User:Redaragorn

Introduction

-Tom C-

I live in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and I like to hike and run.

I have a spare GPS and a high clearance vehicle, so if anyone feels like joining me sometime, drop me a line!

Expeditions

• 2011-03-26 36 -106 Finally returning to the Chama hash after a LONG hiatus
• 2011-03-19 35 -106 A fun hike up the northeast slope of Sandia Peak, about a half mile off the Crest Trail
• 2011-03-16 35 -106 Quick jaunt to western Rio Rancho, but not *quite* so close to somebody's house
• 2011-02-04 35 -106 Ojito lands, not in the wilderness, but close...just off US 550
• 2011-01-29 35 -106 Western Rio Rancho, uncomfortably close to one of the few homes out there
• 2011-01-23 32 -110 Family trip to Tucson affords a chance to geohash in warmer weather
• 2011-01-15 35 -106 Scrambling on steep terrain on the south side of Sandia
• 2011-01-14 35 -106 Stepped out of the car into an arroyo in the Mariposa development in Rio Rancho
• 2011-01-06 35 -106 A solitary romp up the Piedra Lisa trail in between the Rincon and Sandia
• 2011-01-01 35 -106 Second New Year hash in a row--walked off the edge of the west mesa near the far end of Southern
• 2010-12-18 35 -106 Finally got around to hashing near home again, early morning hit near the Ojito Wilderness
• 2010-10-16 45 -123 Success in the McMinnville, Oregon graticule!
• 2010-10-11 45 -123 Tried to get to the hash in the McMinnville, Oregon graticule, but was too tired to make the hike.
• 2010-10-09 45 -122 Wandered into the blackberries off Hwy 30 up in the Portland, Oregon graticule.
• 2010-10-01 35 -106 Tippy-top of the graticule, in the far northwest corner of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
• 2010-10-01 34 -106 Back to the Los Lunas graticule again, on the south of Albuquerque in Mesa del Sol.
• 2010-09-17 34 -106 Neat little expedition south to the Los Lunas graticule--a hike from the Mars Court trailhead south of Tijeras.
• 2010-08-29 34 -107 About as easy as the Magdalena hash gets--in the middle of a good dirt road in the far NE corner of the graticule.
• 2010-08-28 35 -106 A tough bushwhack up Bear Canyon on the west slope of Sandia
• 2010-08-27 35 -106 On the fairway of Hole 12 at Ladera Golf Course
• 2010-08-24 35 -106 Walked down the hill from work to a side street in Corrales.
• 2010-08-23 35 -106 Drove through a doozy of a thunderstorm to find the rainbow on other side of Rio Rancho.
• 2010-08-19 44 -67 Found my way to the Machias, Maine hash while up here on vacation
• 2010-07-26 36 -108 Finally found a suitable hash in the Farmington graticule on our way back home to Rio Rancho
• 2010-07-26 37 -110 A mesa top overlooking Natural Bridges National Monument in the Bullfrog graticule
• 2010-07-25 38 -110 In the Green River graticule close to Goblin Valley
• 2010-07-05 35 -105 Return to the Santa Fe graticule with a family romp in the National Forest land south of Pecos
• 2010-07-03 35 -107 In the Grants graticule off a two-track near the Continental Divide Trail by the Deadman Peaks
• 2010-05-04 35 -106 Close to home again, a residential street corner on the west side of Albuquerque.
• 2010-04-10 35 -106 Close to home--coulda/shoulda walked--in a vacant lot on 4th Street in the north valley of Albuquerque
• 2010-04-02 34 -108 Back from a busy few months of geohashing hiatus, and on to a virgin graticule in Quemado
• 2010-01-01 34 -106 And a trip down the the Los Lunas hash later in the day for good measure
• 2010-01-01 35 -106 What better day/night is there to do a midnight geohash?
• 2009-12-26 35 -106 Close enough for a biking geohash--in the empty grid of western Rio Rancho
• 2009-12-24 35 -106 No trespassing FAIL near Cochiti
• 2009-12-20 35 -106 A Speed Racer on I-25 less than 10 miles from home? Too close to pass up!
• 2009-12-19 34 -106 Made a late afternoon decision to head down to the Los Lunas hash with the boy.
• 2009-12-18 34 -107 Lucked into the Magdalena hash while I was out hiking close by anyway.
• 2009-11-23 35 -106 Hit the local Albuquerque hash after work since it was close enough on the west side.
• 2009-11-21 36 -107 Headed northwest to the Bloomfield hash which was a few miles north of Chaco.
• 2009-11-20 34 -105 Went south and east to pay a visit to some rather boring range land in the Vaughn graticule.
• 2009-11-19 35 -106 Catch basin off Juan Tabo near Spain.
• 2009-11-07 35 -106 Saturday morning romp on the Volcanoes side of Petroglyph National Monument, about a quarter mile from the parking area.
• 2009-11-06 35 -108 Grabbed a double virgin graticule by stepping off the road for the Gallup hash.
• 2009-11-06 34 -107 The Magdalena hash that I've been watching for a while finally seemed doable. Got it done, but it didn't go easy.
• 2009-10-30 33 -106 Went out of our way to catch the Tularosa hash on a day it didn't fall on the missile range.
• 2009-10-17 36 -105 A trademark double hash, hiked the family up to the Taos hash to hit the virgin graticule.
• 2009-10-17 35 -106 On our way north to Taos for the day--hit the Speed Racer on the way out of Rio Rancho.
• 2009-10-15 33 -107 Another double hash, way down south in the Truth or Consequences graticule.
• 2009-10-15 34 -106 On our way south to go camping, the boy and I hit the Los Lunas hash.
• 2009-10-01 36 -106 Going for the double hash again, this time headed north to Chama.
• 2009-10-01 35 -106 Fairly close to home again, all the way at the far end of Southern where it hits the edge of the mesa.
• 2009-09-28 35 -106 Close to home, just outside of the developed area in Rio Rancho.
• 2009-09-25 35 -107 One for three on attempted hashes for the day. Made it to the one out in Grants.
• 2009-09-25 35 -106 No trespassing fail.
• 2009-09-19 34 -106 For my third graticule in as many hashes, I headed down to the Los Lunas graticule
• 2009-09-17 35 -105 After nabbing the (comparatively) easy hash in ABQ, I figured I'd make a play for the Santa Fe graticule to the east...
• 2009-09-17 35 -106 An easy, if rather moist, trip to Petroglyph National Monument in the Albuquerque graticule

Achievements

redaragorn earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -106) geohash on his 34th birthday, 2010-08-27.

redaragorn earned the Golf Geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -106) geohash on 2010-08-27.

redaragorn earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -106) geohash on 2010-08-24 on foot, travelling a distance of 4 km.

redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (44, -67) graticule, here, on 2010-08-19.

redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (36, -108) graticule, here, on 2010-07-26.

redaragorn earned the One with Nature Geohash Achievement by reaching the (36, -108) geohash on 2010-07-26.

Redaragorn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2010-07-26 37 -110 and 2010-07-26 36 -108 geohashes on 2010-07-26.

Redaragorn completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Grants, New Mexico and all of the surrounding graticules.

redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (37, -110) graticule, here, on 2010-07-26.

redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (38, -110) graticule, here, on 2010-07-25.

redaragorn earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Maya and Scott to the (35, -107) geohash on 2010-07-03.

redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (34, -108) graticule, here, on 2010-04-02.

redaragorn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2010-01-01 35 -106 and 2010-01-01 34 -106 geohashes on 2010-01-01.

redaragorn earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -106) geohash on 2010-01-01 while the temperature was -7°C.

redaragorn earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (35, -106) geohash on 2010-01-01 in the middle of the night.

redaragorn earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 37.9 km to the (35, -106) geohash on 2009-12-26.

redaragorn earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Steve to the (34, -107) geohash on 2009-12-18.

Redaragorn completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Albuquerque, New Mexico and all of the surrounding graticules.

Redaragorn earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 3 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-11-19.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (36, -107) graticule, here, on 2009-11-21.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (34, -105) graticule, here, on 2009-11-20.

Redaragorn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-11-06 34 -107 and 2009-11-06 35 -108 geohashes on 2009-11-06.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (35, -108) graticule, here, on 2009-11-06.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (34, -107) graticule, here, on 2009-11-06.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (33, -106) graticule, here, on 2009-10-30.

Redaragorn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-10-17 35 -106 and 2009-10-17 36 -105 geohashes on 2009-10-17.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (36, -105) graticule, here, on 2009-10-17.

Redaragorn earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (35, -106) geohash on 2009-10-17 at 30 mph.

Redaragorn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-10-15 34 -106 and 2009-10-15 33 -107 geohashes on 2009-10-15.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (33, -107) graticule, here, on 2009-10-15.

Redaragorn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-10-01 35 -106 and 2009-10-01 36 -106 geohashes on 2009-10-01.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (36, -106) graticule, here, on 2009-10-01.

Redaragorn earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his son to the (35, -107) geohash on 2009-09-25.

Redaragorn earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (35, -106) geohash on 2009-09-25.

Redaragorn earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (35, -107) graticule, here, on 2009-09-25.

Redaragorn earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-09-17 35 -106 and 2009-09-17 35 -105 geohashes on 2009-09-17.

Redaragorn earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -106) geohash on 2009-09-17 despite being thoroughly wet from steady, soaking rain...in ALBUQUERQUE!.

Redaragorn earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (35, -106) geohash on 2009-09-17.

Photo Ops

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  Me with my goofy grin.

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  Both my boys at the 09-09-28 hash in Rio Rancho.

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  Me and the three year old grinning in the Vaughn graticule.

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  The boy running along the road on the way back from our Vaughn geohash.

Graticule

My local graticule is Albuquerque, New Mexico.

New Mexico map

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