User:Koepfel

Hi there

36 / m / 49,8

I live in Karlsruhe, Germany, so I'm most active in 49,8 and 48,8.

I was an occasional xkcd-reader for a while now, but never bothered to read it from the beginning. In January 2009 I did, however, discovering Geohashing. The fact that I just got a phone with built-in GPS came in handy as well. On the following weekend, I saw that the Sunday Geohash was only 2 kilometers away from my place, so I decided to go there.

my Expeditions

(most recent first)		Achievements	Distance travelled / km
#33 2009-10-25 48 8 to Bad Wildbad	Pictures		116.1 total. 110.7 by tram/train, 5,4 by foot
#32 2009-10-23 49 8 to Maximiliansau	Pictures		23.6 total. 20.0 by tram/train, 3,6 by foot
#31 2009-10-22 48 8 to Spielberg	Pictures		48.7 total. 45.8 by tram/train, 2,9 by foot
#30 2009-10-13 48 8 to Karlsruhe-Rüppurr	Pictures		19,4 by bike
#29 2009-09-27 48 8 to Silberstreifen	Pictures		33,8 total, 30,0 by tram/bus, 3,8 by foot
#28 2009-09-25 49 8 to Linkenheim	Pictures		39,8 total, 38,4 by tram/train, 1,4 by foot
Failed Double Hash on 2009-09-05	Pictures		206.5 total, 165.5 by train, 40.7 by bike
#27 2009-09-05 48 7 to Schoenenbourg, France, fail due to flat tire			117.5 total, 85.6 by train, 31,9 by bike/foot
#26 2009-09-05 48 8 to Mühlacker			89.0 total, 80.2 by train, 8.8 by bike
#25 2009-08-11 48 8 to Spielberg	Pictures		46,2 total, 43,8 by tram/train, 2,4 by foot
#24 2009-08-10 48 8 to Marxzell	Pictures		49,9 total, 47,1 by tram/train/bus, 2,8 by foot
#23 2009-07-21 49 8 to Karlsruhe	Pictures		14.8 by bike
#22 2009-07-20 49 8 to Heidelberg-Kirchheim, met Ilpadre	Pictures		63.5 total, 60,6 by bus/tram/train, 2.9 by foot
#21 2009-07-11 49 8 to Diedesfeld. Saturday meetup	Pictures		128.2 total, 12.0 by bike, 116.2 by train
#20 2009-07-03 49 8 to Leopoldshafen	Pictures		31.1 total, 28.1 by tram/bus/train, 2.1 by foot
#19 2009-07-01 49 8 to Karlsruhe-Hagsfeld, met Fluxkompensator, went there twice, by bike and by foot	Pictures		8.6 total, 4.3 by bike and by foot each
#18 2009-06-20 49 8 to Neuenbürg, Saturday meetup	Pictures		86.2 total, 22.7 by bike, 63.5 by train
#17 2009-06-12 49 8 to Zeiskam	Pictures		87.6 total, 23.2 by bike, 64.4 by train
#16 2009-06-05 49 8 to Spöck	Pictures		37.8 total, 23.3 by bike, 14.5 by tram
#15 2009-05-21 49 8 to Eppelheim on Geohashing Day, met srs0 and thepiguy, not reached - no public access	Pictures		32.5 total, 28.1 by car, 4,4 by foot
#14 2009-05-03 48 8 to Ittersbach	Pictures		61.2 total, 59.8 by tram/train, 1,4 by foot
#13 2009-04-25 48 8 to Baiersbronn, met Ekorren, Saturday meetup	Pictures	22px	180.1 total, 132.3 by train, 47,8 by bike
#12 2009-04-24 49 8 to Insheim, missed Fivetonsofflax and Euterkuh by a couple of minutes	Pictures		75.7 total, 70.9 by tram/train, 4,8 by foot
Double Hash on 2009-04-18	Pictures		206.3 total, 169.0 by tram/train, 37.3 by bike
#11 2009-04-18 49 8 to Kürnbach, Saturday meetup			87.8 total, 78.7 by tram/train, 9.1 by bike
#10 2009-04-18 49 7 to Niederschlettenbach			118.5 total, 90.3 by tram/train, 28.2 by bike
#9 2009-04-07 49 8 to Rußheim	Pictures		83.3 total, 75.3 by tram/train/bus, 8.0 by foot
#8 2009-04-05 48 8 to Karlsruhe-Grünwettersbach, met Fluxkompensator	Pictures		27.0 by bike
#7 2009-03-30 48 8 to Lauterbourg, France, met Fluxkompensator	Pictures		55.3 total, 46.8 by tram/train, 8.5 by foot
#6 2009-03-16 49 8 to Oberhausen-Rheinhausen	Pictures		61.1
#5 2009-03-04 48 8 to Baden-Baden	Pictures		89.0 total, 82.3 by tram/train/bus, 6.7 by foot
#4 2009-03-02 49 8 to Flehingen - fail due to unexpectedly rescheduled exam			n/a
#3 2009-02-14 48 8 to Iffezheim	Pictures		83.2
#2 2009-01-31 48 8 to Neuburg am Rhein, Saturday meetup	Pictures		49.0 total, 43.3 by tram/train, 5.7 by foot
#1 2009-01-25 49 8 to Karlsruhe-Waldstadt, met Fluxkompensator	Pictures		8.4 total, 6.7 by tram/bus, 1.7 by foot
map of all expeditions		total>	2053.8 total, 1535.3 by public transport, 272.5 by bike, 73,6 by foot, 28.1 by car

Most distances of older expeditions were measured by retracing the route as I remembered it in Google Earth, the first two expeditions to Waldstadt and Neuburg were even retraced weeks after the expeditions took place, so these might not always be accurate.

Achievements

(most recent first)

Koepfel earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-10-22 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Koepfel earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (48, 8) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2009-10-13.

Koepfel earned the Democracy Geohash Achievement by going voting for the German federal election on the way to the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-09-27.

Koepfel earned the Hashcat achievement by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-09-25.

Koepfel earned the Train wreck consolation prize by failing to reach the (48, 7) geohash on 2009-09-05 due to a flat tire.

Koepfel earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Ilpadre at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-20.

Koepfel earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 5 Saturday meetups.

Saturday meetups were: 2009-01-31 48 8, 2009-04-18 49 8, 2009-04-25 48 8, 2009-06-20 49 8, 2009-07-11 49 8

Koepfel earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-01 on foot, travelling a distance of 4.3km.

Koepfel earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-01 in the middle of the night.

and has visited one other hashpoint during the night. One other hashpoint was reached during the last possible night (at 23:00), which back then was not considered a midnight geohash. With the now changed rules, this one would also apply for this achievement.

Koepfel earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash for 2009-06-12 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Koepfel earned the Democracy is more important than Geohashing Consolidation Prize by going voting for the European and local elections instead of geohashing, thereby missing the (47, 10) geohash on 2009-06-07.

Koepfel earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-05-21.

thepiguy, srs0 and Koepfel earned the 2009 Geohashing Day achievement by celebrating in the (49, 8) graticule on May 21st 2009.

Koepfel earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting srs0 and thepiguy at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-05-21.

Koepfel earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-05-21.

Koepfel and Ekorren earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging some stranger in the forest to the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-04-25.

Koepfel earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Ekorren at the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-04-25.

Koepfel earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-04-24.

and has reached 2 other Hashpoint in a row 3 more times.

Koepfel earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2009-04-18 49 7 and 2009-04-18 49 8 geohashes on 2009-04-18.

Koepfel earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 7) geohash on 2009-04-18 despite being thoroughly wet from biking about 30 kilometers through pouring rain. He was still soaked on the following 2009-04-18 49 8 expedition.

Koepfel earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-04-05.

and has reached 4 other Hashpoints by bike. Also, a bike was used on 7 other expeditions, which do not qualify for the bicycle geohash achievement, since a large part of the expedition was done by train.

Koepfel earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 3 regions of the Pforzheim, Germany (48, 8) graticule.

Koepfel earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the French-German border on 2009-03-30 to reach the (48, 8) geohash.

and crossed the same border again on one other expedition.

Koepfel earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-03-16.

Koepfel earned the It's a kitty consolation prize by being so distracted by a unexpectedly rescheduled exam as to forget to go to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-03-02.

Koepfel earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-02-14.

Koepfel earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25, and previously on 2008-09-05.

Koepfel earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Fluxkompensator at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25.

and met him on 3 other expeditions.

Koepfel earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25.

and has reached 29 other Hashpoints on Land.

Koepfel earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25 via Karlsruhe Tram Line 4.

and has reached 24 other Hashpoints by public transport, 7 of them were reached by using a bike for parts of the expedition.