User:Norsemark

44 / m / 51,-0

Introduction

I'm Mark and I live within the London West graticule.

I'm hoping to put some more detail on this page soon, but for starters I discovered Geohashing via the T-Mobile G1 app when searching for xkcd apps and it merges my fondness for experimental travel and xkcd. Perfect.

After weeks of joking and threats to friends I finally achieved (and failed) my virgin Hash Attempt on May 31, 2009 and have the appetite for more. Unwittingly I might have set a few hares running with the distance - more detail on my talk page and that of the attempt itself, linked below.

Hash Attempts

2009

#	Date & Time	Graticule	Hashpoint	Locality	Route	Result	Achievements (Count)	Report/Plan
1	Sun 31st May 11am-5pm	London West	51.914° N 0.533° W	Thorn, N of Houghton Regis, Beds	Google Maps	Failed	Mother Nature's Bitch (1)	Here
2	Sun 21st June 3pm-5pm	London West	51.491° N 0.021° W	Isle of Dogs, London	Part 1 Part 2	Success	Public Transport (1)	Here
3	Sun 21st June 5pm-9pm	London East	51.491° N 0.021° E	Greenwich, London	Google Maps	Failed	Mother Nature's Bitch (2)	Here
4	Sun 28th June Afternoonish	London West	51.910° N 0.306° W	Field nr. Preston, Herts	-	-	-	Here

Achievements

I've listed them per expedition in the table above, so this list recognises only the first time that each of them was achieved, in chronological order:

Accomplishments

Norsemark earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (51, -0) geohash on 2009-06-21 via FCC train, Northern Line tube, DLR light railway & rail replacement bus!.

Consolation Prizes

NorseMark earned the Done with Nature consolation prize by failing to reach the (51, -0) geohash on 2009-05-31.

Ambitions

Outstanding ambitions

Being based in the corner hundredth of my graticule is a good opportunity to claim some early achievement scalps, so for starters I hope to achieve the following:

• Multihash achievement, most likely in London East graticule when the latitude decimal is smaller than 0.1° and the longitude decimal is greater than 0.8° (approx once every fifty days)
• Consecutive Geohash Achievement, probably when the hashpoint in Northampton is close, likely on days when the latitude decimal is less than 0.2° and the longitude decimal is smaller than 0.1° (again, approx once every fifty days)
• Minesweeper achievement, probably by reaching both London East and Northampton
• to defeat Mother Nature and earn the MNIMB achievement

Failed ambitions

I don't mind a bit of brutal honesty. What doesn't kill me will only make me stronger. These are things I'd planned to do but didn't

• to not achieve the Mother Nature's Bitch consolation prize again before I've completed my 5th attempt (listed after #1 was a MNB)

Links

• my home on the web
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