User:Vswe

Hello everyone! I'm from Uppsala and I'm going to try some geohashing. :)

31 / m / 59,17

Expeditions

#	Graticule	Status	Expedition page	5 word summery	Location
1	59,17	Success	2010-11-07 59 17	Initial and bull escaping hash.	In a very small forest in Dalby outside Uppsala.
2	59,18	Failure	2010-11-13 59 18	Hunting scared inexperienced GPS hasher.	A few thousand meters into a forest outside Uppsala.
3	59,17	Success	2010-11-18 59 17	Crazy walker defeats Mother Nature.	700 meters into a dense forest about 30 km from Uppsala.
4	59,17	Success	2010-12-07 59 17	Non-forest pizza and gingerbread geohashing.	In the middle of a snowy field somewhat 50 km from Uppsala.
5	59,17	Success	2010-12-10 59 17	Frozen sunset for bus rider.	In a field just outside Uppsala.
6	59,17	Success	2010-12-20 59 17	Lucky house circulation town geohasher.	In a stairway in a house in Årsta, Uppsala.
7	64,20	Success	2010-12-28 64 20	Extremely cold northern cliff-top hashpoint.	In a snowy forest pretty near Krångfors, Skellefteå.
8	60,17	Success	2011-01-25 60 17	Windy and snowy field hashpoint.	A few kilometers into the forest, in a field. North of Uppsala.
9	59,17	Success	2011-02-04 59 17		In the south-eastern parts of town, a few km from school.

Records

Private records

• Hash furthest away from home(as the crows flies): 562 km
• Hash closest to home(as the crows flies): 3.90 km
• Longest walk: 45.79km
• Longest time spending geohashing: 10 hours
• Number of transportations used(to reach a hash): 4
  • Walking
  • Bike
  • Bus
  • Kicksled
• Most geohashers met during a single expedition: 0
• Total number of geohashers met: 0

Public records

These are the records(if any) that I hold among all geohashers. I encourage you to try to beat them, just remember to write a good story afterwards.

• I am currently holding the first position of Walk geohash with a walked distance of 45.79km.

Goals

These are goals I'm hoping to complete.

• Meet another geohasher.
• Beat my own Walk geohash record.
• Minesweep the Uppsala graticule.
• Have great fun all the time.
• Reach a geohash in each of Sweden's (116) graticules.
• Hash outside of Sweden.

Questions

Q: Why did you started geohashing?

A: I've been a XKCD fan since my sister introduced me to the strips and when I by chance(I was googling for a XKCD strip) found this wiki I realized that geohashing was something real. It seemed like fun and I tried it and now I'm stuck.

Q:Why are your pictures often blurry?

A:I'm using a small camera that fits in my jacked pocket and I usually operate it with only one hand while I'm still walking. The reason for this is either cause I'm in a hurry or that it's freezing cold outside(can't operate the camera with gloves). Sometimes it's both.

Achievements

Vswe earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by juggling at the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.

Vswe earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.

Vswe earned the Picnic achievement by eating cookies & chocolate at the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.

Vswe earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.

Vswe earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out on the (59, 18) geohash on 2010-11-13.

Vswe earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-18 on foot, travelling a distance of 45.79km.

Vswe earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Honourable Mention by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-18 despite being partially wet from fighting his way through swamps.

Vswe earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-12-07 via bus 804 and 895.

Vswe earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (64, 20) geohash on 2010-12-28 while the temperature was "Very Cold".

Vswe achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Uppsala, Sweden and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Vswe achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Gävle, Sweden and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Fun stuff

• 

  A gingerbread geohasher.

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  Another gingerbread geohasher.

• 

  Both of them.

http://vswe.codecall.net/Minesweeper/?region=SE&user=Vswe

Mail

If you want to send anything fun to me, like a Hashcard, here's my address:

Raketgatan 18

75337 Uppsala

Sweden

Address it to Vidar Swenning