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Canzonett
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Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 489 Location: Munich
[MISSION] Omphalabyrinthoi boreales - go north! Following Ariadne's urgent message , I've tried to sketch some rough labyrinth designs for our friends in the north:
Umeå
http://tinyurl.com/54sbus
Anchorage
http://tinyurl.com/6rdzse
I've already contacted some people in Umeå.
Do we know someone in Anchorage?
Edit: Both designs have Eli's approval.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:46 pm
Last edited by Canzonett on Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:37 am; edited 1 time in total
AUZ505
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Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 1599 Location: Germany
Just in case nobody recognized.
New missions for Sofia and
Sophrosune
(Oops: Chariton and Dikaiosune)
Finish the Omphalos Network! Find allies in Alaska, Scandinavia!
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:50 pm
lhall
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Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 411 Location: Portland, Oregon
Emailed a few strangers in Alaska, and will try to contact an old schoolmate who worked in the national parks there during the summer. This is a toughie!
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:51 pm
mr.judkins
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Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 393 Location: Wellington, NZ
I've contacted someone in Anchorage through good old Couchsurfing.com as well. Here's hoping we find someone quickly! If anyone would like a copy of what I sent out, just let me know.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:41 pm
lhall
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Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 411 Location: Portland, Oregon
Got a hit through some random Facebook messaging - the guy seems interested and has a good friend who's into geocaching that he thinks he can rope in
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:56 pm
Thomas Bookmore
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 161 Location: France
Getting in touch with a Natashquan citizen, stop. Sent information about The Lost Ring and the Earth Omphalos Labyrinth, stop. Waiting for the fish to bite the bait, stop. Will keep you posted, stop.
Canzonett : You really are turning into a professional labyrinth designer !
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:46 am
Canzonett
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Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 489 Location: Munich
Still no reply from Humlab in Umeå. I guess I'd better contact lovely Umeå studentkör ...
Thomas Bookmore, you're too kind! I simply can't help it, I love looking for possible paths for large-scale labyrinths. It's a game I keep challenging myself with, since it seems impossible to do a real Olympic labyrinth in Munich ...
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:02 pm
Thomas Bookmore
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No reply from Natashquan either. Let's switch to plan B : Find someone else !
EDIT : Just sent an email to the Patrimonial and Cultural Association of Natashquan . Here's hoping they won't think we're crazy
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:38 pm
Canzonett
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Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 489 Location: Munich
I've already posted this in the Nuremberg omphalabyrinth thread, but I guess it's important enough to be mentioned here as well.
Eli made an interesting remark in his mail regarding my labyrinth plans for Nuremberg:
Quote:
The Nuremberg labyrinth looks terrific. And perhaps it will help more
than we think. If we have knots along similar latitudes as far north
as you are, perhaps the net will start to stretch over the top of the
globe if that becomes the shortest distance between some of the
points...
Sincerely yours,
Eli Hunt
The Nuremberg labyrinth's center would be at 49.45° northern latitude, 11.07° eastern longitude ... If I understand Eli correctly, we'd need someone at a similar latitude on the opposite side of the planet to do a labyrinth as well!
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:34 pm
Canzonett
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Ha! Finally! A reply!
Not directly from Umeå, but at least from a Norwegian researcher who worked there for several months this year. She promised to forward my message to some people who might be able to help, and even suggested some other persons whom to contact.
Let's keep our fingers crossed!
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:38 am
Thomas Bookmore
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 161 Location: France
Sweet ! Good job, Canzonett.
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:58 am
Rembrandt_chi
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I have a friend in Oslo who's willing to help.. I know that's not one of the key cities.. but we if we get a trackstick up there we could definitely make that work!
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:34 am
mr.judkins
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Rembrandt_chi wrote:
I have a friend in Oslo who's willing to help.. I know that's not one of the key cities.. but we if we get a trackstick up there we could definitely make that work!
Hello Rembrant_chi!
There may be just enough time - if you get your friend to email kaitownSPLATgmail.com (SPLAT=@) immediately, say they'd like to do a labyrinth in Oslo and ask if there is time to get a trackstick on the way, we may all be in luck.
While it's in transit we can get a workable design together, and hopefully your friend might be able to get out and walk/bike/drive it before the 8th of August!
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:15 am
Canzonett
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Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 489 Location: Munich
Agree - tell your friend to order a trackstick immediately-asap-NOW! The most important thing now is TIME.
Edit:
Oslo is a tricky city for omphalabyrinths. Hard to find an area with a suitable street pattern even for a three-circuit labyrinth, provided one doesn't want the labyrinth to become too big. How about these?
http://tinyurl.com/5amft9
AND we still need that omphalabyrinth in Alaska ...
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:37 am
Thomas Bookmore
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Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 161 Location: France
Canzonett wrote:
How about these?
Oh my, you're right...Pretty sneaky. Maybe try with less angular corridors ? Neither of the labyrinths you came up with so far have very equal circuits either, Eli might turn them down.
Canzonett wrote:
AND we still need that omphalabyrinth in Alaska ...
No news yet, I'm looking up more potential contacts up North right now.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:37 pm
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