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mud, gates & water [18-Apr-01] Venture out on the mud flats of the Great Salt Lake to an attempt of 41°N 112°W; lots of gates in Texas and wading around in hip boots at 35°N 99°W. grub.org [18-Apr-01] Check out our sponsor, www.grub.org; the world's first distributed internet crawler. They've been providing us with free web hosting for the last three years. greece & cyprus [15-Apr-01] Check out this very challenging visit to the second and last confluence in Cyprus; also the first one in Greece. groups, oil & gas [01-Apr-01] Confluences with eleven visitors, local village men, oil, gas, a barge, people who don't trespass and a husky! more from europe [30-Mar-01] Six new confluences from Germany with more on the way, confluences on the water in Switzerland, in the mountains in Austria, near an old bunker in Poland, and a very green one in Portugal. côte d'ivoire & the beach [23-Mar-01] An attempt of 6°N 4°W in Côte d'Ivoire, and an island confluence in Brazil. skiing & trekking [05-Mar-01] All day treks are becoming common to get to remote confluences like 60°N 9°E in Norway and 48°N 123°E in Washington, an attempt at 45°N 111°W in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming and 33°N 114°W in Arizona, all in the United States. iceland & bulgaria [26-Feb-01] The first attempt from Iceland was stopped by a deep canyon; Bulgaria's first confluence is on a steep hillside. Also, check out a beautiful garden at 37°N 6°W. slovakia & manitoba [22-Feb-01] Firsts from the Slovak Republic, from the province of Manitoba in Canada. Other highlights: 32°N 91°W, 37°N 5°W and 32°S 151°E. brazil & niger [14-Feb-01] The first confluence from South America is in Brazil. Also, the first from Niger, and some great visits in California, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand. saudi arabia & finland [08-Feb-01] Two great new confluences from Saudi Arabia: one camel-based and the other sea-based. Also, the first one from Finland! four percent! [05-Feb-01] We've just reached the 4% percent mark with 480 successful, official confluences. Check out new ones from Montana and Western Australia. wintery landscapes [30-Jan-01] Alberta has become a popular confluence hunting province; we feature three new ones from there. Check out Wyoming and Nevada too! confluence squared [29-Jan-01] Two groups of confluence hunters met in the California woods! The first got there an hour before the second. Two days later, a third visit was recorded. And, on the same day, there was another chance meeting in Alberta! The confluence land rush is on. british columbia [25-Jan-01] A beautiful first confluence from British Columbia, a second visit to 48°N 16°E shows the difference one week can make, and another confluence that might be in someone's house. kentucky plus a few [24-Jan-01] Kentucky was the last unvisited state in the U.S.; now it has three new visits to two confluences. Also, check out one in Alberta and in Burkina Faso. the north pole & more [20-Jan-01] A visit to the North Pole 10 years ago does qualify as a confluence visit! Also, check out a great 3-D flyover of 35°N 116°W, an overnight winter hike to 46°N 90°W and a difficult attempt at 44°N 84°W! austria & czech rep. [18-Jan-01] Three new visits from Austria (one a duplicate just a day apart!) and a unique spot in the Czech Republic. Also, an attempt in Israel stopped by unsafe conditions only 4.4km from the confluence. swamped! [13-Jan-01] Last week we were posted on Slashdot.org and it's caused quite a jump in our popularity. We apologize for not getting back to you if you've submitted a confluence or sent an e-mail, and we'll get to it as soon as we can. clickable world map [02-Jan-01] Thanks to David Manthey, we now have a worldwide clickable image map to all the confluences. Check it out! Older news... |