Difference between revisions of "2010-11-30 49 -122"

Latest revision as of 23:37, 9 August 2020

Location

On highway 1, near New Westminster.

Participants

Plans

The plan is:

go to work
on the way home from work, drive to New Westminister
???
profit!

Expedition

Wade

I once again completely missed the point of geohashing. As you know, geohashing is all about meeting strangers to have fun, getting outside, getting a bit of exercise, and sometimes a challenging adventure.

So, I got on my bike, burned gasoline for about half an hour in the pouring rain though tedious rush-hour traffic. As I approached the hash point I noticed the traffic was really heavy, the visibility was poor, and the shoulder was really narrow because of construction. It wasn't safe to stop, but I glance down at the GPS just at the moment to see "0" in the "distance to destination" box. I kept going, pushed the "go home" button on the GPS, and followed the instructions home.

I successfully reached the point without:

getting exercise
being somewhere I've never been before
playing games with people
meeting new friends
interacting with any other humans
stopping
getting photographic proof of reaching the point
getting a screenshot of my GPS at the "0" point
profiting

The track log, if I manage to upload it, may show that I was there. Or it may not.

user:thepiguy and MylSh

I guess we did pretty much the same thing as Wade. However we did manage to:

play games with people (if you count silly licence plate games)
meet new friends (if you count all the friendly people that let me merge back and forth through traffic)
interact with other humans (see "meet new friends" above)
stop (if you count terrible rush hour traffic on the highway)
get photographic proof of reaching the point (if you count MylSh's valiant attempts using my broken camera)
profit (if you count life experience. Ok... that one's a stretch)

Photos

Passing by MEC on the way out!
Traffic.
More traffic.
thepiguy loves driving through traffic.
There was a lot of fumbling and yelling, but we got decent proof.
Geohashers!.
Wade's Tracklog

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 On highway 1, near New Westminster.
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 == Expedition ==
+===Wade===
 I once again completely missed the point of geohashing.  As you know, geohashing is all about meeting strangers to have fun, getting outside, getting a bit of exercise, and sometimes a challenging adventure.
-So, I got on my bike, burned gasoline for about half an hour in the pouring rain though tedious rush-hour traffic.  As I approached the hash point I noticed the traffic was really heavy, the visibility was poor, and the shoulder was really narrow because of construction.  It wasn't safe to stop, but I glance down at the GPS just at the moment to see "0" in the "distance to destination" box.  I kept going, pushed the "go home" button on the GPS, and followed the instructions home.  I successfully reached the point without:
+So, I got on my bike, burned gasoline for about half an hour in the pouring rain though tedious rush-hour traffic.  As I approached the hash point I noticed the traffic was really heavy, the visibility was poor, and the shoulder was really narrow because of construction.  It wasn't safe to stop, but I glance down at the GPS just at the moment to see "0" in the "distance to destination" box.  I kept going, pushed the "go home" button on the GPS, and followed the instructions home.
+I successfully reached the point without:
 * getting exercise
 * being somewhere I've never been before
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 * stopping
 * getting photographic proof of reaching the point
+* getting a screenshot of my GPS at the "0" point
 * profiting
 The track log, if I manage to upload it, may show that I was there.  Or it may not.
+===user:thepiguy and MylSh===
+I guess we did pretty much the same thing as Wade. However we did manage to:
+* play games with people (if you count silly licence plate games)
+* meet new friends (if you count all the friendly people that let me merge back and forth through traffic)
+* interact with other humans (see "meet new friends" above)
+* stop (if you count terrible rush hour traffic on the highway)
+* get photographic proof of reaching the point (if you count MylSh's valiant attempts using my broken camera)
+* profit (if you count life experience. Ok... that one's a stretch)
 == Photos ==
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+Image:2010-11-30_49_-122_traffic1.JPG|Passing by [http://www.mec.ca MEC] on the way out!
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+Image:2010-11-30_49_-122_traffic2.JPG|Traffic.
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+Image:2010-11-30_49_-122_traffic3.JPG|More traffic.
+Image:2010-11-30_49_-122_pi.JPG|thepiguy <i>loves</i> driving through traffic.
+Image:2010-11-30_49_-122_gps.JPG|There was a lot of fumbling and yelling, but we got decent proof.
+Image:2010-11-30_49_-122.JPG|Geohashers!.
+Image:2010-11-30 49 -122_Full_Tracklog.jpeg|Wade's Tracklog
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