing for the past week, checking nearby hashpoints daily in spite of not yet having a gps, and planning many conquests in a yet unhashed area. So when the hashpoint turned out to be less than 20km from my workplace, I didn't want to miss the opportunity. I used public transport (train) to get to the hash-town Usurbil, and then rode my bicycle.

In spite of not having a GPS, GoogleMaps allowed me to accurately determine when I was at a distance of about 60m SSE from the hashpoint thanks to some power-lines crossing the path. When I arrived to the point on the path where the powerlines were directly overhead, I ventured off the path into the forest on foot (in a NNW-ish direction, as estimated by powerlines&path) to get as close as possible to the actual hashpoint. There were poky brambles.

Hashpoints I've been to

01 Arrow2.png Usurbil on Mar 12, 2012 GHWE sun.png GHTR rail.png GHTR bike.png

Using Juja's very nice userpage as my model.