User:Mcbaneg

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Mcbaneg
Lol-asg.png 62 / m / 42,-85
Bikegeohash.png Likes to get there by bike.
Landgeohash.png This user has a special page for his expeditions
en This user is a native speaker of English.


In real life: George McBane, dad, professor, sometime bike commuter, hiker, woodworker, enthusiast of cheese and fountain pens. Picked up geohashing while living in England for a year, continued for several years after returning to Michigan, and is now in Scotland.

Geohashing collaborators

Equipment

  • Pixel 5a phone
  • Formerly Suunto A10 compass (at some point I found it was pointing south and tossed it)
  • Geohash Droid (Thanks, User:CaptainSpam, for the updates and troubleshooting!)
  • Commonist [[1]], on advice of User:Hermann

Expeditions

As of July 2019 I had reached hashpoints in 17 graticules, and failed to reach in 3 additional ones. Activity ended shortly after that, with 130 reported expeditions.

  • Map, courtesy of Nathan Woodruff. You have to zoom out because there are hashes on both sides of the Atlantic. Note that I have not gone geohashing in Portland, Oregon; the marker there is for User:Shmur who met my Tale of Two Hashes challenge there.

Achievements

Most of these list the first time each ribbon was claimed. Exceptions are Virgin Graticule, Tale of Two Hashes, and successive Minesweeper, 2N, or Consecutive Geohash levels.


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George, Susanne, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (54, -2) geohash on 2013-05-11.
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George, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2013-05-11.
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George, Katja, Rebekah, Jake, and Jessica earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
by reaching the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-06-23 in the middle of the night.
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Mcbaneg (George) earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement
by manipulating Eve to reach the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-07-04.
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George earned the Speed racer achievement
by passing through the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-07-13 at 20 mph.
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George, Katja, Jake, and Jessica earned the Circus Geohash Achievement
by performing at the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-07-16.
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George and Rebekah earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (42, -85) geohash without crossing their [{{{tracklog}}} own tracks] on 2013-08-17.
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George and Rebekah earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2013-08-17.
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George and Rebekah earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging Sylvia and Nick to the (42, -86) geohash on 2013-10-27.
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George, Rebekah, Nick, and Sylvia earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (42, -86) graticule, here, on 2013-10-27.
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George and Rebekah earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission from the Lady of the House to access the (43, -86) geohash on 2013-11-09.
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George and Rebekah earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -86) graticule, here, on 2013-11-09.
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George and Rebekah earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -85) graticule, here, on 2013-11-10.
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George and Rebekah achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 3 of the surrounding graticules.
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George earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2013-12-14 via RAPID routes #6 and #5..
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George earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2013-12-14 while the temperature was -4 °C.
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George and Rebekah earned the Formal attire achievement
by looking good at the (42, -85) geohash on 2014-05-22.
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George, Katja, Rebekah earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 2.4 km to and from the (42, -85) geohash on 2014-06-17.
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George, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -71) graticule, here, on 2014-06-24.
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George, Susanne, Katja, and Rebekah earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (44, -71) geohash on 2014-06-30.
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George achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 4 of the surrounding graticules.
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George earned the Multihash Achievement
by reaching 2 hash points on 2014-08-17. It's a Double Hash.
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George achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 5 of the surrounding graticules.
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George certifies that Zachary J. Raczok earned the Coffin Potato Achievement
by occupying a coffin at the (42, -85) geohash from Dec 22, 2007 to 2014-10-14.
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Mcbaneg (talk) issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement
by geohashing in a place named Holland from the (42, -86) geohash on 2015-01-31.
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by having their challenge met by JwB in Holland on 2015-01-31.
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George achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 6 of the surrounding graticules.


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George issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement
by geohashing in a place named Portland from the (42, -84) geohash on 2015-06-20.
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by having their challenge met by Shmur, Jim, and M5K in Portland on 2015-06-21.
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George issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement
by geohashing in a place named Alexandria from the (43, -71) geohash on 2015-06-30.
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George achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 7 of the surrounding graticules.
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George, Rebekah, and Susanne earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (43, -85) geohash on 2015-09-06, and previously on 2014-09-18.
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by meeting the challenge by Pedalpusher to geohash in Wyoming going to the (42, -85) geohash on 2015-09-14.
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by attempting to reach 26 hashpoints on 2015-11-19 42 -85 and is promoted to Level 6 (Expeditions).
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Mcbaneg earned the Golf Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2016-01-30.
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Mcbaneg, Susanne, and Rebekah earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention
by living near the (42, -85) geohash on 2016-02-21.
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Mcbaneg, Susanne, and Rebekah earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2016-02-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 1.59 km.
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by reaching 26 hashpoints on 2016-02-28 42 -85 and is promoted to Level 6 (Coordinates reached).
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George earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching hash points on 3 consecutive days starting on 2016-03-25.
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Mcbaneg, Susanne, Katja, and Rebekah earned the 2016 Mouse Over Day achievement
by eating doughnuts near the hashpoint in the (43, -85) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2016.
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George, Katja, Rebekah, and Sylvia earned the It's a kitty consolation prize
by being so distracted by the Fowler River as to forget to go to the (43, -71) geohash on 2016-06-28.
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George, Susanne, Thomas, Katja, Rebekah, and Áine earned the Water geohash achievement
by reaching the (43, -71) geohash on 2016-07-05 by the Sea Weasel, a 16-foot Lund skiff with a 25 hp motor.
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by meeting the challenge by User:Pedalpusher to geohash in Holland going to the (42, -86) geohash on 2016-07-26.
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Mcbaneg, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Cliffs of Despair consolation prize
by being prevented from reaching the (37, -107) geohash on 2016-08-08 by terrain that was too steep to be traversed.
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Mcbaneg (talk) (George) earned the Hashcat achievement
by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (42, -85) geohash on 2017-07-26.
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George earned the Last Man standing achievement
by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2017-08-06.
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Mcbaneg (George) and Sylvia earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (32, -79) graticule, here, on 2019-06-10.
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Mcbaneg earned the Curse of Unawareness Consolation Prize
by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2019-06-28 without knowing it was there.
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by attempting to reach 27 hashpoints on 2019-08-03 43 -86 and is promoted to Level 7 (Expeditions).