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I'm Robyn, also known on the internets as Qov. You may recognize me by another pseudonym from elsewhere, and I know I'm not doing a very good job of keeping quiet like this, but I can trust you not to blab, right?
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I'm Robyn. I hash on foot, by [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|bicycle]] and by transit, usually bringing my [[Hashscots|Hashscot]] T-Rex with me. I try to avoid going by car, because burning fuel for pointless expeditions is dumb, but exercising for pointless expeditions is the win. I am deeply [[:Category:Addicted to geohashing|addicted to geohashing]], however, so what began as sometimes stopping off at a geohash in a car while on my way elsewhere, has escalated to sometimes answering the call of distant geohashes too juicy for me to resist, but too far for me to bike before midnight.  
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I hash on foot, by [[Robyn/Incredibly Crappy Walmart Bicycle|bicycle]] and by transit, usually bringing my [[Hashscots|Hashscot]] T-Rex with me. I try to avoid going by car, because burning fuel for pointless expeditions is dumb, but exercising for pointless expeditions is the win. I am deeply [[:Category:Addicted to geohashing|addicted to geohashing]], however, so what began as sometimes stopping off at a geohash in a car while on my way elsewhere, has escalated to sometimes answering the call of distant geohashes too juicy for me to resist, but too far for me to bike before midnight.  
 
  
 
When I'm at home in Vancouver, I'll usually try for the nearest hash in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]] or across the border to [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]. I get over to [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] from time to time, too. I have good maps locally. I also travel all over North America for work, so you'll see me at strange graticules elsewhere. I might just surprise you some day.
 
When I'm at home in Vancouver, I'll usually try for the nearest hash in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]] or across the border to [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]. I get over to [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] from time to time, too. I have good maps locally. I also travel all over North America for work, so you'll see me at strange graticules elsewhere. I might just surprise you some day.
  
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I am also known on the internets as Qov. I'm recognizable as another Internet personality as well, but I can trust you not to blab, right?
  
 
==Now and Near Future==
 
==Now and Near Future==
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* Geohashing with [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] and [[User:Juventas|Juventas]] in Vancouver, Vernon, or some graticule in between, this coming weekend.
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* Write up four expedition reports on my weekend with [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] and [[User:Juventas|Juventas]] in Princeton, Vernon and Kamloops.
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* Update graticule pages, BC regional map, virgin geohashes, geohashers met and Saturday meetup list with above.
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* Clean up from said expedition.
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* Prepare for [[Geohashing Day]].
  
 
===Eventually===
 
===Eventually===
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== Statistics ==
 
== Statistics ==
 
===Graticules===
 
===Graticules===
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*'''Hashes Attempted''': 83 in 30 [[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|different graticules]]
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*'''Hashes Attempted''': 87 in 34 [[User:Robyn/Graticule Hopper|different graticules]]
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*'''Hashes Achieved''': 53 in 24 different graticules (+2 more without proof)
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*'''Hashes Achieved''': 56 in 27 different graticules (+2 more without proof)
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*'''Centurion-eligible Saturday Meetups''': 8 in 4 [[User:Robyn/Centurion|different graticules]]
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*'''Centurion-eligible Saturday Meetups''': 10 in 6 [[User:Robyn/Centurion|different graticules]]
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*'''Geohashers met''': 20 in 3 different graticules
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*'''Geohashers met''': 23 in 5 different graticules
 
*'''Continents geohashed''': 1
 
*'''Continents geohashed''': 1
  
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*'''Mis-setting the GPS''': 1
 
*'''Mis-setting the GPS''': 1
 
*'''Time constraints''': 4
 
*'''Time constraints''': 4
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*'''Terrain/weather too nasty to continue safely''': 6
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*'''Terrain/weather too nasty to continue safely''': 7
 
*'''Inability to use a camera''': 1
 
*'''Inability to use a camera''': 1
 
*'''No one attended an alternate''':2
 
*'''No one attended an alternate''':2
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The one time I thought I would have to invoke option (c), the geohash came to me.
 
The one time I thought I would have to invoke option (c), the geohash came to me.
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*[[2009-05-10 50 -120]] ([[Kamloops, British Columbia|Kamloops, BC)]]: Driving on scary road then uphill through bush with Rhonda's parents. Success '''#56'''.
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*[[2009-05-09 50 -119]] ([[Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon, BC)]]: Uphill through bush after missing perfect road. Success '''#55'''.
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*[[2009-05-08 49 -119]] ([[Kelowna, British Columbia|Kelowna, BC)]]: Aborted camping geohash in conditions too dark to hike.
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*[[2009-05-08 49 -120]] ([[Princeton, British Columbia|Princeton, BC]]): Uphill from Stemwinder Park with Juventas. Success '''#54'''.
 
*[[2009-05-03 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle consecutive hash in the road next to a raspberry field. Success '''#53'''.
 
*[[2009-05-03 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle consecutive hash in the road next to a raspberry field. Success '''#53'''.
 
*[[2009-05-02 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle border '''camping''' hash at Silver Lake Park. Success '''#52'''.
 
*[[2009-05-02 48 -122]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham, WA)]]: Bicycle border '''camping''' hash at Silver Lake Park. Success '''#52'''.
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*[[User:HollyB|HollyB]] - bouncing happily in the rain [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]] at Heather and 16th.
 
*[[User:HollyB|HollyB]] - bouncing happily in the rain [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]] at Heather and 16th.
 
*[[User:Jaem|Jaem]] - protecting his new mobile device with a towel on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
 
*[[User:Jaem|Jaem]] - protecting his new mobile device with a towel on [[2008-09-25 49 -123|2008-09-25]].
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*[[User:Juventas|Juventas]] - after surviving an hour stuck in construction traffic on [[2009-05-08 49 -120|2009-05-08]].
 
*[[User:galaxstar|Kelsey]] - playing Twister outdoors in six degree weather [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
 
*[[User:galaxstar|Kelsey]] - playing Twister outdoors in six degree weather [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
 
*[[User:MylSh|MylSh]] - toasting the geohash in gingerale on [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
 
*[[User:MylSh|MylSh]] - toasting the geohash in gingerale on [[2009-03-05 49 -123|2009-03-05]].
 
*[[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] - paddling her brand new inflatable kayak to Anvil Island on [[2009-04-08 49 -123|2009-04-08]].
 
*[[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] - paddling her brand new inflatable kayak to Anvil Island on [[2009-04-08 49 -123|2009-04-08]].
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*Rhonda's parents, who haven't chosen usernames yet, driving their red Jeep on [[2009-05-10 50 -120|2009-05-10]].
 
*[[User:srs0|srs0]] - inflating a boat [[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21]] at a sunrise water geohash.
 
*[[User:srs0|srs0]] - inflating a boat [[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21]] at a sunrise water geohash.
 
*[[User:SueB|SueB]] - looking good in her shorts [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] in a Coquitlam driveway
 
*[[User:SueB|SueB]] - looking good in her shorts [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] in a Coquitlam driveway
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*[[User:Wade|Wade]] - geohashing with me since [[2008-07-06 47 -121|2008-07-06]], often by motorbike
 
*[[User:Wade|Wade]] - geohashing with me since [[2008-07-06 47 -121|2008-07-06]], often by motorbike
 
*[[User:Xore|Xore]] - walking along highway 99 to join our formal wine & cheese party on [[2009-04-18 49 -122|2009-04-18]]
 
*[[User:Xore|Xore]] - walking along highway 99 to join our formal wine & cheese party on [[2009-04-18 49 -122|2009-04-18]]
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*[[User:yangman|yangman]] - Coasting down Sorrento [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] on his mountain bike.
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*[[User:yangman|yangman]] - Coasting down Sorrento Street on [[2009-04-28 49 -122|2009-04-28]] on his mountain bike.
  
 
== Achievements ==
 
== Achievements ==

Revision as of 17:21, 11 May 2009

Robyn and T-Rex.png

I'm Robyn. I hash on foot, by bicycle and by transit, usually bringing my Hashscot T-Rex with me. I try to avoid going by car, because burning fuel for pointless expeditions is dumb, but exercising for pointless expeditions is the win. I am deeply addicted to geohashing, however, so what began as sometimes stopping off at a geohash in a car while on my way elsewhere, has escalated to sometimes answering the call of distant geohashes too juicy for me to resist, but too far for me to bike before midnight.

When I'm at home in Vancouver, I'll usually try for the nearest hash in Vancouver, in Surrey or across the border to Bellingham. I get over to Victoria from time to time, too. I have good maps locally. I also travel all over North America for work, so you'll see me at strange graticules elsewhere. I might just surprise you some day.

I am also known on the internets as Qov. I'm recognizable as another Internet personality as well, but I can trust you not to blab, right?

Now and Near Future

  • Write up four expedition reports on my weekend with Rhonda and Juventas in Princeton, Vernon and Kamloops.
  • Update graticule pages, BC regional map, virgin geohashes, geohashers met and Saturday meetup list with above.
  • Clean up from said expedition.
  • Prepare for Geohashing Day.

Eventually

  • Eager to get a globalhash
  • Minesweep home graticule
  • Meet at least one geohasher with a name starting with each letter of the alphabet. I lack B,C,F,I,L,N,O,P,Q,U,V&Z.
  • Have the best Geohashing Day in the world.

Geohashing Equipment

  • Успех (pronounced Oosp-yekh a.k.a. "Speckles") my 1991 Kuwahara TO2 Supertour 18-speed bicycle
  • An inflatable kayak
  • T-Rex my dinosaur hashscot
  • Yellow Garmin etrex Venture HC GPS
  • Canon Power Shot SD10 digital camera
  • Gorilla mini camera tripod
  • Brunton orienteering compass

Wanted Equipment

  • A warmer sleeping bag
  • New bicycle tights
  • Waterproof camera

Statistics

Graticules

  • Hashes Attempted: 87 in 34 different graticules
  • Hashes Achieved: 56 in 27 different graticules (+2 more without proof)
  • Centurion-eligible Saturday Meetups: 10 in 6 different graticules
  • Geohashers met: 23 in 5 different graticules
  • Continents geohashed: 1

Things that have thwarted me

  • Private property : 11
  • Being chicken: 1
  • Body of water: 1
  • Transportation failure: 2
  • Mis-setting the GPS: 1
  • Time constraints: 4
  • Terrain/weather too nasty to continue safely: 7
  • Inability to use a camera: 1
  • No one attended an alternate:2

Never turn down a chance to geohash.

All Geohashes Attempted

Most recent are listed first. Single horizontal lines every ten missions, and double lines every fifty, to facilitate counting. Bold numbers are the success count and bold words indicate an award or consolation prize taken for that attempt. When I get to 100 I'll move them to their own page.

I've decided to count a geohash "successful" if I:

(a) get to within the accuracy figure of the coordinates as shown by my GPS,
(b) have the GPS show a distance remaining of zero,
(c) get to where it is obvious I could reach the geohash, but refrain from trampling crops,
(d) for airhashes, take a readable photo within 10 seconds of each latitude and longitude, or

The one time I thought I would have to invoke option (c), the geohash came to me.

  • See my blog for details on my early geohashing adventures, before I had properly figured out wiki-ing.

Geohashers Met

Alphabetical by username. Date is first meeting at a geohash.

Achievements

I have moved all but my most recently won or updated achievement ribbons to their own page.

Formal attire.PNG
 Robyn earned the Formal attire achievement
by looking good at the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-04-18.
2009-04-18 49 -122 robyn.jpg
PoisonIvy.png
 Robyn earned the Camping geohash achievement
by camping in a very waterproof tent 937 m the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-05-02, from 15:40 p.m. to after breakfast.
2009-05-02 48 -122.fire-expert.jpg
Police2.png
 Robyn earned the Police Geohash Achievement
by being questioned by the Homeland Security Border Patrol while attempting the (48, -122) geohash on 2009-05-02.
2009-05-02 48 -122.robyn-fell-over.jpg
Ate at myponga.png
 Robyn earned the Master of Chicken Counting Ribbon
by estimating within 4% the number of chickens at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-18.
2009-04-18 49 -123 farm.jpg

Progress Towards Multihash Achievements

Wiki Stuff

  • Maintaining consistency and organization of the Achievements page, making sure that achievements are well formatted with categories, ribbons and appropriate links.
  • I obsess about every page belonging to its proper categories, and every category belonging to a category, all the way up to the root.
  • I removed the category Europe from a couple of hundred European graticules that were classed in Europe in addition to their country categories.
  • I came to this wiki knowing nothing about wiki, so I sympathize with others and am working on the Help page.
  • My C-key doesn't work all that well, so some of my categories are ategories.
  • In progress: Geohash on Private Property.
  • Started pages Transportation to the Geohash and Games We Play. Keeping an eye out for additions.
  • Making expedition pages and User pages for Ninja geohashers.
  • Conducted project tracking Vancouver geohashes for a month to quantify accessibility issues in Vanouver graticule.
  • Maintaining Template:New on the wiki for Main Page announcements.
  • Generally trying to do things that make the wiki better.
  • Oh, and I boss everyone around, too.
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