User:Shane

About

64 / m / 55,-3

I'm a Computing Officer at the University of Edinburgh. I regularly go for bike rides which turn in to random adventures, so geohashing is a natural extension. I sometimes cycle with my son Bryn.

Geohashes Attempted

• 2013-04-06 57 -2 (Aberdeen): Drove to hash in a field near Birse Kirk. Success.
• 2013-04-02 56 -2 (Dundee): Cycled to hash in a field near Direlton. Success.
• 2013-04-02 56 -3 (Perth): Cycled to hash in a field near Carron. Success.
• 2012-12-19 55 -2 (Jedburgh): Cycled to hash in a field near Ormiston. Success.
• 2012-10-23 56 -3 (Perth): Cycled from Railway Station at Dunblane. Success.
• 2012-05-30 55 -3 (Edinburgh): Cycled to hash in a street in Edinburgh without crossing our path. Success.
• 2012-05-12 55 -3 (Edinburgh): Cycled to hash in a field near the canal at Ratho. Success.
• 2012-04-21 55 -3 (Edinburgh): Cycled to hash in a field just outside Edinburgh. Success.
• 2012-03-27 55 -3 (Edinburgh): Cycled to hash on busy roundabout. Success.

Achievements

Shane and Kenny earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

Shane and Kenny earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

Shane earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

Shane and Kenny earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (55, -3) graticule, here, on 2012-03-27.

Shane earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Bruce to the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

Shane & Bryn earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (55, -3) geohash without crossing their own tracks on 2012-05-30.

Shane achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

Shane and Bryn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2013-04-02 56 -2 and 2013-04-02 56 -3 geohashes on 2013-04-02.