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Involved

Posis

The Ever So Exciting Tale

This adventure was somewhat doomed from the start, as the hash location was about 40km out to sea, and I don't have a boat, plane, or that kind of ability to swim. Nonetheless, hoping for some kind of miracle (maybe a hoarde of velocirapters to give me motivitation to swim that far?), I biked to the most direct North point that I could hazard a guess at. Stumped as to how to complete my journey, I instead waited around, curious as to whether there would be any fellow XKCD-ers about.

Unsurprisingly, I was just about the only person there. I left a calling card in the sand just in case, enjoyed the (slightly windy) atmosphere of the beach for a while, and then headed home, my first (if failed) geohash attempt under my belt.

Photos

<gallery> Image:bemused.jpg|My destination was about 40km that way... Image:Geohashersunite.jpg|2008-06-18 50 -0 Image:notquitecycled.jpg|Proof that I cycled! If not, ahem, the whole way.