User:Calamus

32 / m / 47,8

Expeditions

Due to issues with an ape, this list is currently updated by hand. Should be correct, though.

More recent expeditions are listed first.

Date	Graticule	People Met	Result	Location	Comment
2012-06-30	Zürich, Switzerland (47 8)		Succeeded	Just off the shore of Au ZH	Calamus went paddling – and his GPS died.
2012-06-29	Zürich, Switzerland (47 8)	waldzitherclown	Succeeded	A woodside meadow at Wädenswil	How Calamus spent the night outside during a thunderstorm.
2012-06-27	Zürich, Switzerland (47 8)		Succeeded	A private garden in Kempraten	The tale of Calamus and the rich man.
2012-06-25	Zürich, Switzerland (47 8)		Succeeded	A churchyard in the village of Emmen	How Calamus got to know his Patron of Geohashing.
2012-06-24	Zürich, Switzerland (47 8)		Succeeded	The Altstetten district in Zurich, close to the train station.	Calamus's lament to an allotment garden.
2011-08-23	Chur, Switzerland (46 9)		Succeeded	A backyard in Chur, not too far from the main station	The day Calamus forgot his camera.
2011-08-20	Zürich, Switzerland (47 8)		Succeeded	A back alley in Winterthur	Calamus found a nice spot in Winterthur town.
2011-08-19	Zürich, Switzerland (47 8)		Succeeded	Summit of Gnipen	Calamus went mountaineering when there would have been a path.

Achievements

Boolean Achievements are only listed the first time they were achieved. Calamus completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Zürich, Switzerland and all of the surrounding graticules. Calamus earned the Water geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-30 by rubber dinghy. Calamus earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-24 on foot. Calamus earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-27. Calamus and Waldzitherclown earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Switzerland-Germany border on 2012-12-01 to reach the (47, 8) geohash. Calamus earned the first Hashiversary achievement by attempting a hash point exactly on the first anniversary of his inaugural geohashing expedition. Chris_47_8 and Calamus earned the Leap geohash achievement 2016 by leaping to the hash point on leap day of the year 2016. Calamus earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 8) geohash on 2013-01-13 in the middle of the night. Calamus earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-29 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon. Calamus earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2014-01-14. Calamus earned the Water Bed Achievement by spending the night on a field in his unprotected and non-water-proof sleeping bag during a thunderstorm at the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-29. Calamus earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by having their challenge met by StatMan22 and Swoop2 in Lake Zurich on 2012-06-30. Calamus earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (47, 8) geohash on 2011-08-20. Calamus earned the Picnic achievement by eating some nectarines and cookies at the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-29. Calamus and Waldzitherclown earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-12-01. Calamus earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (46, 9) geohash on 2011-08-23. Calamus earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (47, 8) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2012-07-30. Calamus earned the Holy hash achievement by reaching the sacred (47, 8) location, which is a churchyard, on 2012-06-25. Calamus and Chris_47_8 earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (47, 8) geohash on 2013-01-03. Calamus earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Chris_47_8 at the (47, 8) geohash on 2013-01-03. Calamus earned the Earliest geohasher achievement by arriving first at the (47, 8) geohash on 2013-06-22. Calamus earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Waldzitherclown to the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-29. Calamus earned the Hashcat achievement by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (47, 8) geohash on 2013-06-04. Calamus earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission from a rich guy to access the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-06-27.

Upgradeable / In progress Only the earliest occurrence of the highest score achieved is listed. Calamus earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 26 hashpoints on 2016-02-12 47 8 and is promoted to Level 6 (Coordinates reached). Calamus earned the xkcd Decurion achievement by attending 14 Saturday meetups. Calamus earned the XKCD-100 Honorable Mention Achievement by reaching the (48, 9) geohash on 2014-03-30. Alas it was not a Saturday. Calamus earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 3 consecutive hash points starting on 2013-07-30. Calamus earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 2 hash points on 2012-07-08. It's a Double Hash. Calamus earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to the canton of Solothurn. Calamus and Waldzitherclown earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Zürich, Switzerland (47, 8) graticule on country level. Is it true that Calamus earned the Thumbs Up Geohash achievement? In principle, yes. But he hitchhiked back from instead of to the hashpoint (2011-08-19 47 8). Is it true that Calamus and Chris_47_8 earned the Frozen Geohash achievement? In principle, yes. But they forgot to bring a thermometre (2013-01-19 47 8). I'm not proud of this Calamus earned the Done with Nature consolation prize by failing to reach the (47, 8) geohash on 2013-03-29. Calamus earned the Between A Rock And A Wet Place Consolation Prize by failing a geohash because the point was between a river and a steep cliff at the (47, 8) geohash on 2012-09-10. Boring These achievements were earned during just about any successful hash. Calamus earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 8) geohash on 2011-08-19. Calamus earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 8) geohash on 2011-08-19 using public transit. Wiki-specific Calamus earned the Star photographer achievement by submitting a wonderful photograph taken at the (47, 8) geohash on 2011-08-19 for August in the 2012 Geohashing calender. Earned by home graticule Only the earliest occurrence of the highest score achieved is listed. The Zürich, Switzerland graticule (47 8) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of 2013-01 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 10 expeditions. The Zürich, Switzerland graticule (47 8) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of 2013-01 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 10 successful expeditions. Awarded to others Calamus certifies that Gertrud Schmidlin-Habermacher earned the Coffin Potato Achievement by occupying a coffin at the (47, 8) geohash from 2007-06-16 to 2012-06-25.