User:the ru

I'm a very handsome and muscular man. Many have described me as "creepy", for what reasons I do not know, but I guess there could be some truth in it regardless.

Statistics

• Expeditions: 40
• Successful: 36
• I have visited hashpoints in 14 graticules, of which 11 have been virgins.
• Saturday meetups: 2
• I have reached hashpoints in the Västerås, Sala, Söderhamn, Örnsköldsvik, Säffle, Jokkmokk, Gällivare, Pajala and Kiruna municipalities (also a few in Stockholm but they are really small and I haven't bothered to figure out exactly where each hashpoint falls).

Expeditions

• 2013-07-22 65 25

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• 2013-06-23 59 15
• 2013-04-28 59 14
• 2012-08-07 63 19 - got really wet
• 2012-08-07 61 17
• 2012-08-03 59 16
• 2012-07-27 59 12
• 2012-07-22 59 16 - bicycle geohash.
• 2012-07-16 59 16 - bicycle geohash.
• 2012-02-23 59 16 - speed racer!
• 2011-01-31 59 16 - first walk geohash.

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• 2010-08-16 59 16 - failed - in a quarry, did not enter.
• 2010-03-14 59 18 - alien landscape.
• 2010-02-07 59 16 - failed - did not attempt for traffic safety concerns.
• 2010-01-31 59 17 - another subway geohash.
• 2010-01-02 59 17 - on a suburban street in Stockholm, reached by subway.
• 2009-11-21 60 15 - failed - I brought a friend but we got lost.
• 2009-11-14 60 16 - virgin graticule, saturday meetup.
• 2009-07-18 67 20 - picked up a hitchhiker, didn't get murdered.
• 2009-06-29 67 23 - virgin graticule.
• 2009-05-14 67 20

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• 2009-05-13 68 19 - walked 10 km over rocks and boulders.
• 2009-05-10 66 19 - virgin graticule, level 6 minesweeper.
• 2009-05-08 67 19 - climbed a mountain, saw some weird trees.
• 2009-05-03 67 20 - really easy hash.
• 2009-04-27 66 20 - where I had to drive home without pants, virgin graticule, level 5 minesweeper.
• 2009-04-20 67 19 - walking on a frozen lake, multihash, virgin graticule, level 4 minesweeper, hashcard.
• 2009-04-20 67 20 - midnight geohash with Jeppzer.
• 2009-04-18 68 19 - skiing with Jeppzer, virgin graticule, level 3 minesweeper, saturday meetup.
• 2009-03-24 67 21 - Sausage Lake!
• 2009-03-19 67 22 - virgin graticule.

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• 2009-02-18 67 21 - virgin graticule, level 2 minesweeper, new Coldest Geohash record: -22.9 C.
• 2009-02-13 67 20 - new Coldest Geohash record: -22.8 C.
• 2009-02-11 66 21 - drove 339 km, walked through waist-deep snow to reach hash.
• 2009-02-09 67 20 - rather easy hash near my home, almost lost a glove.
• 2009-02-08 67 20 - slightly chilly hash where I crossed a bridge.
• 2009-01-31 66 21 - skiing in a nice forest, virgin graticule.
• 2009-01-17 67 21 - failed - attempt at a virgin graticule, terrain proved too difficult.
• 2009-01-16 67 20 - first skiing geohash.
• 2009-01-15 67 20 - really easy hash in Kiruna.
• 2008-10-13 67 20 - with my friend Jeppzer, virgin graticule, also broke the North Geohash record.

Virgin Graticules

the_ru and Anna earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (59, 12) graticule, here, on 2012-07-27.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (60, 16) graticule, here, on 2009-11-14.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (67, 23) graticule, here, on 2009-06-29.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (66, 19) graticule, here, on 2009-05-10.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (66, 20) graticule, here, on 2009-04-27.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (67, 19) graticule, here, on 2009-04-20.

the ru and Jeppzer earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (68, 19) graticule, here, on 2009-04-18.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (67, 22) graticule, here, on 2009-03-19.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (67, 21) graticule, here, on 2009-02-18.

the ru earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (66, 21) graticule, here, on 2009-01-31.

the ru and Jeppzer earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (67, 20) graticule, here, on 2008-10-13.

Misc. Ribbons

I like claiming ribbons, so I'll just list the most interesting ones here. I no longer bother claiming Frozen Geohashes, as these are very easy to get in Sweden.

the ru achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Kiruna, Sweden and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

the ru earned the Cold geohash achievement by reaching the (67, 21) geohash on 2009-02-18 while the temperature was -22.9 C.

the ru and Jeppzer earned the North geohash achievement by reaching the (67, 20) geohash on 2008-10-13.

the ru earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-04-20 67 20 and 2009-04-20 67 19 geohashes on 2009-04-20.

the ru earned the Hashcard achievement by sending a postcard of the hashpoint area to relet on the (67, 19) expedition on 2009-04-20.

the ru and Jeppzer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (67, 20) geohash on 2009-04-20 in the middle of the night.

the ru earned the Walking on water geohash achievement by reaching the (67, 19) water geohash on 2009-04-20 on foot. Yes, on foot.

the ru earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-01-02 via Stockholm subway.

the ru earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (59, 16) geohash on 2010-08-16.

the ru earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (59, 16) geohash on 2011-01-31 on foot.

the ru earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (59, 16) geohash on 2012-02-23 at 100 km/h.

the_ru earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (59, 16) geohash on 2012-07-16.

Awards

These are ribbons that other people have given me.

the ru earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Honourable Mention by reaching the (66, 20) geohash on 2009-04-27 despite being partially wet from wading through waist-deep wet snow.

Quotes

“	What a crazy dude	”
— UnwiseOwl, about my 2009-02-11 66 21 expedition

“	You have too much free time	”
—a colleague

“	Lonely is the life of a geohasher	”
—myself