User:lizwiz

About

39 / f / 43,-2

New to Geohashing!

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

I will mostly be using bike and/or public transport.

Achievements

LizWiz earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -2) graticule, here, on 2012-03-12.

LizWiz earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (43, -2) geohash on 2012-03-12.

LizWiz earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -2) geohash on 2012-03-12.

LizWiz earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -2) geohash on 2012-03-12 using public transit.

This user earned the Globetrotter achievement

by visiting hashpoints on 2 continents.

LizWiz earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -3) graticule, here, on 2014-01-18.

This user earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -1) graticule, here, on 2014-02-03.

The Captain and Crew of the ship Itxasaiz earned the Water geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -2) geohash on 2016-08-25 by sailboat.

LizWiz earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging the captain and crew of the ship Itxasaiz to the (43, -2) geohash on 2016-08-25.

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.