travel meme (and pattern up!)

I got this travel meme from Coalboy and couldn’t resist for obvious reasons, even though I’m not sure of some of the answers.

Longest distance ever traveled? Dunno – Taipei to Philadelphia? Arizona to Australia?

Farthest north? Jukkasjärvi, Sweden – above he Arctic Circle

Farthest south? Antarctica – Antarctic Peninsula, where we even slept out on the continent one night.

Farthest east? I had to look this up. It turns out that Auckland, New Zealand is further east than Taipei or Seoul – it’s actually at 174, 45 E – you can’t go much further east than that before you get to west!

Farthest west? Denali, Alaska – 151 W.

Highest mountain? Humphrey’s Peak, Arizona – 12,633, and yes, we hiked up it. That seems to be higher than anywhere I’ve skiied. In fact, that’s higher than I’ve ever flown an airplane (as a pilot, obviously not as a passenger.)

Lowest point? Death Valley.

Hottest Temp? About 116F, in the Phoenix area.

Coldest Temp? Not sure. Probably occurred last February when we were in the Artic Circle.

I will add the following to this meme:

Most countries visited in one year: 17, the year we were in Europe (also visited Taiwan, the US, and Egypt that year, as well as countries within Europe).

Furthest North / South distance traversed in one year: This year – northern Sweden in February, Tasmania in October.

Furthest North / South distance traversed in one year: Dunno – and since “east” and “west” are arbitrary on the globe, it’s kind of meaningless. But from where I love to my hometown (where my parents still live) is very nearly 1/3 of the Earth’s circumference. They are almost opposite each other, and the distance would be greater but Philly is pretty far north of the equator.

Number of continents visited: all 7.

Also, I’ve written up the knitting pattern for the hat I posted the other day. You can find it (free) on Ravelry as “Semi-Swedish Hat Pattern”, or get it (also free) right here.