User:Thepiguy

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Revision as of 19:19, 19 April 2009 by imported>Thepiguy (updated)

About me

Greetings to my fellow geohashers, both near and far! I'm currently a UBC physics and computer science student living in Richmond and will bike/bus to the ends of the earth for that perfect hash point!

I try and get to as many locations as possible, but school occasionally gets in the way. Me and my bike Josephine are willing to cycle any distance if it means one more awesome expedition.

From May to December 2009 I will be living in Germany because of a coop job! I have a 40h work week, which leaves the other 128h free for Geohashing! Look out Würzburg!

One quick note about my user name, if one were to add in the spaces it would be The Pi Guy. As in that mystical mathematical constant, and having nothing to do with the animal commonly known as bacon. If we ever meet at a geohash, ask me how I got the name Pi; it's a good 30 seconds worth of entertainment.

Lol-asg.png 36 / m / 49,-123



Upcoming Schedule

T-10 Days and couting...

Geohashes

My current count is 29 successful geohashes in 6 different graticules. (Posted most recent first)

Arrow4.png 2009-04-18 49 -123 No trespassing on a chicken farm in Nanaimo.

Arrow2.png 2009-04-18 49 -122 Formal attire hash on the side of the highway. We had to be rescued!

Arrow2.png 2009-04-16 48 -122 Bicycle border hash with Robyn and Rhonda!

Arrow4.png 2009-03-29 49 -124 The craziest geohash and/or birthday I've ever had!

Arrow2.png 2009-03-09 49 -123 A 3 party snowmeghan geohash in Vancouver with dinner!

Arrow2.png 2009-03-05 49 -123 Picnic-twister-collision-hash in a Park!

Arrow2.png 2009-02-10 49 -123 Another transit geohash in Vancouver.

Arrow2.png 2009-01-17 49 -123 Fogtastic Vancouver geohash.

Arrow2.png 2008-12-21 49 -123 A frozen snow-man Richmond-hash in a blizzard.

Arrow2.png 2008-12-11 49 -123 Another Richmond hash! Located adjacent to the new Richmond Speed Skating Oval.

Arrow2.png 2008-12-07 49 -123 In Richmond again! On my way to work.

Arrow2.png 2008-12-03 49 -123 The usual intra-Vancouver geohash.

Arrow2.png 2008-11-08 49 -123 Evidence of previous geohashers found!

Arrow2.png 2008-10-26 48 -123 Another amazing bike ride on Vancouver Island. Greatest bike path evar!!1!

Arrow4.png 2008-10-19 43 -79 I don't think this even qualifies as an expedition, but I had a nice walk through Toronto.

Arrow2.png 2008-10-18 44 -79 Another bus ride followed by a 9km walk into the middle of nowhere.

Arrow4.png 2008-10-17 43 -79 500m off shore in Hamilton Ontario. Stopped by lake Ontario, of course.

Arrow2.png 2008-10-11 49 -123 Finally back on my bike, even if it was only for 13km.

Arrow2.png 2008-10-09 49 -123 My creepiest geohash location yet.

Arrow2.png 2008-09-25 49 -123 An irresistible Thursday morning Vancouver location.

Arrow2.png 2008-09-21 49 -124 8 hours and 1° of longitude west the doublehash is complete!

Arrow2.png 2008-09-21 49 -123 A sunrise water geohash. Part 1 of the multihash.

Arrow2.png 2008-09-19 49 -122 A midnight pirate geohash with Robyn!

Arrow2.png 2008-09-11 49 -123 Another urban geohash in sunny Vancouver!

Arrow2.png 2008-09-07 49 -123 A simple mid-morning Vancouver hash.

Arrow2.png 2008-09-01 49 -124 I went 237km by bike and 4km by kayak for a beautiful water geohahs!

Arrow2.png 2008-08-19 49 -123 Four in a row! I biked out to north east Richmond on my "way" to work.

Arrow2.png 2008-08-18 49 -123 For my third geohash in three days; I dragged a few friends out in the dark!

Arrow2.png 2008-08-17 49 -123 A mid-morning adventure through Vancouver.

Arrow4.png 2008-08-16 48 -123 An epic bike ride with a great view!

Arrow2.png 2008-08-09 49 -123 Transit geohash, all by my self, in the rain. =(

Arrow4.png 2008-07-19 49 -123 Ended up biking 109km and still has a great day!

Arrow2.png 2008-06-18 49 -123 Bike geohash, and an accidental geohash!

Arrow2.png 2008-05-31 49 -122 First Saturday Geohash meetup!

Arrow2.png 2008-05-27 49 -123 First Geohash! Land Geohash achieved!

Other Geohashers Met

In order of first encounter:

  • srs0. A fellow UBC student, we're in the same program, take all the same classes, and worked at the same co-op job. We spend... far to much time together. He's working at the computer next to me even as I type this.
  • Warren at the 2008-05-31 geohash in Surrey. He came all the way from Bellingham!
  • MylSh is a UBC student that me and srs0 introduced to geohashing. We're also in most of the same classes.
  • Arbron at the 2009-03-09 geohash in Vancouver. Got a good chance to know him over dinner and a bus ride back to UBC.

Achievements Earned

It's pretty obvious, but I'm sort of really obsessing about my achievements. I don't care how non-notable it is: if there's a ribbon, it's goin' up!

Formal attire.PNG
thepiguy earned the Formal attire achievement
by looking good at the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-18.
2009-04-18 49 -122 pi lookin good.jpg
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thepiguy earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (48, -122) geohash for 2009-04-16 with highly visible raptor claw marks.
2009-04-16 48 -122 thepiguy raptor.jpg
Border.PNG
thepiguy earned the Border geohash achievement
by crossing the Canada-USA border on 2009-04-16 to reach the (48, -122) geohash.
2009-04-16 48 -122 peace arch fun.jpg
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thepiguy achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Vancouver, British Columbia and 4 of the surrounding graticules.
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thepiguy earned the Kayak Balancing Achievement
by not having to pay the deductible on two kayaks en route to the (49, -124) geohash on 2009-03-29.
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thepiguy earned the Train wreck consolation prize
by failing to reach the (49, -124) geohash on 2009-03-29 because of a general transportation failure.
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thepiguy earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, -124) geohash on his 21st birthday, 2009-03-29.
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didn't actually make it to the hash, I'll modify the ribon later

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thepiguy earned the Twister Geohash Achievement
by playing Twister at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-03-05.
2009-03-05 49 -123 twister3.jpg
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thepiguy earned the Picnic achievement
by eating Nibs and Gingerale at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-03-05.
2009-03-05 49 -123 nibs.jpg
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thepiguy earned the Hash collision achievement
by discovering the geocache GC1HTNJ 1 second of longitude from the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-03-05.
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thepiguy earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-01-17, and previously on 2008-09-01.
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thepiguy earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-12-21 while the temperature was -1.0°C.
2008-12-21 49 -123 thermometer.jpg
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thepiguy earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement
by building a snowman at the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-12-21.
2008-12-21 49 -123 snowman2.jpg
TrailofBlood.PNG
thepiguy earned the Trail of blood consolation prize
by being too injured to reach the (43, -79) geohash on 2008-10-19 ..
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thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Toronto, Ontario and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

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thepiguy earned the Earliest geohasher achievement
by arriving first at the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-09-25.
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thepiguy earned the Speed racer achievement
by passing through the (49, -124) geohash on 2008-09-21 at the maximum legal speed.
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thepiguy earned the Multihash Achievement
by reaching the 2008-09-19 49 -123 and 2008-09-19 49 -124 geohashes on 2008-09-19.
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thepiguy earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-09-21 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.
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thepiguy earned the Water geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-09-21 by inflatable raft.
2008-09-21 49 -123 me.jpg
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thepiguy earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement
by swashing his buckle at the (49, -122) geohash on 2008-09-19.
2008-09-19 49 -122 me.jpg
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thepiguy earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2008-09-19 in the middle of the night.
2008-09-19 49 -122 gps.jpg
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thepiguy earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-09-07.
2008-09-07 49 -123 nibs.jpg
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thepiguy achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Vancouver, British Columbia and 3 of the surrounding graticules.
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thepiguy earned the Water geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -124) geohash on 2008-09-01 by kayak.
2008-09-01 49 -124 me.jpg

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thepiguy earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 4 consecutive hash points starting on 2008-08-16.
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thepiguy earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging Lauren, Taryn and Josh to the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-08-18.
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thepiguy achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Vancouver, British Columbia and 2 of the surrounding graticules.
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thepiguy earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
by cleaning up the (48, -123) geohash on 2008-08-16.
2008-08-16 48 -123 trash.jpg
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thepiguy earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (48, -123) geohash on 2008-08-16.
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thepiguy earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-08-09 via 410 Railway and 404 Ladner buses.
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thepiguy earned the Media Attention Geohash Achievement
by being immortalized in the hearts of others during the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-07-19 For whining about the ferry system to the Vancouver Sun.
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thepiguy has visited an Easy Geohash
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-06-18 without really trying.
2008-06-18 49 -123 me.jpg
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thepiguy earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-06-18.
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thepiguy earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Warren at the (49, -122) geohash on 2008-05-31.
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thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Vancouver, British Columbia and 1 of the surrounding graticules.
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thepiguy earned the Regional geohashing achievement
by reaching a hash point in all possible GVRD graticules.
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thepiguy earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2008-05-27.
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Geohashing Check Lists

Items in bold are things I have forgotten at one point or another.

The very basics

The geohashing basics

For any bicycle geohashes

  • Bike (!)
  • Helmet
  • Gloves
  • Sun glasses (more for bugs than for sun)
  • Bike lock (with keys)
  • Bike repair kit
  • Bike lights and reflectors (never know how long a geohash might take)
  • Lots of water
  • Extra snacks/lunch

Water geohashes (I can't believe I even have this list)

  • Change of clothes
  • Waterproof GPS bag
  • Pelican cases for camera and other valuables
  • Seafaring vessel (be it raft or reservation)

Picture Gallery

I was flipping through my pictures, and thought it might be neat to create a few collections of pictures from multiple expeditions. The result (or lack thereof) can be found here!

Video Gallery

I recently compiled my expedition photos into one gigantic geohashing montage that can be found on youtube