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I'm an avid xkcd reader, but never geohashed before. yangman and xore got me into it after i heard about their recent escapades. I'm quite interested in non-motorized transport, particularly cycling, but i've also recently learned how to sail.

Update: I'm now living in Berlin, looking for an apartment. I'll be here until summer 2011.

For the curious, here's a link to my origin geohash, which is about 5km inland from Britannia beach, apparently on the side of a mountain.

Sailing

I've taken several courses in sailing a small boat (Laser, Laser II, etc), and I've sailed larger boats before. If a water hash comes up near Berlin, I'll probably participate somehow.

Cycling

I'm game for any distance less than about 200km, if I'm free that day. Let me know if you're looking for a cycling partner. I also have camping equipment, if necessary.

Hashes

2009-06-14_49_-122 (cycling, ambassador, land) Biked 40km to surrey with yangman, had a picnic nearby, but forgot to juggle at the hash point.
2009-07-11_49_-123 Sailed across English Bay to north van
2009-07-31_49_-123 took the skytrain 3 stops
2010-04-17_49_-122 Biked 35km to deepest PoCo with yangman, on the way to a camping trip in Golden Ears.
2010-06-22_48_12 Wasserburg, Germany, on the Inn river near the Austrian border.

Achievements

plypkie has visited an Easy Geohash

by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-07-31 without really trying.

plypkie earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-07-31 via skytrain.

plypkie earned the Water geohash achievement

by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-07-11 by "420" sailboat.

plypkie earned the Meet-up achievement

by meeting Elbie, xore, yangman, Rhonda, and SueB at the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-06-14.

plypkie earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission from the property owners to access the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-06-14.

plypkie earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 43km to the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-06-14.

plypkie earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-06-14.

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-[[Image:Plypkie_profilepic.jpg|thumb]]I'm an avid xkcd reader, but never geohashed before.  [[User:Yangman|yangman]] and [[User:Xore|xore]] got me into it after i heard about their recent escapades.  I'm quite interested in non-motorized transport, particularly cycling, but i've also recently learned how to sail.  Hopefully this will come in handy in our very watery graticule.  I currently work in downtown [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]] at a datacenter, and i was previously a student at [http://www.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University].  For the curious, [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1979-11-05&lat=49&long=-123 here's a link] to my [[Origin geohash achievement|origin geohash]], which is about 5km inland from Britannia beach, apparently on the side of a mountain.
+[[Image:Plypkie_profilepic.jpg|thumb]]I'm an avid xkcd reader, but never geohashed before.  [[User:Yangman|yangman]] and [[User:Xore|xore]] got me into it after i heard about their recent escapades.  I'm quite interested in non-motorized transport, particularly cycling, but i've also recently learned how to sail.
+'''Update:''' I'm now living in Berlin, looking for an apartment.  I'll be here until summer 2011.
+For the curious, [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=1979-11-05&lat=49&long=-123 here's a link] to my [[Origin geohash achievement|origin geohash]], which is about 5km inland from Britannia beach, apparently on the side of a mountain.
 == Sailing ==
-Sailboats:  2 options are easy for me right now.
+I've taken several courses in sailing a small boat (Laser, Laser II, etc), and I've sailed larger boats before.  If a water hash comes up near Berlin, I'll probably participate somehow.
-# i have a "season pass" to jericho community sailing club where i can get small boats whenever i want.  These fit maybe up to 4 people total if we all squish in, and are only really good for spots that are sorta inside english bay.  For 2 or 3 people, this would be faster and easier than kayaking, if the spot was in the middle of the bay where all those tankers are.  Depending on wind, these boats can go significantly faster than kayaks, plus your arms don't get tired.
-# my parents sometimes have access to a larger sailboat, so depending on that availability i may be able to use it to take us as far as nanaimo or sechelt, so basically any water spot within the graticule.  Spots on the far side of the graticule will mean probably a whole day of sailing to get there and back.  Also, pretty much guaranteed to not get [[Drowned Rat Geohash]] on that boat.
 == Cycling ==
-I'm game for any distance less than about 200km, if i'm free that day.  let me know if you're looking for a cycling partner.
+I'm game for any distance less than about 200km, if I'm free that day.  Let me know if you're looking for a cycling partner.  I also have camping equipment, if necessary.