User:The T-Man

34 / m / 48,11

The_T-Man in his natural habitat - a train!

Hello there!

About Me

My trusted bicycle

I'm 22 years old and live (and, by the way, have always lived) in wonderful München, Germany (48, 11). However, I also do much of my geohashing in the Innsbruck (47, 11) graticule, too. In my free time, I like to play the acoustic guitar, run, cycle or read about chemistry, spaceflight, medicine or other sciency stuff. After doing some not-so-volounteer work in a hospital and undergoing a short paramedic training, I decided to study medicine. Which I'm currently doing at LMU and TU of Munich. I occasionally update my former employee's website and work at the hospital as a side job. This site was recommended to me by DerFlob who I'm occasionally visiting hashpoints with. Since I love cycling and hiking, I hope those will be my preferred ways of traveling. Trains, however, are awesome as well!

Equipment

I'm currently using:

• A Garmin eTrex Hiking GPS (which I think is a great GPS, especially since it's kinda waterproof)
• A Panasonic DMC-TZ5 digital camera (which takes good enough pictures for my purposes - and gladly proved to get along with slight water contact rather well)
• A Rixe XC 10.0 cross bike. Got it in fall of 2011 and will hopefully use it for lots of expeditions to come.

Hashcards

I'll gladly forward my adress to anyone seeking the hashcard achievement. Since I'm also aiming to get the achievement, I'd also be glad for any adresses / requests submitted to me.

Plans

Long-Term

• Reaching my Origin Hashpoint in a village N of Ingolstadt. Not very easy to reach, though, because it seems to be right on a tennis court. Maybe I'll try to connect it with an expedition to a hashpoint in the vicinity.
• Helping to get one of those beautiful Most Active Graticule ribbons for München. We've always been there, it just hadn't been enough expeditions. Hope I can help make a change. Extra satisfaction if Zürich ends up second.

Short-Term

Aiming for 2013-05-19 48 11 because it is only 2.6 km away from my home (and it's in a nice place to go for a walk). I'll be there at, say, 9 p.m. because I have a family meetup in 49, 12 going on before.

Achievements

• Water geohash: There are some noteable lakes in the Innsbruck graticule. Since I don't really possess a water vehicle, reaching a hashpoint in one of those would be a bit tricky, but surely not impossible.
• Minesweeper Geohash: It's always hard to get yourself to go that extra distance, but I'll keep on looking for good opportunities.

Wiki-related

I really think the Category:New report could prove to be very useful for new geohashers, of which there are still a lot around. But for that, it has to be implemented more consistently, which I'm aiming to do. Also, I really would like to remove the 200+ old entries still flagged as new ones. If you disagree or propose a different model, feel free to contact me.

Past Expeditions

most recent expedition first

2013

• 2013-03-29 45 10 A short detour into an orchard during a vacation near Colà, Italy.
• 2013-01-28 48 11 On the edge of a residential area in Gröbenzell (NW of München). Together with DerFlob. Zertrin had been there five hours earlier.
• 2013-01-21 48 11 Huge meetup (I'm proud of you, München! ;D) near Machtlfinger Straße featuring DerFlob, Zertrin, vermouthandgin, Scherzkeks, IdealStandard and Rkschlotte.
• 2013-01-11 48 11 A hashpoint very close to Geohashing Day of 2010. Went there with DerFlob. Zertrin and vermouthandgin got there after us.

2012

• 2012-06-18 48 11 Scherzkeks and I drove to Ammersee (a lake near München) for the afternoon and had a look at that day's hashpoint, which was very much in the middle of a barley field.

• 2012-04-29 48 11 A nice walk on a Sunday. Drove to Altomünster NW of München and walked through the forest together with Scherzkeks, DerFlob and Locationmaster.

• 2012-04-26 48 11 Rather easy: This one was some hundred meters away from the rescue helicopter landing site at Klinikum Großhadern, amidst some trees. Met DerFlob and Zertrin (on his second expedition) there and spent a nice time.

• 2012-04-06 48 2 Reached this hashpoint in Champigny-sur-Margne during our vacation in Paris together with Scherzkeks.

• 2012-03-28 48 11 Got to Karlsfeld just N of München by train and met DerFlob there. Again, as every time when there is a hashpoint in reach, the weather was astounding.

• 2012-03-21 48 11 Cycled to Forstenrieder Park S of München and met DerFlob there. Robert was there, too, but later and without our knowledge.

• 2012-03-17 47 11 Took public transport together with Scherzkeks, DerFlob, Locationmaster (on his first geohash) and two parents as drag-alongs to the Ammersee lake during the beginning of spring. Hashpoint was located in a nice broad-leaved forest.

• 2012-03-14 48 11 Pi(e)-day geohash with DerFlob and Johanna in Bergkirchen NW of München. Great sunset!

• 2012-03-01 47 11 Connected this one with a visit to my mum. Hashpoint was near Gmund at Tegernsee. Such beautiful weather!

2011

• 2011-02-06 48 11 Went to a hashpoint in a forest SW of München with Johanna and DerFlob. Awesome weather!

• 1990-11-24 47 11 Made it to my displaced origin hashpoint near Geretsried in southern Bavaria on 2011/02/01 while I was around. Also a bit creepy and freezing.

2010

• 2010-09-06 48 11 On the grave of Mr and Mrs Adam, in a woodland cemetery near Solln S of München.

• 2010-07-01 48 11 Tried to collect as many achievements as possible with DerFlob. Point was a bit more than 1 km from my place and even closer to DerFlob's.

• 2010-06-23 48 11 Hashpoint was located just 250m away from a suburban train station S of München. Also went there with DerFlob.

• 2010-06-10 48 11 Hashpoint was located on a field N of Poing near München. Also went there with DerFlob.

• 2010-05-24 48 11 Went to a suburb of Erding with DerFlob and enjoyed the awesome weather.

• 2010-05-21 48 11 Celebrated Geohashing Day in a forest south of Grünwald near München by enjoying silence and nature.

• 2010-04-10 48 11 Reached a hashpoint 2 km away from my home by gaining access to an old lady's garden through the means of diplomacy.

• 2010-03-27 48 11 Went to the village of Geisenbrunn outside the west of München with DerFlob by bike. Had to encounter heavy headwinds and was happy to ride back home by train.

• 2010-03-21 48 11 A short, but yet pleasant trip to Furth together with Johanna (just south of München) where we met DerFlob and later Zb and his drag-along Mar.

• 2010-03-17 48 11 Went there with Johanna and DerFlob. Failed because the haspoint was in a restricted parking area for workers of the nearby HypoVereinsbank corporate headquarters. Spent a nice time with fellow geohasher Robert though.

• 2010-03-13 47 11 A nice trip to southern Bavaria using public transport. Built an awesome snowman with DerFlob. Also first geohash I've been on.

Achievements

The achievement ribbons here are sorted somewhat like on the achievement page.

I generally tend to mention only the "firsts" of my achievements. If I repeat something I deem worth mentioning, I may post it multiple times.

Basic Locations

The_T-Man earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 11) geohash on 2010-03-13.

Lucky Locations

The_T-Man certifies that Dr. Hans Adam and Mrs Theresia Adam earned the Coffin Potato Achievement by occupying a coffin at the (48, 11) geohash from 1977-11-25 / 1991-09-12 to 2010-09-06.

The_T-Man earned the Holy hash achievement by reaching the sacred (48, 11) location, which is a woodland cemetery south of München, on 2010-09-06.

The_T-Man earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by Juja, Manu and Reinhard to geohash in München going to the (48, 11) geohash on 2010-04-10.

Getting There

The_T-Man earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 11) geohash on 2010-03-13 via S3 to Holzkirchen.

The T-Man earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 25 km to the (48, 11) geohash on 2010-03-27.

The_T-Man earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (47, 11) geohash on 1990-11-24 on foot, travelling a distance of 15.6km.

Geohash Fun & Games

The_T-Man earned the Picnic achievement by eating pie & coffee at the (48, 11) geohash on 2012-03-14.

The_T-Man earned the Pie Geohash Achievement by baking (or rather, being involved in baking) mixed berry pie for other people to degustate at the (48, 11) geohash on Pi-Day 2012.

The_T-Man earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (47, 11) geohash on 2010-03-13.

There's also a great snowman I helped building at 2013-01-21 48 11.

Interaction Achievements

The_T-Man earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Robert at the (48, 11) geohash on 2010-03-17.

The T-Man earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (48, 11) geohash on 2010-04-10.

The_T-Man earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Locationmaster's mum and Scherzkeks' dad to the (47, 11) geohash on 2012-03-17.

The_T-Man earned the Hashcat achievement by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (48, 11) geohash on 2012-04-29.

Single Geohash Challenges

The_T-Man earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (47, 11) geohash on 1990-11-24 while the temperature was -5.6°C.

Multiple Geohash Challenges

The_T-Man achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in München, Germany and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Daily Coordinates

The_T-Man earned the Earliest geohasher achievement by arriving first at the (48, 11) geohash on 2011-02-06.

Annual Events

The_T-Man earned the 2010 Geohashing Day achievement by celebrating in the (48, 11) graticule on May 21st 2010.

Commemorative Dates (Retro Expedition)

The_T-Man earned the Displaced origin geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 11) geohash for 1990-11-24 on 2011-02-01 after being born on 1990-11-24 in the (48, 11) graticule.

Consolation Prizes

The_T-Man earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (48, 11) geohash on 2010-03-17.

General overview of failed expeditions (or, to be precice, expeditions where I did not reach the coordinates - "failed" seems a bit harsh):

Expedition	Reason for failure
2010-03-17 48 11	No public access
2012-06-18 48 11	No public access