User:KarMann

From Geohashing
Lol-asg.png 54 / m / 53,-2
Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle Middlesbrough
Blackpool Manchester Sheffield
Mid Wales Shrewsbury Birmingham

I've now made a big move to the Manchester, United Kingdom graticule from my old Tucson, Arizona. It's different here!

While I had acquired a Citation of sorts back in the US, and even brought it with me here, before I could ever use it here, it was stolen, found, impounded by the police, supposedly gone over for evidence, and then destroyed for no good reason. So here I am again, in Citation Needed-land. At least Public transport geohash achievements are much easier here than in the US.

Ironically, despite my username, I've never made an expedition by conventional car yet, much less by Karmann Ghia.

Expeditions

Plans

  • 2022-02-06 53 -2 There's an easy access hashpoint in Altrincham, with the option of going into the shop or visiting the car park on its roof. I thought I remembered there being an achievement for reaching the same hashpoint at different heights, but I haven't found it yet, it might just be a false memory.
  • 2020-03-01 My last day with the rental car, so I'll find out Friday what's available for this day.
    • 2020-03-01 51 -0 is about the only reasonably accessible hashpoint in England, in Letchworth, on a road or pavement in a residential area.
  • 2020-02-29
  • 2020-02-28 Since I'm renting a car for the weekend to make sure of the Leap geohash, I'll see what's available for Friday, too.
    • 2020-02-28 53 -1 In the Peak District, just a couple of hundred metres off the road, and about 60 m up from it, but parking looks scarce around there.
    • 2020-02-28 52 -1 Solihull on the southeast side of Birmingham, right in the middle of Monkspath Hall Road, ideally situated for a Speed racer achievement
    • 2020-02-28 52 -2 Onibury in Shropshire, in a field, not far at all from a maybe drivable track
    • 2020-02-28 52 -3 Right on a track through a wood, about 6 km walking from the main road, but just about a hundred metres from a possibly accessible track nearby, in Ceredigion in Wales
    • 2020-02-28 54 -2 On a hill near Potter Fell & Brunt Knott around Staveley in the Lake District
    • 2020-02-28 53 -2 Knowsley near Liverpool, right in the middle of a field by Fairchilds Farm

UK Era

US Era

Achievements

US (pre-2016)

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This user earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (32, -110) geohash on 2008-11-02.
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This user earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (32, -110) geohash on 2008-11-02.
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This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2008-11-02.


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This user earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (31, -110) graticule, here, on 2009-02-27.
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This user earned the Speed racer achievement
by passing through the (31, -110) geohash on 2009-02-27 at 30 MPH.
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This user achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Tucson, Arizona and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

UK (post-2016)

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This user earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2017-11-18 using public transit.
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This user earned the Globetrotter achievement
by visiting hashpoints on 2 continents.


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This user earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost (20 m) reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2019-02-02.
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This user earned the Two to the N achievement
by attempting to reach 23 hashpoints on 2019-03-09 53 -2 and is promoted to Level 3 (Expeditions).
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This user earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention
by living near the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01.
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This user earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01 on foot, travelling a distance of 3.77 km.
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This user earned the Déjà vu by New Year's Eve birthday proxy Achievement
by droning on and on over the lake after a previous droning on his birthday/New Year's Eve at the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01.
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This user earned the Geohash by proxy achievement
by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01 using a GPS-carrying DJI Mavic Mini quadcopter.
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This user earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01, and previously on 2019-12-31.
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This user earned the Two to the N achievement
by reaching 23 hashpoints on 2020-02-01 53 -2 and is promoted to Level 3 (Coordinates reached).
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Is it true that this user earned the Cubicle geohash honourable mention?
In principle, yes.
But he wasn't working there that day (2020-02-01 53 -2).
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This user earned the Last man standing achievement
by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2020-02-01.


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This user earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize
by being prevented from reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-23 by an impassable and unforeseen swollen stream.
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This user earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize
by being prevented from reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-23 by an impassable and unforeseen flooded out path (and probably lurking alligators).
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This user earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging KarMann's wife to the (52, -1) geohash on 2020-02-28.
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This user earned the Speed racer achievement
by passing through the (52, -1) geohash on 2020-02-28 at 30 MPH.
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This user earned the Formal attire achievement
by looking good at the (52, -1) geohash on 2020-02-28.
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This user earned the Leap geohash achievement 2020
by leaping to the hash point on leap day of the year 2020.
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This user earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (52, -4) graticule, here, on 2020-02-29.
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This user earned the Multihash Achievement
by reaching the 2020-02-29 52 -4 and 2020-02-29 52 -3 geohashes on 2020-02-29.
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This user earned the XKCD-100 Achievement
by voyaging 1,016 miles round-trip to reach the (52, -3) geohash on 2020-02-29.
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This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 4 hash points on 3 consecutive days starting on 2020-02-28.


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This user achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Manchester, United Kingdom and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Not yet official

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This user issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement
by geohashing in a place named Manchester from the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01.
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This user earned the Dark Ages achievement
by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01 during the Dark Ages.

Latest Coordinates and Map Quick-Links - Manchester

Thursday 2024-03-28 53.6415694, -2.2576104

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Friday 2024-03-29 53.2265380, -2.0006484

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Saturday 2024-03-30 53.0043165, -2.6374159

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Sunday 2024-03-31 53.2181345, -2.1164243

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Monday 2024-04-01 53.5793903, -2.3586298

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