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

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

Geohashes

Videos of my expeditions (5 so far).

Visited Graticules

N\E	7	8	9	10	11
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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