User:KarMann

54 / m / 53,-2

Barrow-in-Furness	Carlisle	Middlesbrough
Blackpool	Manchester	Sheffield
Mid Wales	Shrewsbury	Birmingham

I've now made a big move to the Manchester, United Kingdom graticule from my old Tucson, Arizona. It's different here!

While I had acquired a Citation of sorts back in the US, and even brought it with me here, before I could ever use it here, it was stolen, found, impounded by the police, supposedly gone over for evidence, and then destroyed for no good reason. So here I am again, in Citation Needed-land. At least Public transport geohash achievements are much easier here than in the US.

Ironically, despite my username, I've never made an expedition by conventional car yet, much less by Karmann Ghia.

Expeditions

Plans

• 2022-02-06 53 -2 There's an easy access hashpoint in Altrincham, with the option of going into the shop or visiting the car park on its roof. I thought I remembered there being an achievement for reaching the same hashpoint at different heights, but I haven't found it yet, it might just be a false memory.
• 2020-03-01 My last day with the rental car, so I'll find out Friday what's available for this day.
  • 2020-03-01 51 -0 is about the only reasonably accessible hashpoint in England, in Letchworth, on a road or pavement in a residential area.
• 2020-02-29
  • 2020-02-29 52 -4 near Cardigan in Wales
  • 2020-02-29 53 -2 The one in 1,461 opportunity to get a Leap geohash achievement. I may be in some adjacent graticule(s) or other, depending on how the stock market numbers come up.
• 2020-02-28 Since I'm renting a car for the weekend to make sure of the Leap geohash, I'll see what's available for Friday, too.
  • 2020-02-28 53 -1 In the Peak District, just a couple of hundred metres off the road, and about 60 m up from it, but parking looks scarce around there.
  • 2020-02-28 52 -1 Solihull on the southeast side of Birmingham, right in the middle of Monkspath Hall Road, ideally situated for a Speed racer achievement
  • 2020-02-28 52 -2 Onibury in Shropshire, in a field, not far at all from a maybe drivable track
  • 2020-02-28 52 -3 Right on a track through a wood, about 6 km walking from the main road, but just about a hundred metres from a possibly accessible track nearby, in Ceredigion in Wales
  • 2020-02-28 54 -2 On a hill near Potter Fell & Brunt Knott around Staveley in the Lake District
  • 2020-02-28 53 -2 Knowsley near Liverpool, right in the middle of a field by Fairchilds Farm

UK Era

• 2020-02-29
  • 2020-02-29 52 -4 Is there a No trespassing honourable mention? We weren't sure about the status of the land, and were chased off immediately after reaching the hashpoint for the Leap geohash achievement and Virgin Graticule.
  • 2020-02-29 52 -3 After some serious bushwhacking and sleet, we made Mother Nature our bitch, and arguably qualified for a Drowned Rat Geohash, especially if the drive through the aftereffects of Storms Ciara & Dennis and current effects of Storm Jorge can be counted.
  • 2020-02-29 53 -1 Another No trespassing consolation prize, due to the car park being unexpectedly closed as late as we got to it, and no other available parking near enough was found.
• 2020-02-28
  • 2020-02-28 53 -1 No trespassing consolation prize, after no one was home to attempt some ambassadorship.
  • 2020-02-28 52 -1 Drag-along achievement, Speed racer achievement, and Formal attire achievement
• 2020-02-23 53 -2 The hashpoint was in what looked like an easily accessible location in Roman Lakes Leisure Park. But the recent Storms Ciara & Dennis would have it otherwise, and Mother Nature needed a bitch that day.
• 2020-02-01 53 -2 The hash point is just half a mile from my house! And it's right in the park! The water park, that is… and it's right over the lake. How can I possibly reach it? Stay tuned to find out!
• 2019-03-09 53 -2 The hash point was just 5 metres from a tram line.
• 2019-02-02 53 -2 In the kitchen of the Ikea restaurant, just out of reach to us mere civilians
• 2018-09-09 53 -2 A spot on the pavement in a residential area of Mossley
• 2018-02-10 53 -2 A spot on the pavement just outside Picadilly Station
• 2017-11-18 53 -2 My first UK geohash, and Public transport geohash achievement and partial Globetrotters Geohash

US Era

• 2009-02-27 31 -110 This was the day I rode my motorcycle through a geohash on a dirt road, which would have entitled me to a Speed racer achievement and started me on Minesweeper Geohash. I lack evidence, but Wyle & RoadRunner were willing to allow it.
• 2008-11-03 32 -110 Consecutive Geohash achievement
• 2008-11-02 32 -110 Land, Bicycle achievements

Achievements

US (pre-2016)

This user earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (32, -110) geohash on 2008-11-02.

This user earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (32, -110) geohash on 2008-11-02.

This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2008-11-02.

This user earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (31, -110) graticule, here, on 2009-02-27.

This user earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (31, -110) geohash on 2009-02-27 at 30 MPH.

This user achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Tucson, Arizona and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

UK (post-2016)

This user earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2017-11-18 using public transit.

This user earned the Globetrotter achievement by visiting hashpoints on 2 continents.

This user earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (20 m) reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2019-02-02.

This user earned the Two to the N achievement by attempting to reach 23 hashpoints on 2019-03-09 53 -2 and is promoted to Level 3 (Expeditions).

This user earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention by living near the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01.

This user earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01 on foot, travelling a distance of 3.77 km.

This user earned the Déjà vu by New Year's Eve birthday proxy Achievement by droning on and on over the lake after a previous droning on his birthday/New Year's Eve at the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01.

This user earned the Geohash by proxy achievement by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01 using a GPS-carrying DJI Mavic Mini quadcopter.

This user earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01, and previously on 2019-12-31.

This user earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 23 hashpoints on 2020-02-01 53 -2 and is promoted to Level 3 (Coordinates reached).

Is it true that this user earned the Cubicle geohash honourable mention? In principle, yes. But he wasn't working there that day (2020-02-01 53 -2).

This user earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2020-02-01.

This user earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-23 by an impassable and unforeseen swollen stream.

This user earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-23 by an impassable and unforeseen flooded out path (and probably lurking alligators).

This user earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging KarMann's wife to the (52, -1) geohash on 2020-02-28.

This user earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (52, -1) geohash on 2020-02-28 at 30 MPH.

This user earned the Formal attire achievement by looking good at the (52, -1) geohash on 2020-02-28.

This user earned the Leap geohash achievement 2020 by leaping to the hash point on leap day of the year 2020.

This user earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (52, -4) graticule, here, on 2020-02-29.

This user earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2020-02-29 52 -4 and 2020-02-29 52 -3 geohashes on 2020-02-29.

This user earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by voyaging 1,016 miles round-trip to reach the (52, -3) geohash on 2020-02-29.

This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 4 hash points on 3 consecutive days starting on 2020-02-28.

This user achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Manchester, United Kingdom and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Not yet official

This user issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Manchester from the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01.

503	This user earned the Dark Ages achievement by reaching the (53, -2) geohash on 2020-02-01 during the Dark Ages.

Latest Coordinates and Map Quick-Links - Manchester
Thursday 2024-11-21	53.7926356, -2.4238397 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox
Friday 2024-11-22	53.1059106, -2.3781407 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox