Difference between revisions of "User:Ncbears"

Revision as of 23:40, 14 March 2009

What We Are

Happily married couple
Love wildlife, esp. bears

Who We Are

Eisen & Bear
We claim the 36 -78 graticule as home.

Hashes Reached

36 -79 on 2009-03-14 - Virgin/Pi(e) Day Saturday Meet up in the rain

34 -79 on 2009-03-07 - Multi/Virgin/Saturday Meet up in a field
35 -78 on 2009-03-07 - Consecutive/sunrise/trash-hash
35 -78 on 2009-03-06 - Quick hash after work
35 -77 on 2009-03-02 - Snowbear Geohash after work
36 -77 on 2009-02-22 - Rainy Geohash at our favorite State Park – Medoc Mt.
35 -75 on 2009-02-21 - Saturday Meet up at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
35 -76 on 2009-02-14 - Saturday Meet up virgin Viking picnic
35 -77 on 2009-02-14 - Easy as pi multi-Geohash
35 -78 on 2009-02-03 - Quick hash
36 -78 on 2009-02-02 - Formal Geotrash Geohash
36 -77 on 2009-01-31 - Saturday Meet up in the country
35 -78 on 2009-01-31 - Frozen sunrise
36 -78 on 2009-01-25 - Wet and muddy Geohash
36 -78 on 2009-01-18 - Midnight Speed Racer Geohash
36 -78 on 2009-01-17 - Saturday Meet up – Teddy Bear picnic with hot cocoa and cookies
35 -79 on 2009-01-16 - Frozen virgin GeoBear amongst the Raptor Traps
35 -77 on 2009-01-15 - Consecutive/Frozen/Circus/Squishy Geohash Madness
35 -77 on 2009-01-14 - Virgin graticule conquered after work
35 -78 on 2009-01-08 - Speed Racer through a residential hash
36 -77 on 2009-01-03 - Saturday Meet up at the lake
36 -75 on 2009-01-01 - Amazing New Year's geohash
36 -78 on 2008-12-27 - Our first geothorns

(Courtesy of User:Hessophanes/Regiohashing)

Geohash Gallery

Achievements

Land

Ncbears earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (36, -78) geohash on 2008-12-27.

All geohashes are Land unless otherwise indicated.

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Multiple Challenges

Ncbears achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Henderson, North Carolina and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Ncbears earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching 5 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-01-14.

Ncbears earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-02-02.

Also 2009-02-22 and 2009-03-07

Ncbears earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching the 2009-01-31 35 -78 and 2009-01-31 36 -77 geohashes on 2009-01-31.

Ncbears earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching the 2009-02-14 35 -77 and 2009-02-14 35 -76 geohashes on 2009-02-14.

Ncbears earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching the 2009-03-07 35 -78 and 2009-03-07 34 -79 geohashes on 2009-03-07.

Ncbears earned the Reverse regional achievement

by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Henderson, North Carolina (36, -78) graticule.

Ncbears earned the Reverse regional achievement

by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (36, -77) graticule.

Ncbears earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement

by attending 7 Saturday meetups.

Ncbears earned the XKCD-100 Achievement

by reaching the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-01-31.

Also 2009-02-14, 2009-02-21, and 2009-03-07

Joy, Pain, and other Challenges

This user earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement

by pillaging the coast of NC dressed as Vikings at the (35, -76) geohash on 2009-02-14.

Ncbears earned the Circus Geohash Achievement

by spinning poi at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-01-15.

NCBears earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (35, -75) geohash on 2009-02-21, and previously on 2003-06-14.

Ncbears earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-02-22 despite being thoroughly wet from hiking for 1 hour in the pouring rain and wading across a stream.

Ncbears has visited an Easy Geohash

by reaching the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-02-14 without really trying.

Ncbears earned the Formal attire achievement

by looking good at the (36, -75) geohash on 2009-01-01.

Also 2009-02-02

This user earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (35, -78) geohash on 2009-01-31 while the temperature was 23.5°F/-4.7°C.

Also 2009-01-16 at 27.3°F/-2.6°
Also 2009-01-15 at 28.4°F/-2.0°
Also 2009-01-01 at 30.6°F/-0.8°C

Ncbears earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement

by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-01-15.

Ncbears earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement

by earning 5 stars all at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-01-15.

Ncbears earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement

by cleaning up the (36, -78) geohash on 2009-01-25.

Also 2009-01-17, 2009-02-02, 2009-02-21, and 2009-03-07

Ncbears earned the Midnight Geohash achievement

by reaching the (36, -78) geohash on 2009-01-18 in the middle of the night.

Ncbears earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-01-03.

Also 2009-03-02

Ncbears earned the Picnic achievement

by eating a Valentine’s Day picnic at the (35, -76) geohash on 2009-02-14.

Ncbears earned the Police Geohash Achievement

by meeting an officer while attempting the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-02-22.

Ncbears earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement

by building a snowman at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-03-02.

NCBears earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (35, -78) geohash on 2009-01-08 at the maximum legal speed.

Also 2009-01-18 36 -78

This user earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (36, -75) geohash on 2009-01-01 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Also 2009-01-31 and 2009-03-07

Ncbears earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (35, -75) geohash for 2009-02-21 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Honorable Mention

Ncbears earned the Déjà vu Geohash Honorable Mention

by being within ½ mile from the 2009-02-22 36 -77 hash while hiking on 2006-07-07.

Ncbears earned the Hash Collision Honorable Mention

by GCGF7E geocache 298 meters from the 2009-01-01 36 -75 hashpoint..

Imaginary Achievements

Ncbears earned the Pie Geohash Achievement

by Bear and her sister-in-law (GreenDragon) baking a cherry pie for other people to degustate at the 2009-03-14 36 -79 geohash on Pi Day.

Ncbears earned the Premonition Geohash Achievement

by planning to go to the 2009-02-22 location one week prior to the announcement of the Coordinates.

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 ==Hashes Reached==
-*[[Florence, South Carolina|34 -79]] on [[2009-03-07 34 -79|2009-03-07]] – Multi/Virgin/Saturday Meet up in a field
+*[[Greensboro, North Carolina|36 -79]] on [[2009-03-14 36 -79|2009-03-14]] - Virgin/Pi(e) Day Saturday Meet up in the rain
+*[[Florence, South Carolina|34 -79]] on [[2009-03-07 34 -79|2009-03-07]] - Multi/Virgin/Saturday Meet up in a field
 *[[Raleigh, North Carolina|35 -78]] on [[2009-03-07 35 -78|2009-03-07]] - Consecutive/sunrise/trash-hash
 *[[Raleigh, North Carolina|35 -78]] on [[2009-03-06 35 -78|2009-03-06]] - Quick hash after work
@@ Line 41: / Line 43: @@
-[[Image: Xkcdregion_03_07_09.png]]<br />
+[[Image: Ncbears_xkcdregion.png]]<br />
 (Courtesy of [[User:Hessophanes/Regiohashing]])
@@ Line 83: / Line 85: @@
 {{Virgin graticule | latitude = 35 | longitude = -75 | date = 2009-02-21 | name = Ncbears|other=[[User:Ncbears|Ncbears]]|image= 02_21_09_On_Location_029.jpg}}
 {{Virgin graticule | latitude = 34 | longitude = -79 | date = 2009-03-07 | name = Ncbears|other=[[User:Ncbears|Ncbears]]|image= 03_07_09_Location_030.jpg}}
+{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 36 | longitude = -79 | date = 2009-03-14 | name = Ncbears|other=[[User:Ncbears|Ncbears]]|image= 3_Point_14_159_On_Location.jpg}}
 '''Multiple Challenges'''
-{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Henderson, North Carolina | ranknumber = 4 | e = true | s = true |se = true|sw = true|name = Ncbears}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Henderson, North Carolina | ranknumber = 5 | e = true | s = true |se = true|sw = true|w=true|name = Ncbears}}
 {{consecutive geohash | count = 5 | latitude = 35 | longitude = -77 | date = 2009-01-14 | name = Ncbears}}
 {{consecutive geohash | count = 2 | latitude = 36 | longitude = -78 | date = 2009-02-02 | name = Ncbears}}
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 {{Reverse Regional | latitude = 36 | longitude = -78 | name = Ncbears | count = 2 | graticule = Henderson, North Carolina }}
 {{Reverse Regional | latitude = 36 | longitude = -77 | name = Ncbears | count = 2 | graticule = Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina }}
-{{XKCD Centurion | count = 6 | name = Ncbears | image=01_31_09_Geo_Location_36_-77.jpg }}
+{{XKCD Centurion | count = 7 | name = Ncbears | image=01_31_09_Geo_Location_36_-77.jpg }}
 {{xkcd-100 | latitude = 36 | longitude = -77 | date = 2009-01-31 | name = Ncbears | image = 01_31_09_XKCD_100_048.jpg}}
 *Also [[2009-02-14 35 -76|2009-02-14]], [[2009-02-21 35 -75|2009-02-21]], and [[2009-03-07 34 -79|2009-03-07]]
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 {{No_batteries_geohash | latitude = 36 | longitude = -77 | date = 2009-01-03 | name = Ncbears | image = 2009_01_03_N36_W77_Geohash_Map.jpg}}
 *Also [[2009-03-02 35 -77|2009-03-02]]
 {{Picnic_geohash | latitude = 35 | longitude = -76 | date = 2009-02-14 | name = Ncbears | image = 02_14_09_35_76_Picnic_Bear.jpg | food = a Valentine’s Day picnic}}
 {{police geohash | latitude = 36 | longitude = -77 | date = 2009-02-22 | name = Ncbears | image = 02_22_09_Medoc_Ranger_001.jpg }}
-{{Ribbon |icon = Preminitionicon.PNG |color = darkgreen |user = Ncbears |achievement = [[2009-02-22_36_-77|Premonition Geohash Achievement]] |action = planning to go to the [[2009-02-22_36_-77|2009-02-22]] location one week prior to the announcement of the Coordinates |image= 02_22_09_The_Long_Route_010.jpg}}
 {{snowman geohash | latitude = 35 | longitude = -77 | date = 2009-03-02 | name = Ncbears | image = 03_02_09_SnowBear.jpg}}
 {{Speed Racer geohash | latitude = 35 | longitude = -78 | date = 2009-01-08 | name = NCBears | image = 2009_01_08_Fuzzy_Speedracer.jpg}}
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-'''Honorable Mentions'''
+'''Honorable Mention'''
 {{Ribbon |icon = Dejavu.png |color = darkgreen |user = Ncbears |achievement = [[D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_Vu_Geohash|Déjà vu Geohash Honorable Mention]] |action = being within ½ mile from the [[2009-02-22_36_-77|2009-02-22 36 -77]] hash while hiking on 2006-07-07 |image = 07_09_06_Deja_vu_Bear_001.jpg}}
 {{Ribbon |icon = Hashcollision.png |color = darkgreen |user = Ncbears |achievement = [[Hash Collision|Hash Collision Honorable Mention]] |action = [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d833164b-ada5-4f9f-b930-0481470f0f47 GCGF7E] geocache 298 meters from the [[2009-01-01 36 -75]] hashpoint. |image = 01_01_09_Hash_Collision_Proof_2.JPG }}
+'''Imaginary Achievements'''
+{{Ribbon|icon = EasyAsPi.PNG|color=deeppink|user=Ncbears|achievement=[[Pie Geohash]] Achievement|action= Bear and her sister-in-law (GreenDragon) baking a cherry pie for other people to degustate at the [[2009-03-14 36 -79|2009-03-14 36 -79]] geohash on Pi Day|category = Pie geohash achievement|image = 3_14_Pi_Day_Pie_001.jpg}}
+{{Ribbon |icon = Preminitionicon.PNG |color = darkgreen |user = Ncbears |achievement = [[2009-02-22_36_-77|Premonition Geohash Achievement]] |action = planning to go to the [[2009-02-22_36_-77|2009-02-22]] location one week prior to the announcement of the Coordinates |image=02_22_09_The_Long_Route_010.jpg}}
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