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==Me==
 
==Me==
[[Image:47 -121.Wade.jpg]]
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I'm the long-suffering geohash-widower of [[User:Robyn|Robyn]].
  
I'm the long-suffering geohash-widower of [[User:Robyn|Robyn]].
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My home graticule is [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] (see today's point on the {{Today's location|lat=49|lon=-123|text=Geohashing.info}}).  Meetups in this graticule: [[:Category:Meetup in 49 -123|meetups]].
  
My home graticule is [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] (see today's point on the [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=49&long=-123&zoom=8&abs=-1 peeron map]). Meetups in this graticule: [[:Category:Meetup in 49 -123|meetups]].
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[[Image:47 -121.Wade.jpg]]
  
 
My [[User:Wade/Notifications|notifications]].
 
My [[User:Wade/Notifications|notifications]].
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[[Category:PlusPleasePeople]]
  
 
==Achievements==
 
==Achievements==
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===Attempts===
 
===Attempts===
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(newest first)
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*[[2013-03-10 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey, BC]]): Cold White Rock sidewalk. '''Success'''.
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*[[2013-01-18 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): A simple geohash by the side of the road turned out to be not so simple after all.  '''Success'''!
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*[[2013-01-02 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, BC]]): New Year's pubhash. '''Success'''.
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*[[2011-05-21 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia]]): Geohashing day adventure with Robyn, Elbie and Arbron.  Although this was my first unsucessful SCUBA hash attempt, we did reach the coordinates on the surface.  '''Success'''!
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*[[2011-04-23 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia]]): This is what geohashing is all about!  A great geohashing picnic in a park with four regulars, one drag-along, and four newer geohashers.  '''Success'''!
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*[[2011-04-09 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Reclaimed garbage dump hash with Robyn.  '''Success''', even though we forgot to bring T-Rex.
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*[[2010-11-30 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia]]): Highway hash in New Westminster. '''Success''', for what it is worth.
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*[[2010-10-27 47 11]] ([[Innsbruck, Austria]]): Jingle Cow Hash and a brewery visit near Erlinger Höhe, Germany. '''Success'''.
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*[[2010-10-25 48 12]] ([[Landshut, Germany]]): Met Dawidi, zb, Ekorren & Tanya then toured Regensburg. '''Success'''.
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*[[2010-10-23 49 8]] ([[Mannheim, Germany]]): Met Ekorren and Koepfel but '''thwarted''' by lacking a trained duck to reach the hash.
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*[[2010-07-31 49 -122]] : ([[Surrey, British Columbia]]): Boring suburban geohash on the sidewalk with T-Rex. '''Success'''
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*[[2010-07-01 49 -123]] : ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Canada Day picnic on the side of the road.  '''Success'''
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*[[2010-05-22 49 -123]] : ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Mouseover Day Sechelt waterhash. A lovely day at the beach with interesting people, only '''thwarted''' by me not wanting to get wet.
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*[[2010-05-21 49 -122]] : ([[Surrey, British Columbia]]): Geohashing uphill hike in the dark. It was a brilliant success, '''thwarted''' only by our sanity preventing us from going 365 metres through pitch black dense forest.
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*[[2010-05-09 49 -123]] : ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] and I drove all the way from Portland, and arrived slightly after midnight.  '''Thwarted''' by the really slow service at the duty-free.
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*[[2010-05-07 45 -120]] : '''Thwarted''' by barbed wire near Centerville, Washington.
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*[[2010-05-02 49 -123]] : ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): [[User:Robyn|Robyn]], [[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] and I hiked, got rained on, and ate nibs.  '''Success'''
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*[[2010-04-17 49 -122]] : ([[Surrey, British Columbia]]): Didn't quite arrive at the same time as [[user:Yangman|yangman]] and [[user:Plypkie|plypkie]]. '''Success'''
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*[[2010-04-15 49 -123]] : ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Aqua-hash in the Capalano watershed with [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]] and [[User:Xore|Xore]].  '''Thwarted''' by rules.
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*[[2010-03-28_global]] : Border Global hash in Idaho.  [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] and I failed our sanity check roll, and drove 600km, chartered a helecopter and reached the coordinates.  All to celebrate Earth Day.  '''Success'''
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*[[2009-12-30 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Brambly hash just off the dyke south of the airport. Brought [[User:Robyn|Robyn]], met [[User:Elbie|Elbie]].  '''Success'''
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*[[2009-08-30 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Running and playing at Clark park.  '''Alternate'''
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*[[2009-07-18 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Carefully planned a long drive, followed by a long hike, followed by a long swim.  Then '''Didn't Bother'''
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*[[1994-07-08 49 -123|2009-07-08 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Anniversary geohash with [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]. '''Successful retrohash'''.
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*[[2009-07-07 49 -122]] ([[Surrey, British Columbia]]): [[User:Elbie|Elbie's]] birthday hash outside Langley with [[User:Robyn|Robyn]].  '''Thwarted''', although I did get a new ribbon.
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*[[2009-05-23 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): [[Mouse Over Day]] alternate meetup at Canada Place.  Very civilized.  '''Alternate'''.
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*[[2009-05-21 48 -123]] ([[Victoria, British Columbia]]): [[Geohashing Day]] adventure with [[user:Xore|Xore]], [[user:Elbie|Elbie]], [[user:Robyn|Robyn]] and [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]].  '''Success'''.
 
*[[2009-04-25 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Camp Artaban with [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] and [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]].  '''Success'''.
 
*[[2009-04-25 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): Camp Artaban with [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] and [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]].  '''Success'''.
*[[2009-05-21 48 -123]] ([[Victoria, British Columbia]]): [[Geohashing Day]] adventure with [[user:Xore|Xore]], [[user:Elbie|Elbie]], [[user:Robyn|Robyn]] and [[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]].  '''Success'''.
 
*[[2009-05-23 49 -123]] ([[Vancouver, British Columbia]]): [[Mouse Over Day]] alternate meetup at Canada Place.  Very civilized.  '''Alternate'''.
 
 
*One or two as a drag-along, but I can't be bothered to list them.  Besides it might mess up my ratio.
 
*One or two as a drag-along, but I can't be bothered to list them.  Besides it might mess up my ratio.
  
 
===Ribbons===
 
===Ribbons===
{{land geohash
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{{police geohash
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| latitude = 49
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| longitude = -123
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| date = 2013-01-18
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| encounter = calling the police and having them send someone to do paperwork at us
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| name = Robyn, Wade, and Rhonda
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| image =
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| anim = false
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}}
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{{Geohashing Day
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -122
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    | year = 2011
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    | coorddate= 2011-05-21
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    | celebration = canoeing and SCUBA diving
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    | name = [[User:Wade|Wade]]
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}} {{water geohash
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| latitude = 49
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| longitude = -122
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| date =  2011-05-21
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| name = Wade
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| image = 2011-05-21 49 -122.trailer.jpg
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| vehicle = canoe
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}}
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{{gratuitous ribbon
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    | color =red
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    | icon = Dog.png
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | name = Wade
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    | date = 2010-07-01
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    | achievement = doghash achievement
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    | description = petting a friendly dog at the hashpoint
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    | image =
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}}
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{{Picnic_geohash
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | date = 2010-07-01
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    | name = Wade
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    | image =
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    | food = seven layer dip, hummus, pita, carrots, oranges, red tortilla chips, and cheese, alfalfa sprout and vegetarian 'salami' sandwiches, nice raspberry flavoured beverage, black forest cake
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}}
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{{gratuitous ribbon
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    | color =red
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    | icon = RegionalBirthday.PNG
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | date = 2010-07-01
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    | achievement = National Day Geohash
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    | description = successfully reaching the geohash coordinates on his nation's national day
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    | name = Wade
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    | image =
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}}
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{{Bicycle geohash
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | date = 2010-07-01
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    | name = Wade
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    | distance = 7.87 km
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}}
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{{No trespassing
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    | latitude = 45
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    | longitude = -120
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    | date = 2010-05-07
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    | name = Wade
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    | image = 2009-07-07 49 -122 robynWade.jpg
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}}{{globalhash
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    | date = 2010-03-28
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    | name = Wade
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    | image = 20100328G.landed.jpg
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}}{{Velociraptor geohash
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | date = 2009-12-30
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    | name = Wade
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    | image = 2009-12-30 49 -123.wounds.jpg
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}}
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{{Border geohash achievement
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    | latitude =
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    | longitude =
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    | date = 2010-03-28 global
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    | country1 = Canada
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    | country2 = USA
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    | name = Wade
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    | image = <!-- later, guess it' lost now (Palmpje) -->
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}}
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{{gratuitous ribbon
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    | color =red
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    | icon = RaptorGeohashing.png
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | date = 2009-08-30
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    | achievement = Velociraptor Alternate Consolation Prize
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    | description = surviving multiple attacks from velociraptors rising up from the playing field
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    | name = Wade
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    | image =
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}}
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{{gratuitous ribbon
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    | color = blue
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    | icon = Couchpotatogeohash.png
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | date = 2009-07-18
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    | achievement = Didn't Bother consolation prize
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    | description = planning, and then abandoning, an honourable quest
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    | name = Wade
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}}{{wedding anniversary geohash
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -123
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    | date = 1994-07-08
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    | on = 2009-07-08
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    | name = Wade & Robyn
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    | image = 2009-07-08 49 -123.us.jpg
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}}{{No trespassing
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    | latitude = 49
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    | longitude = -122
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    | date = 2009-07-07
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    | name = Wade
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    | image = 2009-07-07 49 -122 robynWade.jpg
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}}{{land geohash
 
     | latitude = 49  
 
     | latitude = 49  
 
     | longitude = -123  
 
     | longitude = -123  

Latest revision as of 22:20, 18 January 2022

Me

I'm the long-suffering geohash-widower of Robyn.

My home graticule is Vancouver, British Columbia (see today's point on the Geohashing.info). Meetups in this graticule: meetups.

47 -121.Wade.jpg

My notifications.

Achievements

My goal is to maintain a ratio of ribbons:attempts greater than 1. I have reached that goal. I may now safely quit geohashing.

Attempts

(newest first)

Ribbons

Policeanim.gif
Robyn, Wade, and Rhonda earned the Police Geohash Achievement
by calling the police and having them send someone to do paperwork at us while attempting the (49, -123) geohash on 2013-01-18.
Escape.PNG
Wade earned the 2011 Geohashing Day achievement
by canoeing and SCUBA diving in the (49, -122) graticule on May 21st 2011.
Watergeohash.jpg
Wade earned the Water geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2011-05-21 by canoe.
2011-05-21 49 -122.trailer.jpg
Dog.png
Wade earned the doghash achievement
by petting a friendly dog at the hashpoint (49, -123) geohash on 2010-07-01.
Picnic.png
Wade earned the Picnic achievement
by eating seven layer dip, hummus, pita, carrots, oranges, red tortilla chips, and cheese, alfalfa sprout and vegetarian 'salami' sandwiches, nice raspberry flavoured beverage, black forest cake at the (49, -123) geohash on 2010-07-01.
RegionalBirthday.PNG
Wade earned the National Day Geohash
by successfully reaching the geohash coordinates on his nation's national day (49, -123) geohash on 2010-07-01.
Bikegeohash.png
Wade earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 7.87 km to the (49, -123) geohash on 2010-07-01.
Notrespassing.gif
Wade earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (45, -120) geohash on 2010-05-07.
2009-07-07 49 -122 robynWade.jpg
Globalhash.png
Wade earned the Globalhash achievement
by reaching the globalhash for 2010-03-28.
20100328G.landed.jpg
RaptorGeohashing.png
Wade earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash for 2009-12-30 with highly visible raptor claw marks.
2009-12-30 49 -123.wounds.jpg
Border.PNG
Wade earned the Border geohash achievement
by crossing the Canada-USA border on 2010-03-28 global to reach the global/, (, ) geohash.
RaptorGeohashing.png
Wade earned the Velociraptor Alternate Consolation Prize
by surviving multiple attacks from velociraptors rising up from the playing field (49, -123) geohash on 2009-08-30.
Couchpotatogeohash.png
Wade earned the Didn't Bother consolation prize
by planning, and then abandoning, an honourable quest (49, -123) geohash on 2009-07-18.
WeddingAnniversaryGeohash.png
Wade & Robyn earned the Wedding anniversary geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash for 1994-07-08 on 2009-07-08.
2009-07-08 49 -123.us.jpg
Notrespassing.gif
Wade earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-07-07.
2009-07-07 49 -122 robynWade.jpg
Landgeohash.png
Wade earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-25.
2009-04-25 49 -123.grouppose.JPG
Gift.PNG
Wade earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission from Pepe the caretaker to access the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-25.
2009-04-25 49 -123.watertaxibackingout.JPG
RaptorGeohashing.png
Wade earned the Dinosaur Chiropractor ribbon
by straightening T-Rex's wire spine during the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-25.
2009-04-25 49 -123.WadeTrex.JPG
Telephone.png
Wade earned the Phonebooth stuffing achievement
by helping stuff a phonebooth near the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-21.
2009-05-21 48 -123 phonebooth.jpg
Formal attire.PNG
Wade earned the Formal attire achievement
by looking good at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-21.
2009-05-21 48 -123 wadeFlag.jpg
Picnic.png
Wade earned the Picnic achievement
by eating cake at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-21.
2009-05-21 48 -123 cakeRemains.jpg
NewTwister.PNG
Wade earned the Twister Geohash Achievement
by playing Twister at the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-21.
2009-05-21 48 -123 wadeTwister.jpg
Escape.PNG
Wade earned the 2009 Geohashing Day achievement
by eating cake and playing twister with new friends at the meet-up in the (48, -123) graticule on May 21st 2009.
2009-05-21 48 -123 groupTsaww.jpg
Escape.PNG
Wade earned the 2009 Mouse Over Day achievement
by meeting Sue and Simon, seeing Rhonda and her mom off in the (49, -123) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2009.
2009-05-23 49 -123.chalkmark.JPG
Meetup.PNG
Wade earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Sue and Simon at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-05-23.
2009-05-23 49 -123.everyone.JPG