User:Arvid

Achievements

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Arvid earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (51, 7) geohash on 2008-08-01.

I actually cycled to all my hashes except one, see Bicycle Geohashes/User:Arvid for a complete list.

Arvid earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (51, 7) geohash on 2008-08-01.

Arvid earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Netherlands-Germany border on 2008-08-01 to reach the (51, 7) geohash.

25 out of 44 hashes so far have been in Germany, while I live in the Netherlands.

Arvid earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash for 2008-08-09 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Arvid earned the Cold geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-20 while the temperature was 19°C.

Arvid earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-20 despite being thoroughly wet from rain.

Arvid earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2008-08-25 52 6 and 2008-08-25 52 7 geohashes on 2008-08-25.

Arvid earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-26.

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Arvid earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging fuzzie and bz2 to the (52, 4) geohash on 2008-09-10.

Arvid earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 4) geohash on 2008-09-10 via bus and train.

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Arvid earned the Cold geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2008-09-18 while the temperature was 9.3°C.

Arvid earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by reaching the (53, 6) geohash on 2008-10-04.

Arvid earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2008-10-04 52 6 and 2008-10-04 53 6 geohashes on 2008-10-04.

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Arvid earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 4 graticules belonging to Borken district.

Arvid earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-12-07 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Arvid earned the xkcd Decurion achievement by attending 12 Saturday meetups.

Arvid earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2008-12-13, and previously on 2008-12-12.

Arvid earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2009-01-02 while the temperature was -4.2°C.

Arvid earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2009-01-30 in the middle of the night.

Arvid achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Enschede, Netherlands and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

About

I live in Enschede, Netherlands, which is in the south east of N52 E6. Graticules I consider in general are N52 E6, N51 E6, N52 E7 or N51 E7. When I'm in for a big challenge I might go to graticules further away.

I use Geohashing as an excuse for cycling somewhere else then what were my "default" routes. I am aiming for London Edinburgh London, so longer trips are wanted. An early step would be a XKCD-100 by bike, and cycle back. I did that on October 4th 2008.

Next challenges: completing a Minesweeper achievement, regional hashes of Overijssel(1 out 3), Borken district(done), Netherlands(5/14), Nordrhine-Westphalia(5/13). Some of them will involve other means of transport than just a bike, unless I can get my hands on one of the faster velomobiles. Well, except when it's on an island of course, I can't help using a ferry then.

My general means of transport is a recumbent bicycle by Nazca.

Tracklog of all bike hashes attempted

Statistics

Total Expeditions	42
Hashes reached	36/44
Blinded by Science	2(the first 2)
Mother Nature	3
No Trespassing	3
Drag along hashes	3
Saturday 4pm meetups.....	13 (of 18)

Expeditions

2009-02-21 51 6 Borken, Germany (reached, sat 4pm)

2009-02-14 51 7 Merfeld, Germany (reached, sat 4:15pm)

2009-01-31 51 7 Billerbeck, Germany (reached, sat 4pm)

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2009-01-30 52 6 Beckum, Netherlands (reached)

2009-01-24 52 7 Salzbergen, Germany (reached, sat 4pm)

2009-01-17 52 7 Bad Bentheim, Germany (No trespassing)

2009-01-10 51 7 Dülmen, Germany (doesn't even count as expedition, but nice photo's)

2009-01-02 52 7 Gronau, Germany (reached)

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2008-12-23 52 6 Enschede, Netherlands (mother nature's bitch)

2008-12-16 52 6 Enschede, Netherlands (no trespassing)

2008-12-13 52 6 Vreden, Germany (sat, reached)

2008-12-07 52 7 Epe, Germany (reached)

2008-11-15 52 7 Wietmarschen, Germany (sat, reached)

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2008-11-08 53 7 Winschoten, Netherlands (sat, reached)

2008-11-03 52 6 Losser, Netherlands (reached)

2008-11-02 52 6 Zwillbrock, Germany (reached)

2008-10-31 51 7 Bahnhof Reken, Germany (Borken district, reached)

2008-10-30 52 6 Uelsen, Germany (reached)

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2008-10-25 52 6 Laren(GLD), Netherlands (reached, Sat 5pm)

2008-10-24 51 6 Ramsdorf, Germany (Borken district, reached)

2008-10-18 53 7 Rhede(Ems), Germany (Sat, reached)

2008-10-10 52 6 Oldenzaal, Netherlands (reached)

2008-10-09 52 6 Alstätte, Germany (Borken district, reached)

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2008-10-04 52 6 and 53 6 Multihash visiting Tubbergen and Oosternieland(Groningen), Netherlands (Sat, both reached)

2008-09-27 51 6 Silvolde, Netherlands (Sat, reached)

2008-09-20 52 5 Kampen, Netherlands (Sat, not reached)

2008-09-18 52 6 Enschede, Netherlands (reached)

2008-09-17 52 6 Neede, Netherlands(reached)

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2008-09-15 52 7 Epe, Germany (not reached)

2008-09-13 51 6 Gescher, Germany (Sat, reached, Borken district)

2008-09-10 52 4 Noordwijk, Netherlands (reached)

2008-08-30 52 8 Bielefeld, Germany (Sat, reached)

2008-08-27 52 7 Gronau, Germany(Borken district, reached)

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2008-08-26 52 7 Losser, Netherlands (not reached)

2008-08-25 52 6 and 7 Multihash visiting Beltrum, Netherlands, and woods near Greven, Germany. (both reached)

2008-08-20 52 7 A field in the middle between Ochtrup, Gronau, Epe, Metelen and Nienborg, Germany (reached)

2008-08-09 52 6 In the woods near Eerbeek, Netherlands (Sat, reached)

2008-08-05 52 7 Gronau, Germany (Borken district, reached)

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2008-08-03 52 6 A field next to the Berkel river, near Eibergen, Netherlands(reached)

2008-08-02 52 6 In town! Enschede, Netherlands (Sat, reached)

2008-08-01 51 7 About 10km east of Münster, Germany (reached)

2008-07-23 52 7 Ochtrup, Germany (not reached)

2008-07-19 52 6 Some field between Lünten and Alstätte, Germany (Sat, not reached)

Graticules visited (not per se successful)

	4	5	6	7	8
53
52
51

Progress towards regional hashes of the Netherlands and Northrhine-Westfalia

-14 / m / 52,6