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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 [[User:Jeppzer | Jeppzer]].
* [[2009-04-18 68 19]] - skiing with [[User:Jeppzer | 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 [[Cold Geohash | Coldest Geohash]] record: -22.9 C.
* [[2009-02-13 67 20]] - new [[Cold Geohash | 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 [[User:Jeppzer | Jeppzer]], virgin graticule, also broke the [[North Geohash]] record.


== Virgin Graticules ==
{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 59 | longitude = 12 | date = 2012-07-27 | name = [[User:the_ru|the_ru]] and Anna}}
{{Graticule unlocked| latitude = 60 | longitude = 16 | date = 2009-11-14 | name = [[User:the ru|the ru]] | image = 2009-11-14_60_16_gps.jpg}} 
{{Graticule unlocked| latitude = 67 | longitude = 23 | date = 2009-06-29 | name = [[user:the ru|the ru]]}} 
{{Graticule unlocked| latitude = 66 | longitude = 19 | date = 2009-05-10 | name = [[user:the ru|the ru]]}} 
{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 66 | longitude = 20 | date = 2009-04-27 | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]] | image = 2009-04-27_66_20_gps.jpg }} 
{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 67 | longitude = 19 | date = 2009-04-20 | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]] | image = 2009-04-20_67_19_gps.jpg }} 
{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 68 | longitude = 19 | date = 2009-04-18 | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]] and [[User:Jeppzer | Jeppzer]]}}
{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 67 | longitude = 22 | date = 2009-03-19 | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]] | image = 2009-03-19_67_22_gps.jpg}} 
{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 67 | longitude = 21 | date = 2009-02-18 | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]] | image = 2009-02-18_67_21_proof.jpg}} 
{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 66 | longitude = 21 | date = 2009-01-31 | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]]}}
{{Graticule unlocked| latitude = 67 | longitude = 20 | date = 2008-10-13 | name = [[user:the ru|the ru]] and [[user:Jeppzer|Jeppzer]] | image = 2008-10-13 67 20 6.jpg}}

==Misc. Ribbons==
I like claiming ribbons, so I'll just list the most interesting ones here. I no longer bother claiming [[Frozen Geohash]]es, as these are very easy to get in Sweden.


{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Kiruna, Sweden | ranknumber = 6 | sw = true | se = true | e = true | s = true | nw = true | w = true | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]] }}


{{Cold geohash 
| latitude = 67
| longitude = 21
| date = 2009-02-18
| temperature = -22.9 C
| name = [[User:the ru | the ru]]
| image = 2009-02-18_67_21_proof.jpg
}} 


{{North geohash
| name=[[user:the ru|the ru]] and [[user:Jeppzer|Jeppzer]]
| latitude=67
| longitude=20
| date=2008-10-13
| image = 2008-10-13 67 20 6.jpg
}}


{{Multihash
| latitude1 = 67
| longitude1 = 20
| latitude2 = 67
| longitude2 = 19
| date = 2009-04-20
| name = [[User:the_ru|the ru]]
}} 


{{Hashcard
    | latitude = 67
    | longitude = 19
    | date = 2009-04-20
    | recipient = [[User:relet|relet]]
    | name = [[User:the_ru|the ru]]
    | image =  Theruhashcard_back.jpg
}} 


{{Midnight geohash
| latitude = 67
| longitude = 20
| date = 2009-04-20
| name = [[User:the_ru|the ru]] and [[User:Jeppzer|Jeppzer]]
| image = 2009-04-20_67_20_proof.jpg
}}


{{Walking on water geohash
| name = [[User:the_ru|the ru]]
| latitude=67
| longitude=19
| date=2009-04-20
}}


{{Public transport geohash
    | latitude = 59
    | longitude = 17 
    | date = 2010-01-02
    | busline = Stockholm subway
    | name = [[User:the ru | the ru]]
}}


{{No trespassing
    | latitude = 59
    | longitude = 16
    | date = 2010-08-16
    | name = [[User:the_ru|the ru]] 
}}


{{Walk geohash
| latitude = 59
| longitude = 16
| date = 2011-01-31
| name = [[User:the ru|the ru]]
}}


{{Speed racer
    | latitude = 59
    | longitude = 16 
    | date = 2012-02-23
    | name = [[User:the_ru|the ru]]
    | speed = 100 km/h
}}


{{Bicycle geohash
    | latitude = 59
    | longitude = 16 
    | date = 2012-07-16
    | name = [[User:The_ru|the_ru]]
    | image = 2012-07-16_59_16_bike.jpg
}}

== Awards ==
These are ribbons that other people have given me.


{{Drowned rat geohash
    | latitude = 66 
    | longitude = 20
    | date = 2009-04-27
    | name = [[User:the_ru | the ru]]
    | image = 2009-04-27_66_20_pants.jpg 
    | reason = wading through waist-deep wet snow
    | honourable = yes
}} 

==Quotes==
{{quote|left|What a crazy dude| [[User:UnwiseOwl | UnwiseOwl]], about my [[2009-02-11 66 21]] expedition}}
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{{quote|left|You have too much free time|a colleague}}
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{{quote|left|Lonely is the life of a geohasher|myself}}
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