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==About me==
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==About Me==
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I'm just another one of the many students at UBC.
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I have been active since the first week of geohashing, but I disappear for long periods of time and don't always check the wiki regularly.  I do still check the coordinates on a regular basis, but at this point I don't usually have time to make it.  When I go geohashing, my intent is usually to enjoy nature or explore an interesting new location.  Thus, the frequency with which I geohash is highly dependent on where I currently live.  I also tend to geohash more in the warmer months of the year, as that allows for much more pleasant expeditions.
  
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I'm primarily going to be around the Vancouver graticule, but if the coordinates just don't work, then I'll likely try the Surrey and/or Victoria graticules (or possibly farther).
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Since geohashing began, I have moved many times.  Thus, there are several places that I consider to be my "home" graticule. My home graticules are:
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! Graticule !! Time Period !! Comments
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| [[Genève, Switzerland|Genève (46,6)]] || June 2012 -> Present || align="left" | Currently my home graticule.  I am hoping for an awesome restricted area geohash within CERN!
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| [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto (43,-79)]] || May 2011 -> June 2012 || align="left" | I lived there for the first year of graduate studies before moving to (46,6) for research purposes.
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| [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver (49,-123)]] || May 2008 -> May 2009 <br/> January 2010 -> April 2011 || align="left" | I lived in Vancouver for the duration of my undergraduate degree.  The time period listed begins from the start of geohashing (the relevant time frame).  I still visit Vancouver occasionally.
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| [[Würzburg, Germany|Würzburg (49,9)]] || May 2009 -> December 2009 || align="left" | [[user:thepiguy|Thepiguy]] and I were research assistants in Technische Physik at the Universität Würzburg for eight months.
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| [[Calgary NW, Alberta|Calgary NW (51,-114)]] || December -> January <br/> (every year, until ~2015) || align="left" | My parents live in Calgary, and thus I used to visit every year for the winter break.  I still visit, but the timing is now less predictable.
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==Upcoming excursions==
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The time it takes me to complete an expedition write-up varies drastically.  I often update the day of (or the day after) the expedition, but I have also been known to take several months, or even just under a year.  However, I do get around to everything eventually.
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*None planned right now
 
  
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I discovered XKCD through [http://slashdot.org slashdot] on December 11, 2006.  Specifically, [http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/11/1150241 this article] is the one that led me to XKCD ([http://xkcd.com/195/ Map of the Internet IPv4 space]).
  
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==Successful Geohashes (6)==
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I love photography, particularly when the subject is the natural world.  Some of my favourite pictures that I've taken while geohashing can be seen [[user:srs0/Gallery|here]] (no longer updated).
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*[[2008-05-27 49 -123|2008-05-27 Vancouver]] My first geohash!
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*[[2008-05-31 49 -122|2008-05-31 Surrey]] My first "official" (Saturday) geohash.
 
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*[[2008-09-07 49 -123|2008-09-07 Vancouver]] A short bike ride away.
 
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*[[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21 Vancouver]] An epic water sunrise geohash!
 
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*[[2008-10-11 49 -123|2008-10-11 Vancouver]] A geohash close to the airport.  With lots of candy.  Yum.
 
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*[[2008-12-03 49 -123|2008-12-03 Vancouver]] An irresistibly close geohash while avoiding studying for exams.
 
  
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==Statistics==
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*Expeditions: 60
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**Successful: 53
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**Failed: 5
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**Retro: 2
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*Saturday Meetups: 12
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**Successful: 10
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**Failed: 2
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*Graticules Visited: 28
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**North America: 6
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**Europe: 23
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*Geohashers met: 35
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**North America: 13
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**Europe: 21
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**North Americans in Europe: 1
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*Countries Visited: 7
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**[[2008-05-27 49 -123|Canada]]
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**[[2009-05-09 49 10|Germany]]
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**[[2009-08-30 50 12|Czech Republic]]
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**[[2009-09-27 48 2|France]]
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**[[2009-09-30 52 -0|United Kingdom]]
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**[[2009-10-24 47 16|Austria]]
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**[[2020-10-19 46 6|Switzerland]]
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*Virgin Graticules: 2
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**[[2008-05-27 49 -123|Vancouver, Canada]]
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**[[2009-06-07 47 10|Kempten, Germany]]
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*Largest geohashing meetup: [[2009-08-29 52 13|12]]
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*Longest consecutive geohash: [[2009-05-27 49 9|4]]
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*Most geohashes in one day: [[2009-08-30 51 13|5]]
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*First expedition: [[2008-05-27 49 -123|2008-05-27]]
  
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==Failed Geohashes (1)==
 
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*[[2008-07-19 49 -123|2008-07-19 Vancouver]] Ended up biking to Nanaimo and back, but ran out of time to make the actual hashpoint.
 
  
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==Expeditions==
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===Memorable===
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A short list of my most memorable geohashing expeditions and why, sorted chronologically:
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*[[2008-05-27 49 -123|2008-05-27 Vancouver]]: My first expedition.
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*[[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21 Vancouver]]: A water geohash, at sunrise, in an inflatable raft, while meeting [[user:Robyn|Robyn]] for the first time.
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*[[2009-06-02 49 10|2009-06-02 Bamberg]]: The expedition where I broke my wrist (geohashualty #1).
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*[[2009-06-07 47 10|2009-06-07 Kempten]]: A big meetup on a lake under the tallest mountain in Germany.
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*[[2009-08-28 49 10|2009-08-28 Bamberg]]: A quadruple hash, with [[user:Danatar|Danatar]] and [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]], on the way to the Big Berlin Meetup.  This was the first of the four hashpoints.
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*[[2009-08-29 52 13|2009-08-29 Berlin]]: The Big Berlin Meetup!
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*[[2009-08-30 51 13|2009-08-30 Dresden]]: A quintuple hash, with [[user:Danatar|Danatar]] and [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]], on the way back from the Big Berlin Meetup.  This was the first of the five hashpoints.
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*[[2010-05-21 49 -122|2010-05-21 Surrey]]: Eleven people hiking up a mountain at night.
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*[[2010-08-12 49 -123|2010-08-12 Vancouver]]: I almost become a geohashualty for a second time, but manage to escape with superficial injuries.
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*[[2020-10-19 46 6|2020-10-19 Geneva]]: Cubicle geohash honourable mention, with the point inside of both the CERN LHC and SPS rings.
  
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==Ribbons (12)==
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===Complete List===
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===Standard achievements===
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Chronologically listed, bold for Saturday expeditions, underlined for virgin graticules.
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land geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-05-27 | name = Srs0
 
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Virgin graticule | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-05-27 | name = Srs0
 
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Meetup geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -122 | date = 2008-05-31 | name = Srs0 | other = [[user:garyuuko|Warren]] | image = 2008-05-31 49 -122 geohash.JPG
 
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Bicycle geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-07-19 | name = Srs0
 
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Media attention geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-07-19 | name = srs0 | image = 2008-07-19 49 -123 paper.jpg | mediaTale = For whining about the ferry system to the Vancouver Sun
 
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Sunrise geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-09-21 | name = Srs0
 
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water geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-09-21 | name = Srs0 | vehicle = inflatable raft
 
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drag-along | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-12-03 | partner = ((See picture)) | name = srs0 | image=2008-12-03 49 -123 dragged.jpg
 
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Public Transport Geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-12-03 | busline = 99 B-Line | name = srs0 | image=2008-12-03 49 -123 busThere.jpg
 
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}}
 
  
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] Successful: 53
  
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===Upgradeable achievements===
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[[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]] Failed: 5
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{{
 
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Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Vancouver, British Columbia | ranknumber = 1 | e = true | name = Srs0
 
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===Other achievements===
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[[Image:Arrow5.png|8px]] Retro: 2
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{{
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Regional geohash | name = Srs0 | region = GVRD
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<u>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2008-05-27 49 -123|2008-05-27 Vancouver]]</u> My first geohash!
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GeoSquishy FirstSip | latitude = 49 | longitude = -123 | date = 2008-09-07 | name = Srs0
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2008-05-31 49 -122|2008-05-31 Surrey]]</b> My first "official" (Saturday) geohash.
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<b>[[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]][[2008-07-19 49 -123|2008-07-19 Vancouver]]</b> Ended up biking to Nanaimo and back, but ran out of time to make the actual hashpoint.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2008-09-07 49 -123|2008-09-07 Vancouver]] A short bike ride away.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21 Vancouver]] An epic water sunrise geohash!
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2008-10-11 49 -123|2008-10-11 Vancouver]]</b> A geohash close to the airport.  With lots of candy.  Yum.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2008-12-03 49 -123|2008-12-03 Vancouver]] An irresistibly close geohash while avoiding studying for exams.
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-09 49 10|2009-05-09 Bamberg]]</b> My first geohash in Germany!  In the middle of a field.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-10 49 9|2009-05-10 Würzburg]] Another German geohash, full of insanity.  Those were steep and slippery hills!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-21 49 8|2009-05-21 Mannheim]] Geohashiversary 2009 in Heidelberg!
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-23 49 9|2009-05-23 Würzburg]]</b> Mouse Over Day 2009 in a forest!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-25 49 9|2009-05-25 Würzburg]] A close forest geohash on a beautiful evening.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-27 49 9|2009-05-27 Würzburg]] [[user:thepiguy|Thepiguy]] and my hashiversaries!  Unfortunately in the middle of a field, but we got to just over 100m before no trespassing!  I'm counting it as a success since I could easily have reached it, but respected the farmer's crops.  Officially, some would say it's a failure.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-28 49 9|2009-05-28 Würzburg]] In a forest up a very steep bank (which [[user:Danatar|Danatar]] found a way around, but [[user:thepiguy|Thepiguy]] and I just went straight up).
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-29 49 10|2009-05-29 Bamberg]] Not in a forest!  In fact, it was on a small road by a golf course!
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-05-30 48 9|2009-05-30 Stuttgart]]</b> In a forest beside a firing range.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-06-02 49 10|2009-06-02 Bamberg]] In a beautiful field!  However, I became a geohashualty on the way home...
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<u>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-06-07 47 10|2009-06-07 Kempten]]</u> On the Eibsee, in a boat, with 8 other people, in a virgin graticule, ... (the list goes on)
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-06-24 49 9|2009-06-24 Würzburg]] By Rottenbauer, my first geohash without [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]]!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-07-17 49 9|2009-07-17 Würzburg]] A midnight hash in a field near Würzburg!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-07-22 49 9|2007-07-22 Würzburg]] Another midnight hash in a field near Würzburg!
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-07-25 49 9|2009-07-25 Würzburg]]</b> A 14km walk geohash to the "Flugplatz Würzburg-Schenkenturm" (a small airfield).
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-28 49 10|2009-08-28 Bamberg]] Right beside a highway on the way to the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Ultrahash part 1/4.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-28 50 11|2009-08-28 Erfurt]] In a remote forest on the way to the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Ultrahash part 2/4.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-28 51 11|2009-08-28 Halle (Saale)]] In the middle of a harvested field, just past sunset, on the way to the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Ultrahash part 3/4.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-28 52 12|2009-08-28 Erfurt]] In a harvested field, at night, on the way to the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Found evidence of a previous geohasher ([[user:ekorren|Ekorren]]).  Ultrahash part 4/4.
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-29 52 13|2009-08-29 Berlin]]</b> The Big Berlin Meetup!  Twelve people from around Germany meet in a forest.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-30 51 13|2009-08-30 Dresden]] In a harvested field with a beautiful view on the way back from the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Monsterhash part 1/5.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-30 51 12|2009-08-30 Leipzig]] In a forest near former railway tracks on the way back from the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Monsterhash part 2/5.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-30 50 12|2009-08-30 Chemnitz]] In a harvested field, overlooking a picturesque lake, in the Czech Republic, on the way back from the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Monsterhash part 3/5.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-30 50 11|2009-08-30 Erfurt]] In private property in the small town of Buchau, on the way back from the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Ambasador geohash!  Monsterhash part 4/5.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-08-30 50 10|2009-08-30 Schweinfurt]] In a hillside meadow on the way back from the [[2009-08-29 52 13|Big Berlin Meetup]].  Monsterhash part 5/5.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-09-03 49 10|2009-09-03 Bamberg]] On the edge of a road in Winterhausen.  My first bike geohash (and first time riding a bike) since the geohashualty!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-09-06 49 9|2009-09-06 Würzburg]] Just into a field near Zellingen.  Another bike geohash.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-09-13 49 10|2009-09-13 Bamberg]] In a forest by Hundsfeld, which is by Rothof, which is near Rottendorf.  Biked most of the way home in the rain.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-09-14 50 9|2009-09-14 Fulda]] Right on the edge of a field by Elfershausen-Trimberg!  Three horses watched us.  WARNING: Graphic pictures included of a dead deer found at the exact hashpoint (not joking).
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-09-20 49 9|2009-09-20 Würzburg]] In a grassy area, just off the path, in Rottenbauer.  A very easy geohash!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-09-27 48 2|2009-09-27 Paris]] Admitted to the area by a drunken French man who liked to talk!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-09-30 52 -0|2009-09-30 Northampton]] Took the train from London to Flitwick, then got a ride with [[user:Benjw|Benjw]] for the last few km!
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-10-02 51 -0|2009-10-02 London West]] Took the train to Stonehenge in the morning, but detoured to Reading on the way home for a geohash!
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<b>[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-10-03 51 -1|2009-10-03 Swindon]]</b> An ambassador picnic hash in a farmer's field, near Winchester!
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[[Image:Arrow5.png|8px]][[2009-08-30_51_-1#Retro_geohash|2009-10-03 Swindon]] A retro hash done to [[user:Sermoa|Sermoa's]] 2009-08-30 cubicle geohash.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-10-12 49 9|2009-10-12 Würzburg]] Canadian Thanksgiving 2009 in a field in Germany!
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<b>[[Image:arrow4.png|8px]][[2009-10-24 47 16|2009-10-24 Szombathely]]</b> A failed geohash in Austria, south of Vienna.  A private residential community beside a private lake.
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<b>[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-10-31 49 10|2009-10-31 Bamberg]]</b> Halloween geohash!  A cold bike ride to a sugar beet field.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2009-12-13 48 11|2009-12-13 München]] A final German geohash, in the snow!
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[[Image:arrow4.png|8px]][[2010-05-21 49 -122|2010-05-21 Surrey]] Geohashiversary 2010 on a mountain near Vancouver. 11 person meetup!
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[[Image:arrow5.png|8px]][[2008-05-27 49 -123#Retro_Expedition|2010-05-27 Vancouver]] A retro hash on my hashiversary done to my very first geohash (2008-05-27).
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[[Image:arrow4.png|8px]][[2010-06-13 49 -123|2010-06-13 Vancouver]] A No Trespassing geohash in Squamish on a beautiful day.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2010-07-01 49 -123|2010-07-01 Vancouver]] The Vancouver graticule blesses us with a true Canada Day miracle!
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2010-08-12 49 -123|2010-08-12 Vancouver]] On southern Wreck Beach.  On the way home, I barely avoided becoming a geohashualty (yet again)...
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2010-12-19 50 -114|2010-12-19 Calgary SW]] In a snowy field near St. Mary's College.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2011-05-06 43 -79|2011-05-06 Toronto]] On my moving day, less than 2.5km from the IKEA I was at.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2011-05-08 43 -79|2011-05-08 Toronto]] A Mother's Day geohash with my Mom, on the way to Niagara Falls.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2011-06-19 49 11|2011-06-19 Nürnberg]] A less than two day visit to Würzburg leads to a geohash in the Nürnberg graticule with Danatar!
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2011-07-11 43 -79|2011-07-11 Toronto]] An easy geohash in a Costco parking lot, near Downsview Airport.
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[[Image:arrow4.png|8px]][[2011-08-29 49 -124|2011-08-29 Port Alberni]] An attempted geohash on the way to Tofino, foiled due to lack of construction radio equipment.
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<b>[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2011-10-01 43 -79|2011-10-01 Toronto]]</b> A fall geohash near Kipling Station.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2011-12-22 51 -114|2011-12-22 Calgary NW]] A quick and easy geohash while home for the holidays in Calgary.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2012-07-15 46 5|2012-07-15 Bourg-en-Bresse]] My first back-in-Europe geohash, near the French/Swiss border and the commune of Challex.
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[[Image:arrow2.png|8px]][[2020-10-19 46 6|2020-10-19 Geneva]] A cubicle geohash honourable mention, within the CERN LHC and SPS rings.
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==Graticules Visited==
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Chronologically listed, bold for home graticules, underlined for virgin graticules.
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] One or more successful expeditions: 26
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[[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]] One or more failed expeditions (no successes): 2
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]]<u><b>[[Vancouver, British Columbia|(49,-123) Vancouver, BC, Canada]]</b></u>: [[2008-05-27 49 -123|2008-05-27]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Surrey, British Columbia|(49,-122) Surrey, BC, Canada]]: [[2008-05-31 49 -122|2008-05-31]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Bamberg, Germany|(49,10) Bamberg, Germany]]: [[2009-05-09 49 10|2009-05-09]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]]<b>[[Würzburg, Germany|(49,9) Würzburg, Germany]]</b>: [[2009-05-10 49 9|2009-05-10]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Mannheim, Germany|(49,8) Mannheim, Germany]]: [[2009-05-21 49 8|2009-05-21]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Stuttgart, Germany|(48,9) Stuttgart, Germany]]: [[2009-05-30 48 9|2009-05-30]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]]<u>[[Kempten, Germany|(47,10) Kempten, Germany]]</u>: [[2009-06-07 47 10|2009-06-07]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Erfurt, Germany|(50,11) Erfurt, Germany]]: [[2009-08-28 50 11|2009-08-28]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Halle (Saale), Germany|(51,11) Halle (Saale), Germany]]: [[2009-08-28 51 11|2009-08-28]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Brandenburg, Germany|(52,12) Brandenburg, Germany]]: [[2009-08-28 52 12|2009-08-28]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Berlin, Germany|(52,13) Berlin, Germany]]: [[2009-08-29 52 13|2009-08-29]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Dresden, Germany|(51,13) Dresden, Germany]]: [[2009-08-30 51 13|2009-08-30]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Leipzig, Germany|(51,12) Leipzig, Germany]]: [[2009-08-30 51 12|2009-08-30]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Chemnitz, Germany|(50,12) Chemnitz, Germany]]: [[2009-08-30 50 12|2009-08-30]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Schweinfurt, Germany|(50,10) Schweinfurt, Germany]]: [[2009-08-30 50 10|2009-08-30]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Fulda, Germany|(50,9) Fulda, Germany]]: [[2009-09-14 50 9|2009-09-14]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Paris, France|(48,2) Paris, France]]: [[2009-09-27 48 2|2009-09-27]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Northampton, United Kingdom|(52,-0) Northampton, United Kingdom]]: [[2009-09-30 52 -0|2009-09-30]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[London West, United Kingdom|(51,-0) London West, United Kingdom]]: [[2009-10-02 51 -0|2009-10-02]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Swindon, United Kingdom|(51,-1) Swindon, United Kingdom]]: [[2009-10-03 51 -1|2009-10-03]]
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[[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]][[Szombathely, Hungary|(47,16) Szombathely, Hungary]]: [[2009-10-24 47 16|2009-10-24]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[München, Germany|(48,11) München, Germany]]: [[2009-12-13 48 11|2009-12-13]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Calgary SW, Alberta|(50,-114) Calgary SW, Alberta, Canada]]: [[2010-12-19 50 -114|2010-12-19]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]]<b>[[Toronto, Ontario|(43,-79) Toronto, Ontario, Canada]]</b>: [[2011-05-06 43 -79|2011-05-06]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Nürnberg, Germany|(49,11) Nürnberg, Germany]]: [[2011-06-19 49 11|2011-06-19]]
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[[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]][[Port Alberni, British Columbia|(49,-124) Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada]]: [[2011-08-29 49 -124|2011-08-29]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]]<b>[[Calgary NW, Alberta|(51,-114) Calgary NW, Alberta, Canada]]</b>: [[2011-12-22 51 -114|2011-12-22]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Bourg-en-Bresse, France|(46,5) Bourg-en-Bresse, France]]: [[2012-07-15 46 5|2012-07-15]]
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[[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]][[Genève, Switzerland|(46,6) Geneva, Switzerland]]: [[2020-10-19 46 6|2020-10-19]]
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I've visited enough graticules in Germany that I figured I'd make country and region maps.  [[user:srs0/Germany|Click here]] to see them!
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==Geohashers I've Met==
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Chronologically listed:
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*[[2008-05-27 49 -123|2008-05-27]]
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**[[user:thepiguy|Thepiguy]]: We went geohashing together on our first expedition.
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*[[2008-05-31 49 -122|2008-05-31]]
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**[[:media:2008-05-31 49 -122 dropby.JPG|Unknown Guy]]: He stopped by, in his car, for all of ten seconds.  Didn't give us a name before driving off.  He was running off to work.
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**[[user:Garyuuko|Warren]]: Rode his motorbike from Bellingham.
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*[[2008-09-21 49 -123|2008-09-21]]
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**[[user:Robyn|Robyn]]: Met her before dawn, in time to inflate rafts for a water sunrise geohash!
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*[[2008-12-03 49 -123|2008-12-03]]
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**[[user:MylSh|MylSh]]: Dragged him along to the geohash.  He's gone on a few others since then.
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*[[2009-05-09 49 10|2009-05-09]]
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**[[user:Danatar|Danatar]]: Met him in the middle of a field during my first geohash in Germany.
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*[[2009-06-07 47 10|2009-06-07]] (Eibsee Expedition):
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**[[user:Zb|Zb]]: Saw me looking lost in the München Hbf and led me to a good place to get pastries.  Then we waited for the others to arrive.
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**[[user:Dawidi|Dawidi]]: Recognized him next in the München Hbf, thanks to his awesome geohashing shirt.
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**Hans: Arrived with Dawidi, and he was the next I saw at the München Hbf.
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**Tomcat: Also arrived with Dawidi and also met him at the München Hbf.
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**[[user:Ekorren|Ekorren]]: Next to arrive at the München Hbf, with Danatar and Thepiguy.  He led us to a couple geocaches too!
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**[[user:Baerenfell|Baerenfell]]: The last person I met at the München Hbf.
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*[[2009-08-29 52 13|2009-08-29]] (Big Berlin Meetup):
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**[[user:Jerrome|Jerrome]]: The first new person I met at the Berlin Hbf.
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**[[user:relet|Relet]]: The second new person I saw at the Berlin Hbf.
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**[[user:lyx|Lyx]]: The third new person I saw at the Berlin Hbf.
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**[[user:davidc|Davidc]]: The fourth new person I met at the Berlin Hbf.
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**[[user:Pari|Pari]]: The fifth new person I met.
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**[[user:JUB|JUB]]: The sixth new person I met.
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**[[user:Hessophanes|Hessophanes]]: The seventh and final person I met.
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*[[2009-09-13 49 10|2009-09-13]]
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**[[user:Hermann|Hermann]]: Met him at the Würzburg Hbf.  He came all the way from Hamburg!
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*[[2009-09-27 48 2|2009-09-27]]
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**[[user:Xore|Xore]]: At the Paris hashpoint, though he arrived after closing time.  A fellow North American in Europe meetup!
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**[[user:NeThuS|NeThuS]]: Also too late for the closing time, but still met him!  He arrived as we were leaving, and has the newer version of my DSLR.
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*[[2009-09-30 52 -0|2009-09-30]]
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**[[user:Benjw|Benjw]]: At the Flitwick train station.
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*[[2009-10-02 51 -0|2009-10-02]]
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**[[user:Sermoa|Sermoa]] At the Reading train station.  She has an awesome google phone, and knows how to use it!
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**[[user:Macronencer|Macronencer]] At the Reading train station, beside Sermoa.  He has an iPhone, and knows how to use it!
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*[[2009-10-03 51 -1|2009-10-03]]
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**[[user:DavidMiller|DavidMiller]], along with his wife and children, in Winchester.
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**[[user:Mapaholic|Mapaholic]] at the hashpoint.  He arrived while the farmer was confirming our insanity!
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*[[2010-05-21 49 -122|2009-05-21]]
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**[[user:Elbie|Elbie]] at UBC, en route to the geohashing day 2010 festivities.  Known her for years, but finally "met" her while geohashing!
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**[[user:Arbron|Arbron]], gracious enough to give us a ride from UBC to the bottom of the mountain.
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**[[user:Wade|Wade]], while preparing to hike the mountain.
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**[[user:Rhonda|Rhonda]], also preparing to hike the mountain, and started out in bare feet.
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**[[user:Yangman|Yangman]], preparing to hike the mountain with a full backpack.  He was prepared.
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**Denise, a passenger of the third vehicle and a first time geohasher.
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**Kyle, the driver of the third vehicle, and a first time geohasher.
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*[[2010-06-13 49 -123|2010-06-13]]
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**[[user:air384|air384]] we knew each other for many years, but this was our first expedition together.
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I knew several other UBC geohashers, but I've not been on a geohash with them, so their names are not on the above list.
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==Ribbons==
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The ribbons were taking up a lot of space, so I've moved them to their own page.  [[user:srs0/Ribbons|Click here]] for my ribbons!

Latest revision as of 17:44, 28 January 2021

About Me

I have been active since the first week of geohashing, but I disappear for long periods of time and don't always check the wiki regularly. I do still check the coordinates on a regular basis, but at this point I don't usually have time to make it. When I go geohashing, my intent is usually to enjoy nature or explore an interesting new location. Thus, the frequency with which I geohash is highly dependent on where I currently live. I also tend to geohash more in the warmer months of the year, as that allows for much more pleasant expeditions.

Since geohashing began, I have moved many times. Thus, there are several places that I consider to be my "home" graticule. My home graticules are:

Graticule Time Period Comments
Genève (46,6) June 2012 -> Present Currently my home graticule. I am hoping for an awesome restricted area geohash within CERN!
Toronto (43,-79) May 2011 -> June 2012 I lived there for the first year of graduate studies before moving to (46,6) for research purposes.
Vancouver (49,-123) May 2008 -> May 2009
January 2010 -> April 2011		 I lived in Vancouver for the duration of my undergraduate degree. The time period listed begins from the start of geohashing (the relevant time frame). I still visit Vancouver occasionally.
Würzburg (49,9) May 2009 -> December 2009 Thepiguy and I were research assistants in Technische Physik at the Universität Würzburg for eight months.
Calgary NW (51,-114) December -> January
(every year, until ~2015)		 My parents live in Calgary, and thus I used to visit every year for the winter break. I still visit, but the timing is now less predictable.


The time it takes me to complete an expedition write-up varies drastically. I often update the day of (or the day after) the expedition, but I have also been known to take several months, or even just under a year. However, I do get around to everything eventually.


Statistics


Expeditions

Memorable

A short list of my most memorable geohashing expeditions and why, sorted chronologically:

Complete List

Chronologically listed, bold for Saturday expeditions, underlined for virgin graticules.

Arrow2.png Successful: 53

Arrow4.png Failed: 5

Arrow5.png Retro: 2


Arrow2.png2008-05-27 Vancouver My first geohash!

Arrow2.png2008-05-31 Surrey My first "official" (Saturday) geohash.

Arrow4.png2008-07-19 Vancouver Ended up biking to Nanaimo and back, but ran out of time to make the actual hashpoint.

Arrow2.png2008-09-07 Vancouver A short bike ride away.

Arrow2.png2008-09-21 Vancouver An epic water sunrise geohash!

Arrow2.png2008-10-11 Vancouver A geohash close to the airport. With lots of candy. Yum.

Arrow2.png2008-12-03 Vancouver An irresistibly close geohash while avoiding studying for exams.

Arrow2.png2009-05-09 Bamberg My first geohash in Germany! In the middle of a field.

Arrow2.png2009-05-10 Würzburg Another German geohash, full of insanity. Those were steep and slippery hills!

Arrow2.png2009-05-21 Mannheim Geohashiversary 2009 in Heidelberg!

Arrow2.png2009-05-23 Würzburg Mouse Over Day 2009 in a forest!

Arrow2.png2009-05-25 Würzburg A close forest geohash on a beautiful evening.

Arrow2.png2009-05-27 Würzburg Thepiguy and my hashiversaries! Unfortunately in the middle of a field, but we got to just over 100m before no trespassing! I'm counting it as a success since I could easily have reached it, but respected the farmer's crops. Officially, some would say it's a failure.

Arrow2.png2009-05-28 Würzburg In a forest up a very steep bank (which Danatar found a way around, but Thepiguy and I just went straight up).

Arrow2.png2009-05-29 Bamberg Not in a forest! In fact, it was on a small road by a golf course!

Arrow2.png2009-05-30 Stuttgart In a forest beside a firing range.

Arrow2.png2009-06-02 Bamberg In a beautiful field! However, I became a geohashualty on the way home...

Arrow2.png2009-06-07 Kempten On the Eibsee, in a boat, with 8 other people, in a virgin graticule, ... (the list goes on)

Arrow2.png2009-06-24 Würzburg By Rottenbauer, my first geohash without thepiguy!

Arrow2.png2009-07-17 Würzburg A midnight hash in a field near Würzburg!

Arrow2.png2007-07-22 Würzburg Another midnight hash in a field near Würzburg!

Arrow2.png2009-07-25 Würzburg A 14km walk geohash to the "Flugplatz Würzburg-Schenkenturm" (a small airfield).

Arrow2.png2009-08-28 Bamberg Right beside a highway on the way to the Big Berlin Meetup. Ultrahash part 1/4.

Arrow2.png2009-08-28 Erfurt In a remote forest on the way to the Big Berlin Meetup. Ultrahash part 2/4.

Arrow2.png2009-08-28 Halle (Saale) In the middle of a harvested field, just past sunset, on the way to the Big Berlin Meetup. Ultrahash part 3/4.

Arrow2.png2009-08-28 Erfurt In a harvested field, at night, on the way to the Big Berlin Meetup. Found evidence of a previous geohasher (Ekorren). Ultrahash part 4/4.

Arrow2.png2009-08-29 Berlin The Big Berlin Meetup! Twelve people from around Germany meet in a forest.

Arrow2.png2009-08-30 Dresden In a harvested field with a beautiful view on the way back from the Big Berlin Meetup. Monsterhash part 1/5.

Arrow2.png2009-08-30 Leipzig In a forest near former railway tracks on the way back from the Big Berlin Meetup. Monsterhash part 2/5.

Arrow2.png2009-08-30 Chemnitz In a harvested field, overlooking a picturesque lake, in the Czech Republic, on the way back from the Big Berlin Meetup. Monsterhash part 3/5.

Arrow2.png2009-08-30 Erfurt In private property in the small town of Buchau, on the way back from the Big Berlin Meetup. Ambasador geohash! Monsterhash part 4/5.

Arrow2.png2009-08-30 Schweinfurt In a hillside meadow on the way back from the Big Berlin Meetup. Monsterhash part 5/5.

Arrow2.png2009-09-03 Bamberg On the edge of a road in Winterhausen. My first bike geohash (and first time riding a bike) since the geohashualty!

Arrow2.png2009-09-06 Würzburg Just into a field near Zellingen. Another bike geohash.

Arrow2.png2009-09-13 Bamberg In a forest by Hundsfeld, which is by Rothof, which is near Rottendorf. Biked most of the way home in the rain.

Arrow2.png2009-09-14 Fulda Right on the edge of a field by Elfershausen-Trimberg! Three horses watched us. WARNING: Graphic pictures included of a dead deer found at the exact hashpoint (not joking).

Arrow2.png2009-09-20 Würzburg In a grassy area, just off the path, in Rottenbauer. A very easy geohash!

Arrow2.png2009-09-27 Paris Admitted to the area by a drunken French man who liked to talk!

Arrow2.png2009-09-30 Northampton Took the train from London to Flitwick, then got a ride with Benjw for the last few km!

Arrow2.png2009-10-02 London West Took the train to Stonehenge in the morning, but detoured to Reading on the way home for a geohash!

Arrow2.png2009-10-03 Swindon An ambassador picnic hash in a farmer's field, near Winchester!

Arrow5.png2009-10-03 Swindon A retro hash done to Sermoa's 2009-08-30 cubicle geohash.

Arrow2.png2009-10-12 Würzburg Canadian Thanksgiving 2009 in a field in Germany!

Arrow4.png2009-10-24 Szombathely A failed geohash in Austria, south of Vienna. A private residential community beside a private lake.

Arrow2.png2009-10-31 Bamberg Halloween geohash! A cold bike ride to a sugar beet field.

Arrow2.png2009-12-13 München A final German geohash, in the snow!

Arrow4.png2010-05-21 Surrey Geohashiversary 2010 on a mountain near Vancouver. 11 person meetup!

Arrow5.png2010-05-27 Vancouver A retro hash on my hashiversary done to my very first geohash (2008-05-27).

Arrow4.png2010-06-13 Vancouver A No Trespassing geohash in Squamish on a beautiful day.

Arrow2.png2010-07-01 Vancouver The Vancouver graticule blesses us with a true Canada Day miracle!

Arrow2.png2010-08-12 Vancouver On southern Wreck Beach. On the way home, I barely avoided becoming a geohashualty (yet again)...

Arrow2.png2010-12-19 Calgary SW In a snowy field near St. Mary's College.

Arrow2.png2011-05-06 Toronto On my moving day, less than 2.5km from the IKEA I was at.

Arrow2.png2011-05-08 Toronto A Mother's Day geohash with my Mom, on the way to Niagara Falls.

Arrow2.png2011-06-19 Nürnberg A less than two day visit to Würzburg leads to a geohash in the Nürnberg graticule with Danatar!

Arrow2.png2011-07-11 Toronto An easy geohash in a Costco parking lot, near Downsview Airport.

Arrow4.png2011-08-29 Port Alberni An attempted geohash on the way to Tofino, foiled due to lack of construction radio equipment.

Arrow2.png2011-10-01 Toronto A fall geohash near Kipling Station.

Arrow2.png2011-12-22 Calgary NW A quick and easy geohash while home for the holidays in Calgary.

Arrow2.png2012-07-15 Bourg-en-Bresse My first back-in-Europe geohash, near the French/Swiss border and the commune of Challex.

Arrow2.png2020-10-19 Geneva A cubicle geohash honourable mention, within the CERN LHC and SPS rings.


Graticules Visited

Chronologically listed, bold for home graticules, underlined for virgin graticules.

Arrow2.png One or more successful expeditions: 26

Arrow4.png One or more failed expeditions (no successes): 2

Arrow2.png(49,-123) Vancouver, BC, Canada: 2008-05-27

Arrow2.png(49,-122) Surrey, BC, Canada: 2008-05-31

Arrow2.png(49,10) Bamberg, Germany: 2009-05-09

Arrow2.png(49,9) Würzburg, Germany: 2009-05-10

Arrow2.png(49,8) Mannheim, Germany: 2009-05-21

Arrow2.png(48,9) Stuttgart, Germany: 2009-05-30

Arrow2.png(47,10) Kempten, Germany: 2009-06-07

Arrow2.png(50,11) Erfurt, Germany: 2009-08-28

Arrow2.png(51,11) Halle (Saale), Germany: 2009-08-28

Arrow2.png(52,12) Brandenburg, Germany: 2009-08-28

Arrow2.png(52,13) Berlin, Germany: 2009-08-29

Arrow2.png(51,13) Dresden, Germany: 2009-08-30

Arrow2.png(51,12) Leipzig, Germany: 2009-08-30

Arrow2.png(50,12) Chemnitz, Germany: 2009-08-30

Arrow2.png(50,10) Schweinfurt, Germany: 2009-08-30

Arrow2.png(50,9) Fulda, Germany: 2009-09-14

Arrow2.png(48,2) Paris, France: 2009-09-27

Arrow2.png(52,-0) Northampton, United Kingdom: 2009-09-30

Arrow2.png(51,-0) London West, United Kingdom: 2009-10-02

Arrow2.png(51,-1) Swindon, United Kingdom: 2009-10-03

Arrow4.png(47,16) Szombathely, Hungary: 2009-10-24

Arrow2.png(48,11) München, Germany: 2009-12-13

Arrow2.png(50,-114) Calgary SW, Alberta, Canada: 2010-12-19

Arrow2.png(43,-79) Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 2011-05-06

Arrow2.png(49,11) Nürnberg, Germany: 2011-06-19

Arrow4.png(49,-124) Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada: 2011-08-29

Arrow2.png(51,-114) Calgary NW, Alberta, Canada: 2011-12-22

Arrow2.png(46,5) Bourg-en-Bresse, France: 2012-07-15

Arrow2.png(46,6) Geneva, Switzerland: 2020-10-19

I've visited enough graticules in Germany that I figured I'd make country and region maps. Click here to see them!

Geohashers I've Met

Chronologically listed:

  • 2008-05-27
    • Thepiguy: We went geohashing together on our first expedition.
  • 2008-05-31
    • Unknown Guy: He stopped by, in his car, for all of ten seconds. Didn't give us a name before driving off. He was running off to work.
    • Warren: Rode his motorbike from Bellingham.
  • 2008-09-21
    • Robyn: Met her before dawn, in time to inflate rafts for a water sunrise geohash!
  • 2008-12-03
    • MylSh: Dragged him along to the geohash. He's gone on a few others since then.
  • 2009-05-09
    • Danatar: Met him in the middle of a field during my first geohash in Germany.
  • 2009-06-07 (Eibsee Expedition):
    • Zb: Saw me looking lost in the München Hbf and led me to a good place to get pastries. Then we waited for the others to arrive.
    • Dawidi: Recognized him next in the München Hbf, thanks to his awesome geohashing shirt.
    • Hans: Arrived with Dawidi, and he was the next I saw at the München Hbf.
    • Tomcat: Also arrived with Dawidi and also met him at the München Hbf.
    • Ekorren: Next to arrive at the München Hbf, with Danatar and Thepiguy. He led us to a couple geocaches too!
    • Baerenfell: The last person I met at the München Hbf.
  • 2009-08-29 (Big Berlin Meetup):
    • Jerrome: The first new person I met at the Berlin Hbf.
    • Relet: The second new person I saw at the Berlin Hbf.
    • Lyx: The third new person I saw at the Berlin Hbf.
    • Davidc: The fourth new person I met at the Berlin Hbf.
    • Pari: The fifth new person I met.
    • JUB: The sixth new person I met.
    • Hessophanes: The seventh and final person I met.
  • 2009-09-13
    • Hermann: Met him at the Würzburg Hbf. He came all the way from Hamburg!
  • 2009-09-27
    • Xore: At the Paris hashpoint, though he arrived after closing time. A fellow North American in Europe meetup!
    • NeThuS: Also too late for the closing time, but still met him! He arrived as we were leaving, and has the newer version of my DSLR.
  • 2009-09-30
    • Benjw: At the Flitwick train station.
  • 2009-10-02
    • Sermoa At the Reading train station. She has an awesome google phone, and knows how to use it!
    • Macronencer At the Reading train station, beside Sermoa. He has an iPhone, and knows how to use it!
  • 2009-10-03
    • DavidMiller, along with his wife and children, in Winchester.
    • Mapaholic at the hashpoint. He arrived while the farmer was confirming our insanity!
  • 2009-05-21
    • Elbie at UBC, en route to the geohashing day 2010 festivities. Known her for years, but finally "met" her while geohashing!
    • Arbron, gracious enough to give us a ride from UBC to the bottom of the mountain.
    • Wade, while preparing to hike the mountain.
    • Rhonda, also preparing to hike the mountain, and started out in bare feet.
    • Yangman, preparing to hike the mountain with a full backpack. He was prepared.
    • Denise, a passenger of the third vehicle and a first time geohasher.
    • Kyle, the driver of the third vehicle, and a first time geohasher.
  • 2010-06-13
    • air384 we knew each other for many years, but this was our first expedition together.

I knew several other UBC geohashers, but I've not been on a geohash with them, so their names are not on the above list.


Ribbons

The ribbons were taking up a lot of space, so I've moved them to their own page. Click here for my ribbons!

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