Your Personal Geographic Extremes

[jadis]

I had the same thing, I thought it would be Canada but it's the Isle of Skye in Scotland for me

Didn't realize you've been to Canada

[Janszoon]

I think the furthest north I've been is either Quebec City or Prince Edward Island in Canada. The furthest south I've been is Kingston, Jamaica. The furthest east is Santorini, Greece. The furthest west is Sonoma County, California.

[Marie Monday]

Didn't realize you've been to Canada

during the summer when I turned 13 I was in Alberta in the Rocky Mountains (the lovely national parks there) and then on to Vancouver Island. It was so wonderful, that summer is one of the best memories of my life

[jadis]

Yeah the west has incredible natural beauty

[Guybrush]

Great photo of the ice sheet, Guybrush! For you to have actually stood on one of these things makes you the clear winner of "most northerly". I also liked the way that some of your memories were tied up to "What drugs I was doing at the time" 

Drugs? I didn't use any drugs.. were you mistaking the amphipods for amphetamine? 😉

I was thinking of these little bastards:



A sort of crustacean 🙂 This one in particular (Gammarus wilkitzkii) is a predator that you can find under sea ice around Svalbard.

[Toy Revolver]

the summer when I turned 13

must...not...make...joke

[Lisnaholic]

Sorry, Guybrush! The mistake I made was posting in a hurry and not noticing til later how "your" in the second sentence looked like it referred to you.
I really meant:-

Great photo of the ice sheet, Guybrush! For you to have actually stood on one of these things makes you the clear winner of "most northerly".


Regarding other posters, I also liked the way that some of your memories were tied up to "What drugs I was doing at the time" 

And thanks for your correction, Rubber Soul, but I have to wonder: why have two cities called Columbus in two neighbouring states? Kinda confusing.

[Guybrush]

Oh right! It was my bad 😄

Sorry about that, @Lisnaholic 🙂 although I did enjoy revisiting G. wilkitzkii, which is magnificent.

[Lisnaholic]

I think my adjective for G.Wilkitzkii would be "curious" rather than "magnificent", but each to his own, as we say.

It's a clichéd choice which tops many world lists, I suspect, but I have been lucky enough to stay in Venice, Italy, three times. It really is unique and over-loaded with an intriguing beauty: not just the famous vistas, but even the humblest canals and footpaths:-



Everywhere you go, you want to see what's round the next corner, what's over the next footbridge. There are no repetitive street patterns, indeed, there are no streets and no cars, so you are constantly wondering, "How does this city even work?"

[Rubber Soul]

And thanks for your correction, Rubber Soul, but I have to wonder: why have two cities called Columbus in two neighbouring states? Kinda confusing.

There is also a Columbus, Georgia. And god knows how many towns and/or counties are known as Washington. We have a Washington Country here in Maryland and that is several counties away from Washington DC and not all that far from Washington, PA.

[Toy Revolver]

Columbus, Georgia

ain't nothin to do there cept gtfo

[jadis]

174 WORLD CITIES BY LATITUDE: THINGS LINE UP IN SURPRISING WAYS

Venice, Italy and Montreal, Canada – Most people would be surprised to see that Canada's northernmost major tourist city is on the same latitude line as Italy's famous lagoon city.

That is correct

[Lisnaholic]

^ There's a lot of info in that link, jadis! I think my biggest surprise was to see that London, England, is furthur north that Vancouver and Toronto.

There is also a Columbus, Georgia. And god knows how many towns and/or counties are known as Washington. We have a Washington Country here in Maryland and that is several counties away from Washington DC and not all that far from Washington, PA.

Yeah, I'm still at beginner level when it comes to understanding the US Washingtons:

Residents of Washington (known as "Washingtonians") and the Pacific Northwest simply refer to the state as "Washington", and the nation's capital "Washington, D.C.", "the other Washington", or simply "D.C."

It would help if they put them like that on the maps: Washington,The Other Washington, etc.

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"Sketchy" and "gnarly" are two words I first came across in mountaineering books, to describe mountain routes that are either tenuous/difficult to find or physically/technically challenging; sketchy especially now has a wider use, as in "sketchy neighbourhood". So, this question is about the time you have most felt at risk because of where you were, be it hanging on to a rock face, car broke down in the desert, or walking into a Texas school without your Kevlar vest on.

Personal Safety: Where and why have you felt most at risk? 

[Rubber Soul]

Yeah, I'm still at beginner level when it comes to understanding the US Washingtons:

It would help if they put them like that on the maps: Washington,The Other Washington, etc.

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I've also been through Washington, North Carolina and Washington Court House, Ohio. Lord knows how many other Washingtons are out there.

[jadis]

It's easy, there are two you need to know.

One has the White House and this thing




The other one has the Space Needle (and is the home of Starbucks)