User:Pedalpusher

Evening Expedition in Buffalo

Pedalpusher
42 / m / 42,-78
en This user is a native speaker of English.
Likes to get there by bike.

About Me

Late to the party but so far I've found Geohashing intriguing and a lot of fun. My home Graticule is Buffalo, NY which had been quiet for quite some time before I picked it up late in 2014. I have met a couple Geohashers and I'm hoping to meet more folks when I'm traveling. I have also found some great spots for hiking with the dogs in my adventures.

I love to get out on my bike for long road rides but I haven't gotten out as much as I'd like these past few years. I must say that geohashing has really changed my rides. I am one of those guys that has no problem doing the same course over and over because I know what to expect (hills, time, etc). I have a hard time deciding on a new course especially without being familiar with the area I'm going to as I don't want to get lost. That's not the case with Geohash rides and I get to see new things.

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Adventures

Interactive map of expeditions.

Exped. No.	Date/Link	Graticule	Location	Notes
2016 Expeditions
90	2016-06-25	Buffalo	Corner of Block and Theodore St in Buffalo	Juggernaut?; Bike Ride;
89	2016-06-22	Buffalo	In a front lawn on Sheva Ln by Frontier Central H.S.	Bike Ride; Hash Collision; Success
88	2016-05-24	Buffalo	Middle of W Ferry St at the Delaware Ave Intersection	No Batteries; Success
N/A	2016-05-21	Lockport, NY	Edge of a field in Clarence Center off Martin Rd	It's a Kitty!
87	2016-05-20	Buffalo	Allegany State Park, Red House Area	Success
86	2016-05-16	Buffalo	Wiley Field in Masten Park, Buffalo	Tale of Two Challenge; Success
85	2016-04-22	Buffalo	In a field in Darien, by Rt 20	Success
84	2016-04-16	Buffalo	Across the road from Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park	Consecutive; Official Sat Meetup; Success
83	2016-04-15	Dunkirk, NY	Harris Hill State Forest	Consecutive; 26 Achievement(Successes); Success
82	2016-04-14	Buffalo	In an undeveloped area in Cheektowaga next to a large lake	Consecutive; Success
81	2016-04-13	Buffalo	In a field in Ellicottville	Success
80	2016-04-06	Buffalo	Off Newton Rd, by Neuman Creek in Orchard Park	Walking; No Trespassing
79	2016-04-04	Buffalo	On the road of Hunter's Creek Mobile park in Holland	Tale of Two Challenge; Success
78	2016-03-25	Buffalo	In the woods of Allegany State Park by Limestone	Success
77	2016-02-29	Oil City, PA	In a field in an industrial park; Titusville, PA	Blinded by Science; Unsuccessful
76	2016-02-28	Buffalo	Next to train tracks in Blasdell by Milestrip Rd	Bike Ride; Success
75	2016-02-26	Buffalo	In the woods off Southwestern/Rt 20 in Angola	Success
74	2016-02-21	Buffalo	In a field by the Lancaster Police Department	Success
73	2016-02-15	Lockport, NY	By Murder creek close to Akron, NY	No Trespassing
72	2016-02-06	Buffalo	Allegany State Park by Camp Allegany	Last Man Standing; Official Sat. Meetup; Success
71	2016-02-02	Buffalo	Next to Cattaraugus Creek East of Springville	No Trespassing
70	2016-01-18	Buffalo	Small cemetery by Attica	Frozen Hash; Success
N/A	2016-01-13	Corpus Christi, TX	Kingsville, TX by Church's Chicken and Asian Buffet	Puppet Master; Success
69	2016-01-03	Buffalo	Allegany State Park, by the Firetower Trail	Success
2015 Expeditions - 49 Total Best month - 9 in August
68	2015-11-28	Dunkirk, NY	In the grass by a house in Irving, by Seneca Nation Territory	Success
67	2015-11-17	Buffalo	Williamsville, in an apartment parking lot on Wellington Ct.	Consecutive; Success
66	2015-11-16	Buffalo	Amherst, in a driveway on Fairlawn Drive	Tale of Two Challenge; Success
65	2015-11-15	Buffalo	East Aurora, off Mill Rd by Cazenovia Creek	No Trespassing
64	2015-10-20	Lockport, NY	Grand Island, next to Spicer Creek in a subdivision	26 Achievement; Success
63	2015-10-18	Buffalo	Private Property on Wagner Rd, South of Boston	Bike Ride; No Trespassing
62	2015-10-12	Buffalo	At the Pine Lawn Cemetery on Harlem Rd.	Holy Hash; Success
61	2015-10-06	Buffalo	On the shoulder of W River Road in Rossburg	Success
60	2015-09-26	Baltimore, MD	Next to an exit road for a Verizon office building	Success
59	2015-09-14	Buffalo	Como Lake park	Tale of Two Challenge; Hash Collision; Success
58	2015-09-07	Buffalo	Innsbruck Rd, at the back edge of the Sperian building	Bike Ride; Success
57	2015-09-05	Buffalo	In Elma, just off Winspear Rd next to a fire Hydrant	Official Sat. meetup; Bike ride; Success
56	2015-08-29	Buffalo	Next to the 219, by Limestone	Official Sat. meetup; Success
55	2015-08-25	Buffalo	In a field by an abandoned farmhouse, West of Concord	Tale of Two Challenge; Success
54	2015-08-22	Buffalo	Private property off Liebler Road	Bike Ride; Bicycle Speed Record; No Trespassing
53	2015-08-13	Buffalo	Next to the soccer field at the Frontier High School	Bike Ride; Tron; Success
52	2015-08-09	St. Mary's, PA	On Gates Hollow Rd in Bradford, PA	Success
51	2015-08-07	Buffalo	On the shoulder of Jamison Rd in front of MOOG	Consecutive; Success
50	2015-08-06	Buffalo	Eden, next to a small plaza and Storage company	Bike Ride; Completed Tale of Two Hashes; Geosquishy; Hash Collision; Success
49	2015-08-02	Buffalo	Allegany State Park, by the Bradford Entrance	Hash Collision; Success
48	2015-08-01	Buffalo	North of Little Valley, by Dobbins Memorial State Park	No Trespassing
47	2015-07-06	Buffalo	Behind the parking lot for the Southtowns Y	Issued Tale of Two Challenge; Success
46	2015-07-03	Buffalo	In the woods, in Aurora by Rt. 240	Bike Ride; No Trespassing
45	2015-06-30	Buffalo	On Private Property, in Eden	No Trespassing
44	2015-06-26	Buffalo	Middle of Mill Rd, East of Jewettville	Bike Ride; Tron; Issued Tale of Two Challenge; Success
43	2015-06-21	Buffalo	Next to Big Lots in Yorkshire (West of Arcade)	Issued Tale of Two Challenge; Success
42	2015-06-18	Buffalo	In the parking lot of Clarence Town Court	No Batteries; Success
41	2015-06-13	Dunkirk, NY	Hatch Creek State Forest	Hash collision; Official Sat meetup; Success
40	2015-06-07	Buffalo	Allegany State Park, Near Quaker Lake	Success
39	2015-06-03 Pt 2	Rochester, NY	Near Bergen, just East of Exit 2 for I-490	Multi-hash; Speed Racer; Geosquishy; Success
38	2015-06-03 Pt 1	Lockport, NY	On Liberty Rd by Ceres Electronics Corp.	Geotrash; Success
37	2015-05-31	Buffalo	Next to the on ramp for Rt 400 in W. Seneca	Bike Ride; Tron; Issued Tale of Two Challenge; Success
36	2015-05-28	Buffalo	On a driveway in W. Seneca on Transit Rd	Bike Ride; Success
35	2015-05-23	Buffalo	In a field, East of Collins	Mouse Over Day; Success
34	2015-05-01	Dunkirk, NY	In the woods in Angola	Bike Ride; No Trespassing
33	2015-04-27	Buffalo	Orchard Park Veterinary Med. Center	Déjà vu; Success
32	2015-04-21	Buffalo	Crab Hollow State Forest	Success
31	2015-04-12	Buffalo	Allegany State Park, by Science Lake	Issued Tale of Two Challenge; Success
30	2015-03-26	Buffalo	In a field, next to the 219 in Orchard Park	Last Man Standing; Completed Tale of Two Hashes; Success
29	2015-03-22 Pt 2	Dunkirk, NY	In a field, West of Jamestown	Multi-Hash; Success
28	2015-03-22 Pt 1	Erie, PA	Corner of the Mill Creek Mall complex	Virgin Graticule; Issued Tale of Two challenge(Completed); Success
27	2015-03-15	Buffalo	Next to the St. Bonaventure cemetery office	Success
26	2015-03-05	Buffalo	Next to the Allegany Hills golf course	No Trespassing
25	2015-03-01	Buffalo	On the Sidewalk on Delaware Ave by the I-290	Issued Tale of Two Challenge; No Batteries; Success
24	2015-02-07	Buffalo	In the woods North of Ashford, NY	No Trespassing
23	2015-01-24	Buffalo	In a field, South of Cuba, NY	No Trespassing
22	2015-01-21	Buffalo	In the Boston Forest County Park	Issued Tale of Two Challenge; Success
21	2015-01-08	Buffalo	In the woods by the Braymiller Market	Thwarted by inability to park.
20	2015-01-05	Lockport, NY	Corner of Bowmiller and Dysinger Rds by Lockport	Issued Tale of Two Challenge; Success
2014 Expeditions - 19 Total Best month - 8 in September
19	2014-12-20	Buffalo	Portageville, in front of the Baptist Church	Issued Tale of Two Challenge(Completed); No Batteries; Success
18	2014-11-08	Buffalo	North of Colden, on Private Property	No Trespassing
17	2014-11-02	Corning, NY	In a field just West of Lima	Met Hic Sunt Laganum; Success
16	2014-10-19	Buffalo	Olean, next to train-tracks	Success
15	2014-10-18	Buffalo	Northwest of Alden	No Trespassing
14	2014-10-12	Buffalo	Just outside and North of Allegany State Park	Success
13	2014-09-27	Buffalo	Next to I-90 ramp in Hamburg	Bike Ride; Tron Expedition; Success
12	2014-09-22	Buffalo	South of Hamburg	Bike Ride; Success
11	2014-09-18	Buffalo	Franklinville cemetery	Success
10	2014-09-16	Buffalo	Springville, Off Rt 39 in the woods	Success
9	2014-09-12	Oil City, PA	Just off a pipeline, North of Warren, PA	Success
8	2014-09-11	Buffalo	Gowanda, NY	Bike ride; No Trespassing
7	2014-09-07	St. Mary's, PA	Allegheny National Forest	Virgin graticule; Success
6	2014-09-01	Buffalo	Allegany State Park	Success
5	2014-08-24	Dunkirk, NY	Just off Rt 5 by Angola	Bike Ride; Success
4	2014-08-20	Toronto, ON	In front of the Lewiston Middle/High Schools by the road	Success
3	2014-08-17 Pt 2	Buffalo	North of Wellsville, NY	Multi-hash Pt. 2 - No Trespassing
2	2014-08-17 Pt 1	Dunkirk, NY	In the woods, North of Ellington, NY	Multi-hash Pt. 1 - Success
1	2014-08-08	Buffalo	In a field, South of Arcade	Inaugural expedition with 'No Batteries'; Success

Stats

Expeditions - 89 Successful - 70 Unsuccessful - 19 Posted Achievement - 17/100 Unique graticules visited - 10 Virgin graticules - 2 Geosquishy Points - 10 Longest Distances to reach a single hash by foot - by bike - 22.76 miles by car - 79.7 Miles Multi-hash expedition - 151.8 Miles

Geohashers Met - 2 Hic Sunt Laganum made up by: Angel Food Cake and Red Velvet Cake

New York Graticules visited - 21% -79 -78 -77 -76 -75 -74 -73 -72 -71 45 44 43 42 41 40

Achievements

Goals

- Move the Buffalo Graticule up the list of active areas into the top 50(2015-08-06) 25.
- Win the most active graticule for the month for the Buffalo Graticule.
- Minesweeper - Ah, the nostalgia of playing on Win 3.1
- Virgin Graticule - Might pick up one or two if I'm successful on the Minesweeper or am traveling. 2014-09-07
- The Hobbit - I love walking around bare-foot and who doesn't love a picnic. Will have to pick this one carefully though. A good opportunity could be when the hash lands in Allegany State Park.
- Border hash - shouldn't be too hard since Canada is so close.
- Issue(2014-12-20) and complete(2015-03-26) a Tail of Two Hashes Challenge.
- Reverse Regional Achievement - Buffalo Grat by county and Country.
- Ride a Metric Century or more (round trip) to a hash.

Multiple Expedition Ribbon Page

Links to the expeditions for my Multi-Expedition Ribbons that I have completed and ones am currently working on can be found at this link.

Ribbons

Ribbons will only have earliest achievement listed except where deemed important/different enough to list all occurrences.

Basics

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

Pedalpusher earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-08-08.

Pedalpusher earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-08-17.

Pedalpusher earned the Admit One Achievement

by paying $7 to access the (42, -78) geohash at Allegany State Park on 2014-09-01.

Pedalpusher earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-12-20 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.

Pedalpusher earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2015-03-22 42 -80 and 2015-03-22 42 -79 geohashes on 2015-03-22.

Pedalpusher earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -78) geohash for 2015-06-07 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Pedalpusher earned the Hash collision honorable mention by discovering the geocache GC2BYWR 0.47 Miles (756 Meters) from the (42, -79) geohash on 2015-06-13.

Pedalpusher earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching hash points on 4 consecutive days starting on 2016-04-13.

Pedalpusher earned the Two to the N achievement

by attempting to reach 2⁶ hashpoints on 2015-10-20 43 -78 and is promoted to Level 6 (Expeditions).

Pedalpusher earned the Two to the N achievement

by reaching 2⁶ hashpoints on 2016-04-15 42 -79 and is promoted to Level 6 (Coordinates reached).

Getting There

Pedalpusher earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (42, -78) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2014-09-27.

Pedalpusher earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-08-08.

Pedalpusher earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (42, -79) geohash on 2014-08-24.

Is it true that Pedalpusher earned the Train wreck consolation prize? In principle, yes. But the car got stuck in the ditch AT the hashpoint (2015-01-24 42 -78).

Pedalpusher earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2015-05-31 despite being thoroughly wet from from the rain.

Pedalpusher earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (43, -77) geohash on 2015-06-03 at 62MPH.

Minesweepers

Pedalpusher achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Buffalo, New York and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

Virgin Graticule

Fortuitous

Pedalpusher earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement

by having their challenge met by Pedalpusher in Erie on 2015-03-22.

User:Pedalpusher earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement

by meeting the challenge by Pedalpusher to geohash in Erie going to the (42, -78) geohash on 2015-03-26.

Pedalpusher earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement

by meeting the challenge by Haberdasher to geohash in Eden going to the (42, -78) geohash on 2015-08-06.

Pedalpusher earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement

by having their challenge met by Mcbaneg in Wyoming on 2014-12-20.

Pedalpusher earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2015-03-26.

Pedalpusher earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2016-02-06.

Pedalpusher earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2015-04-27, and previously on 2013-07-14.

Interactive

Pedalpusher earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his wife within 0.13 miles to the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-09-01.

Pedalpusher earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting a complete stranger at the (42, -77) geohash on 2014-11-02.

Pedalpusher earned the Pie Geohash Achievement by baking apple-crisp for other people to degustate at the (42, -77) geohash on 2014-11-02.

Pedalpusher earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (43, -78) geohash on 2015-06-03.

Pedalpusher earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating his brother, Phil, to reach the (27, -97) geohash on 2016-01-13.

Miscellaneous

Pedalpusher earned the Holy hash achievement by reaching the sacred (42, -78) location, which is Mt. Prospect Cemetery, on 2014-09-18.

Pedalpusher certifies that Margaret J Stearns almost earned the Coffin Potato Achievement

by occupying a coffin at the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-09-18.

Pedalpusher earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to Niagara county.

Pedalpusher earned the 2015 Mouse Over Day achievement by celebrating in the (42, -78) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2015.

Pedalpusher earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (43, -77) geohash on 2015-06-03.

Pedalpusher earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by earning 5 stars all at the (43, -77) geohash on 2015-06-03.

Pedalpusher earned the Late-night GeoSquishy Achievement by bringing a slushy carbonated beverage to the (43, -77) geohash between 10 p.m. and midnight on 2015-06-03.

Pedalpusher earned the Bicycle Speed Record by setting a personal speed record on the bike, hitting 51 MPH downhill near the (42, -78) geohash on 2015-08-22.

Pedalpusher earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize by failing to reach the (41, -79) geohash on 2016-02-29 by not fully analyzing or seeing the pitfalls in the satellite images.

Pedalpusher earned the It's a kitty consolation prize by being so distracted as to forget to go to the (43, -78) geohash on 2016-05-21.