User:Hessophanes

CS student, open source aficionado and Debian volunteer (though I currently lack the time to do much for them), hopping through Berlin and occasionally other German graticules on 52N. I have been watching the geohashing fun since it started and finally decided to surface from lurkmode for the geohash on TLAPD; it was simply too good to be left out. As I don't own any GPS equipment, I usually join forces with relet, which means I bring the car (if we need one to reach the hash) and he brings the electronics. As I tend to forget to leave a "xkcd" note behind the windshield: if you see a green car with a H- license plate near a hash, that might be mine. As German geohashers might have already figured out, my origin graticule is Hannover, but I'm there so rarely that I wouldn't count myself as an active member.

Update: I've finally been able to get my hands on an old but sturdy Garmin GPS 60, so I'm no longer unarmed. Hashpoints, here I come...

Geohashes

25 / m / 52,13

• (2008/09/19 @ 52,13) Arrr, ye better not cross our path...
• (2008/09/20 @ 52,13) The journey to the fake beach
• (2008/09/29 @ 52,12) A TV show, a raptor massacre and plenty of ammunition (No, I'm not talking about Primeval!)
• (2008/10/12 @ 52,13) A Sunday's visit to the German and European Patent Offices (not reached, hash was in the office's backyard or on the roof terrace of the adjacent house)

Achievements...

Hessophanes earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Earliest geohasher achievement by arriving first at the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19 at the maximum legal speed.

Hessophanes earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement by dressing and cursing like a pirate at the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Picnic achievement by eating cookies at the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-20.

Hessophanes earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Sneak at the (52, 12) geohash on 2008-09-29.

... regional geohash progress...

(cf. User:Hessophanes/Regiohashing)

... and consolation prizes

Hessophanes earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-10-12.