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A hideously non-elucidian Lovecraftian horror... and then there's Chibithulu.

Geohasher based in the 34, -84 graticule with regular trips to 35, -84; 34, -85; and 35, -85.

My faithful sidekick and partner (though he claims he's the master and I'm the minion) is my hashcot Chibithulu. The latest addition to my Geohashing equipment is a Garmin GPS72, a discontinued model, but it does what I need it to do as long as I don't cause operator error...

Garmin GPS 72... a good GPSr when I'm not screwing up.

Expeditions

By Graticule; Map: [1]

34 -84

2010-10-04 In some woods off of Davenport Rd. not far from the Dalton Airport, which due to user error is not where I ended up on my retro expedition...

2010-10-10 In a cemetery near Cleveland Highway and Beaverdale Road, another Retro Expedition

34 -85

2011-01-30 Sunday Across from a monument at Chickamauga Battlefield.

35 -84

2011-02-12 Saturday In some woods near a driveway off of Ladd Springs Rd. Coordinates not reached.

2011-02-18 Friday In some woods off Old Federal Rd, near Old Fort, Tennessee. Coordinates not reached.

Achievements

Basic Locations

turbomagnus earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.

Interaction Achievements

turbomagnus earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging his seven-year-old cousin to the (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.

Single Geohash Challenges

turbomagnus

without using a GPS, earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.

Consolation Prizes

turbomagnus earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize

by failing to reach the (34, -84) geohash on 2010-10-04 through technological ineptitude.

turbomagnus earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (35, -84) geohash on 2011-02-12.

turbomagnus earned the Done with Nature consolation prize

by failing to reach the (35, -84) geohash on 2011-02-18.

"There Should Be A Ribbon For This"

Is it true that turbomagnus earned the Holy Hash achievement?

In principle, yes.
But it was a Retro Expedition (2010-10-10 34 -84).

turbomagnus earned the H. L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award

by finding a new way to spell XKCD at (34, -85) geohash on 2011-01-30.

H.L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award awarded by Jevanyan.

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-image:Turbo_and_hashcot.JPG
+image:Turbo_and_hashcot.JPG|A hideously non-elucidian Lovecraftian horror... and then there's Chibithulu.
 </gallery>
 Geohasher based in the 34, -84 graticule with regular trips to 35, -84; 34, -85; and 35, -85.
-At the moment, I don't yet possess a GPS (Blame people who don't know that a car GPS doesn't work well for Geohashing), so until a lucky hashpoint in an area I was familiar with, I was limited to waiting and watching. My faithful sidekick and partner (though he claims he's the master and I'm the minion) is my hashcot Chibithulu.
+My faithful sidekick and partner (though he claims he's the master and I'm the minion) is my hashcot Chibithulu. The latest addition to my Geohashing equipment is a Garmin GPS72, a discontinued model, but it does what I need it to do as long as I don't cause operator error...
-==Geohashes==
+<gallery>
+image:Turbomagnus_Garmin_GPS72.JPG|Garmin GPS 72... a good GPSr when I'm not screwing up.
+</gallery>
+==Expeditions==
+By Graticule; Map: [http://xkcd.nathanwoodruff.com/GooMapXKCDTurbomagnus.htm]
+'''34 -84'''
+[[2010-10-04 34 -84|2010-10-04]] In some woods off of Davenport Rd. not far from the Dalton Airport, which due to user error is not where I ended up on my retro expedition...
+[[2010-10-10 34 -84|2010-10-10]] In a cemetery near Cleveland Highway and Beaverdale Road, another Retro Expedition
+'''34 -85'''
 [[2011-01-30 34 -85|2011-01-30 Sunday]] Across from a monument at Chickamauga Battlefield.
+'''35 -84'''
+[[2011-02-12 35 -84|2011-02-12 Saturday]] In some woods near a driveway off of Ladd Springs Rd. Coordinates not reached.
+[[2011-02-18 35 -84|2011-02-18 Friday]] In some woods off Old Federal Rd, near Old Fort, Tennessee. Coordinates not reached.
 ==Achievements==
+'''Basic Locations'''
 {{land geohash
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 }}
+'''Interaction Achievements'''
 {{drag-along
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 | name = turbomagnus
 }}
+'''Single Geohash Challenges'''
 {{No_batteries_geohash
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 without using a GPS,
 }}
+'''Consolation Prizes'''
+{{Template:Blinded by Science
+|name = turbomagnus
+|latitude = 34
+|longitude = -84
+|date = 2010-10-04}}
+{{No trespassing
+| latitude = 35
+| longitude = -84
+| date = 2011-02-12
+| name = turbomagnus
+}}
+{{done with nature
+| latitude = 35
+| longitude = -84
+| date = 2011-02-18
+| name = turbomagnus
+}}
+'''"There Should Be A Ribbon For This"'''
+{{Template:Radio Yerevan
+|achievement = Holy Hash achievement
+|detail = it was a Retro Expedition
+|date = 2010-10-10
+|latitude = 34
+|longitude = -84
+|user = turbomagnus}}
+{{gratuitous ribbon
+| latitude = 34
+| longitude = -85
+| date = 2011-01-30
+| name = turbomagnus
+| achievement = H. L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award
+| description = finding a new way to spell XKCD at
+}}
+H.L. Mencken Memorial Creative Spelling Award awarded by Jevanyan.