User:Ncbears

What We Are

• Happily married couple
• Love wildlife, esp. bears

Who We Are

• Eisen & Bear
• We claim the 36 -78 graticule as home.

Hashes Reached

• 36 -77 on 2009-05-23 – Saturday Meet up celebration on Mouse Over Day
• 35 -78 on 2009-05-21 - Geohashing Day celebration in a field along I-540
• 33 -78 on 2009-05-02 - Saturday Meet up in the fun, surf-frolicking, ferry-riding, Fort Fisher hashing Phase
• 34 -78 on 2009-05-02 - Easy multi-hash in field
• 37 -78 on 2009-04-18 - Easy Geohash in beautiful, central Virginia
• 36 -76 on 2009-04-11 - Saturday Meet up near Merchants Millpond State Park
• 35 -78 on 2009-04-03 - Holy Hash after work
• 37 -77 on 2009-03-22 - Quick Geohash on side of road
• 36 -79 on 2009-03-14 - Virgin/Pi(e) Day Saturday Meet up in the rain
• 34 -79 on 2009-03-07 - Multi/Virgin/Saturday Meet up in a field
• 35 -78 on 2009-03-07 - Consecutive/sunrise/trash-hash
• 35 -78 on 2009-03-06 - Quick hash after work
• 35 -77 on 2009-03-02 - Snowbear Geohash after work
• 36 -77 on 2009-02-22 - Rainy Geohash at our favorite State Park – Medoc Mt.
• 35 -75 on 2009-02-21 - Saturday Meet up at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
• 35 -76 on 2009-02-14 - Saturday Meet up virgin Viking picnic
• 35 -77 on 2009-02-14 - Easy as pi multi-Geohash
• 35 -78 on 2009-02-03 - Quick hash
• 36 -78 on 2009-02-02 - Formal Geotrash Geohash
• 36 -77 on 2009-01-31 - Saturday Meet up in the country
• 35 -78 on 2009-01-31 - Frozen sunrise
• 36 -78 on 2009-01-25 - Wet and muddy Geohash
• 36 -78 on 2009-01-18 - Midnight Speed Racer Geohash
• 36 -78 on 2009-01-17 - Saturday Meet up – Teddy Bear picnic with hot cocoa and cookies
• 35 -79 on 2009-01-16 - Frozen virgin GeoBear amongst the Raptor Traps
• 35 -77 on 2009-01-15 - Consecutive/Frozen/Circus/Squishy Geohash Madness
• 35 -77 on 2009-01-14 - Virgin graticule conquered after work
• 35 -78 on 2009-01-08 - Speed Racer through a residential hash
• 36 -77 on 2009-01-03 - Saturday Meet up at the lake
• 36 -75 on 2009-01-01 - Amazing New Year's geohash
• 36 -78 on 2008-12-27 - Our first geothorns

(Courtesy of User:Hessophanes/Regiohashing)

Geohash Gallery

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  2009-04-11 36 -76

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  2009-01-01 36 -75

Hashes Attempted

• 36 -77 on 2009-04-04 - Saturday Meet up attempt – MNB Consolation Prize

Achievements

Land

Ncbears earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (36, -78) geohash on 2008-12-27.

• All geohashes are Land unless otherwise indicated.

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Multiple Challenges

Ncbears achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Henderson, North Carolina and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

Ncbears earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 5 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-01-14.

Ncbears earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-02-02.

• Also 2009-02-22 and 2009-03-07

Ncbears earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-01-31 35 -78 and 2009-01-31 36 -77 geohashes on 2009-01-31.

Ncbears earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-02-14 35 -77 and 2009-02-14 35 -76 geohashes on 2009-02-14.

Ncbears earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-03-07 35 -78 and 2009-03-07 34 -79 geohashes on 2009-03-07.

Ncbears earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-05-02 34 -78 and 2009-05-02 33 -78 geohashes on 2009-05-02.

Ncbears earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Henderson, North Carolina (36, -78) graticule.

Ncbears earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (36, -77) graticule.

Ncbears earned the xkcd Decurion achievement by attending 10 Saturday meetups.

Ncbears earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by reaching the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-01-31.

• Also 2009-02-14, 2009-02-21, 2009-03-07, 2009-04-11, and 2009-05-02

Joy, Pain, and other Challenges

This user earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement by pillaging the coast of NC dressed as Vikings at the (35, -76) geohash on 2009-02-14.

• And 2009-05-02 N33 W78

Ncbears earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by spinning poi at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-01-15.

NCBears earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -75) geohash on 2009-02-21, and previously on 2003-06-14.

Ncbears earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-02-22 despite being thoroughly wet from hiking for 1 hour in the pouring rain and wading across a stream.

Ncbears has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-02-14 without really trying.

Ncbears earned the Formal attire achievement by looking good at the (36, -75) geohash on 2009-01-01.

• Also 2009-02-02

This user earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -78) geohash on 2009-01-31 while the temperature was 23.5°F/-4.7°C.

• Also 2009-01-16 at 27.3°F/-2.6°, 2009-01-15 at 28.4°F/-2.0°, and 2009-01-01 at 30.6°F/-0.8°C

Ncbears earned the 2009 Geohashing Day achievement by eating a Rice Krispies Bear cake in the (35, -78) graticule on May 21st 2009.

Ncbears earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-01-15.

Ncbears earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by earning 5 stars all at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-01-15.

Ncbears earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (36, -78) geohash on 2009-01-25.

• Also 2009-01-17, 2009-02-02, 2009-02-21, 2009-03-07, 2009-04-04, 2009-04-11, and 2009-04-18

Ncbears earned the Holy hash achievement by reaching the sacred (35, -78) location, which is the side yard of a Baptist church, on 2009-04-03.

Ncbears earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (36, -78) geohash on 2009-01-18 in the middle of the night.

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Ncbears earned the MNB-Defeated by Mother Nature Consolation Prize by failing to reach the N36 W77 geohash on 2009-04-04.

Ncbears earned the 2009 Mouse Over Day achievement by celebrating at the geohash in the (36, -77) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2009.

Ncbears earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-01-03.

• Also 2009-03-02

Ncbears earned the Picnic achievement by eating a Valentine’s Day picnic at the (35, -76) geohash on 2009-02-14.

Ncbears earned the Police Geohash Achievement by meeting an officer while attempting the (36, -77) geohash on 2009-02-22.

Ncbears earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (35, -77) geohash on 2009-03-02.

NCBears earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (35, -78) geohash on 2009-01-08 at the maximum legal speed.

• Also 2009-01-18 36 -78

This user earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (36, -75) geohash on 2009-01-01 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

• Also 2009-01-31 35 -78 and 2009-03-07 35 -78

Ncbears earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (35, -75) geohash for 2009-02-21 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Honorable Mention

Ncbears earned the Déjà vu Geohash Honorable Mention by being within ½ mile from the 2009-02-22 36 -77 hash while hiking on 2006-07-07.

Ncbears earned the Hash Collision Honorable Mention by finding the GCGF7E geocache 298 meters from the 2009-01-01 36 -75 hashpoint..

Other Achievements

Ncbears earned the Pie Geohash Achievement by Bear and her sister-in-law (GreenDragon) baking a cherry pie for other people to degustate at the 2009-03-14 36 -79 geohash on Pi Day.

Ncbears earned the Pie Geohash Achievement by Bear preparing a Rice Krispies Bear Cake for us to degustate on Geohashing Day.

Ncbears earned the Premonition Geohash Achievement by planning to go to the 2009-02-22 location one week prior to the announcement of the Coordinates.