User:Michael5000

Bio

I am a 41 year old social worker living in the Portland, Oregon graticule. I began geohashing in October 2009, but I am a long-time arbitrary traveller with an extensive collection of U.S. Counties. My wife, Mrs.5000, sometimes gets dragged along, but then again sometimes she does the dragging.

I blog a little about my exploits in arbitrary travel, but also a lot about my exploits in arbitrary book-reading, arbitrary movie-watching, the arbitrary reading of Rennaissance drama and The Bible, and the arbitrary practice of cutting cloth apart and then sewing it back together, at the following sites:

*The Life & Times of Michael5000

Whatever's going through my head.

*State of the Craft

Quilting. Yes, quilting. It's a long story.

*Michael Reads the Bible

In which I read a very strange, famous, and interesting book.

*Rennaissance Man

The Shakespeare Blog, in which I read a lot of very, very old plays.

Cinnamon Bear, my hashcot, is a 35 year old bear. He is new to geohashing but has many years of experience as a travel mascot. He has travelled in 44 U.S. states as well as England and Wales, and has been to Hadrian's Wall, the White House, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other well-known sites. He has been to the top of the highest mountain in New Jersey (with me) and to the tops of Oregon's Mt. Hood and Washington's Mt. Saint Helens (without me).

Cinnamon Bear has been along for Expeditions #2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10

2009 Expeditions

10. 2009-12-27 42 -124 South of Humbug Mountain, Curry County, Oregon with Mrs.5000.

Expedition Success.

• First documented Expedition and successful Expedition (for anyone) in the Brookings graticule.
• First Curry County Expedition.
• First Expedition requiring minor bushwhacking.
• December 2009 is the geohashingest month ever, with five expeditions.

9. 2009-12-25 43 -124 North of Myrtle Point, Oregon with Mrs.5000.

Expedition Failed -- Private Land, Impassable Gully.

• First documented Expedition (for anyone) in the Coos Bay graticule.
• First Coos County Expedition.
• First Expedition launched from an away-from-home base camp.
• Christmas Expedition!

Mrs.5000 earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (43, -124) geohash on 2009-12-25 by an impassable and unforeseen little gully.

8. 2009-12-23 45 -122 Residential Area Southeast of Vancouver Lake

Expedition Failed -- Private Land.

• Earned No Trespassing Achievement!
• First, um, Wednesday Expedition!

Michael5000 earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (45, -122) geohash on 2009-12-23.

7. 2009-12-21 45 -122 Gillihan Road, Sauvie Island.

Expedition Succeeded

• First successful night Expedition.
• First Expedition completed without stopping.

Michael5000 earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (45, -122) geohash on 2009-12-21 at a high rate of acceleration.

6. 2009-12-06 45 -122 Sunset High School baseball diamond, Portland.

Expedition Succeeded

• First Oregon-side Expedition in the Portland, Oregon graticule.
• Easiest Expedition ever.

5. 2009-11-28 45 -122 On Logging Roads north of the East Fork Lewis River in Southwest Washington.

Expedition Succeeded.

• First series of Expeditions on consecutive days.
• First Expedition requiring moderate physical exertion.

4. 2009-11-27 47 -122 East of Everett, Washington, with Mrs.5000 and Niece #1.

Expedition Failed -- difficult slope, thick vegetation, darkness.

• My first night Expedition.
• My first Expedition in a graticule not contiguous to Portland.
• Niece #1's first Expedition.
• My first failed Expedition.

3. 2009-11-13 45 -122 To the eastern fringe of The 'Couv.

Expedition Succeeded.

• My first lunch-break Expedition.

2. 2009-11-08 45 -122 To Vancouver Lake.

Expedition Succeeded.

• My first Expedition in Portland, Oregon graticule.
• My first Expedition outside of Oregon.
• My first Expedition in Washington.
• Cinnamon Bear's first Expedition.

1. 2009-10-31 44 -123 To South Salem with Mrs.5000.

Expedition Succeeded.

michael5000 earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (44, -123) geohash on 2009-10-31.

michael5000 earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Mrs.5000 to the (44, -123) geohash on 2009-10-31.

michael5000 earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (44, -123) geohash on 2009-10-31.

Pointless Statistics!

Total Expeditions: 10

Successful Expeditions: 7 (70%)

By State

Oregon: 5 (4-1)

Washington: 5 (3-2)

By Graticule

Portland, Oregon: 6 (5-1)

McMinnville, Oregon: 1 (1-0)

Brookings, Oregon: 1 (1-0)

Coos Bay, Oregon: 1 (0-1)

Seattle, Washington: 1 (0-1)

By Month

Dec 2009: 5 (3-2)

Nov 2009: 4 (3-1)

Oct 2009: 1 (1-0)

By Day of the Week!

Monday: 1 (1-0)

Tuesday: 0

Wednesday: 1 (0-1)

Thursday: 0

Friday: 3 (2-1)

Saturday: 3 (2-1)

Sunday: 2 (2-0)

Other Hijinx

2009-12-11 -- Seeing a highly accessible hash not far from a cousin's home, made another attempt to score the Puppet Master Geohash achievement. Result: Failed due to recalcitrance of cousin.

2009-11-10 -- Finished entering graticules for Oregon page.

2009-11-05 -- Noting that an accessible hash is two miles from my eldest niece's college campus, sent detailed if gnomic instructions in an attempt to score the Puppet Master Geohash achievement. Result: Failed due to recalcitrance of niece..

2009-11-03 -- Laboriously created Oregon page, and links to it on individual graticule pages, out of a sudden compulsion to know which graticules are still available for the Virgin Graticule Achievement.