User:Ilpadre

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40 / m / 49,8

About Me

I live in Heidelberg, Germany and will visit hashpoints reachable by bike or foot (I like running long distances) and sometimes those reachable by train. I don't own a GPS yet.

Future Plans

A trip from May 15 to 23 will lead me to and through many graticules: Bad Brückenau, Germany - Paderborn, Germany (only the airport, with no time for detours) - Palma, Spain - Napoli, Italy - Civitavecchia, Italy - Marseille, France - Barcelona, Spain - then back to Bad Brückenau via Palma and Paderborn. I'll take my running gear with me, so there's a small chance for me to take a Mediterranean graticule's virginity.

After that, I'll buy a new bike to replace my rusty three-speed Hollandrad. This will increase my radius of operation greatly.

Achievements to Get

It's always nice to win an achievement along with a successful expedition. For me, some are more desirable than others.

• Walk to as many hashpoints as possible and beat the current distance record.
• Get naked at a hashpoint (also earning me the Calendar Girl Achievement).
• Send more hashcards.
• Collect cherries (current cherry count: 1).
• Receive media attention.
• Every geohasher's wet dream: The Globalhash.

Things to Do at Hashpoints

• Clean up the hashpoint area.
• Leave a hashtag.
• Combine geohashing with guerilla gardening.
• Leave a hashmark big and durable enough that it can be seen from space. Then wait for the next Google Earth imagery update.
• Revisit old hashpoints and document how the place changed (the above points make revisiting particularly interesting).

Geohashes

Videos of my expeditions (5 so far).

Visited Graticules

N\E	7	8	9	10	11
50
49		x12	x1	x1
48		x1		x1
47

Regular Expeditions

Total expeditions:	16
Hashpoints reached:	16
Hashpoints not reached:	0
Graticules visited:	5

List of my expeditions (most recent first):

2009-04-30 Heidelberg (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-04-30 on foot, travelling a distance of 8.2 km.
2009-03-26 Neu-Ulm (48,10)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (48, 10) geohash on 2009-03-26 using public transit.
2009-02-24 Hoffenheim (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-24 using public transit.
2009-02-15 Oftersheim (49,8) cycled 21 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-15.
2009-02-13 Dossenheim (49,8) cycled 15 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-13. Template:Hashcard achievement
2009-01-28 Grein (49,8) cycled 55 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-28.
2009-01-21 Heidelberg (49,8) met Danatar		ilpadre earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-21 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon. ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 4 km.
2009-01-12 Lauterbourg (48,8) met Ekorren		ilpadre earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Germany-France border on 2009-01-12 to reach the (48, 8) geohash.
2008-12-30 & 2008-12-31 Wörth & Maximiliansau (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-30 using public transit. ilpadre earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-30 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water. ilpadre earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-31 in the middle of the night. ilpadre earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2008-12-30.
2008-12-10 Mauer (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-10 using public transit. ilpadre earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2008-12-10.
2008-11-24 Bad Wimpfen (49,9) met Danatar		ilpadre earned the Holy hash achievement by reaching the sacred (49, 9) location on 2008-11-24. ilpadre earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (49, 9) geohash on 2008-11-24.
2008-11-01 Eßleben (49,10) met Danatar		ilpadre earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his girlfriend to the (49, 10) geohash on 2008-11-01.
2008-10-29 Heidelberg (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-29, and previously on 2008-09-28.
2008-10-26 Heidelberg (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-26 on foot, travelling a distance of 11 km.
2008-10-22 Heidelberg (49,8)		Template:Virgin graticule ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-22 on foot, travelling a distance of 5.8 km.

Irregular Expeditions

2008-12-21 Heidelberg (49,8)

Retro expedition to a conveniently placed 2008-07-09 hashpoint

Wiki Stuff

I like drawing xkcd-ish images for achievement ribbons. See my gallery of achievement images. I keep looking out for newly created achievements that need a ribbon image, and for old images that could be improved.

To-Do List

Add yet unnamed graticules to the All Graticules list (constantly looking for remote or interesting graticules).

Misc.

NYSE Holidays

“	:) Ar, a hash! Oh, Sahara ):	”
—Geohashing palindrome