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geoSquishy

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Hello. We are actually a geohashing team composed of two brothers from Orange Park, Florida. The one brother is Chris, a student at Georgia Tech who currently lives on campus in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The other brother, Nick, is a student at Georgia State University and he also lives in university housing. Being brothers and living in such proximity, (and having only one car between us) we make one hell of a geohashing duo.

There exists also a third brother; Mr. Bow Tie.

Geohashes We've scouted

	2009-03-10 - This was a pleasant meetup with NWoodruff outside of a library in Riverdale.
	2009-03-08 (33 -85) - 2.5 seconds on this expedition changed the world of geohashing forever.
	2009-03-08 (33 -84) - Our third attempt and first success in the month of March.
120 px	2009-03-07 - Chris went solo on a MARTA/bicycle attempt. And his bike broke down. Train Wreck consolation here.
	2009-03-03 - Nick struck out for a virgin graticule attempt in the Daytona Beach grat, but was stopped by the authorities.
	2009-02-28 - We were looking in the woods for a virgin graticule and level one minesweeper in the Lake City, Florida graticule. We never found it.
	2009-02-22 - This one was a bit of a drive and a hike, but we left our mark.
	2009-02-21 - This was a Saturday hash in the Northeast area of the graticule. We asked permission from the wrong house...
	2009-02-20 - We took the Auburn, Alabama graticule's virginity. The hash was on a hilltop South of LaGrange. XKCD marks the spot.
	2009-02-19 - We finally conducted a successful kidnapping! The hash was on a road, in front of a suspicious house.
	2009-02-16 - Four in a row. Woo! This was the first hash we've scouted out in advance. This was also the first hash we got lost trying to get to.
	2009-02-15 - We still aren't quite sure if this would have qualified for a Golf Geohash... It was in the woods near the clubhouse parking lot.
	2009-02-14 *- Got to the hashpoint after a fair bit of hiking through some woods. We think they were someone's* woods, but we didn't see any signs...**
	2009-02-13 - A little over a kilometer from a golf course, this hash went well with a round at Redan Park DGC. Yay for old times.
	2009-02-11 - This hash was also out on I20. Seriously, this time. It was in the rightmost Eastbound lane.
	2009-02-08 - This hash was in some woods behind a neighborhood. Surprisingly, there were no signs to stop us. Score!
	2009-02-07 *- These coordinates could easily pass off as a Bill Gates Achievement. The owner was* throwing a mad keen party. Anyways, successful Ambassador hash in a backyard.**
	2009-02-06 (33 -84) - A midnight multihash, reached by car. Is there something wrong with us for doing this?
	2009-02-06 (33 -85) - This was a really fun spur-of-the-moment geohash. It was located a third of a mile into some woods, way out on I20. So far out its in the next graticule over.
	2009-01-31 - The first official xkcd meetup in the Atlanta graticule, and we were there. The real adventure lied in exploring a nearby park.
	2009-01-29 - Looking for another hash or two before the end of the month, we decided to go for this jewel. Also, this was almost a disaster.
	2009-01-25 - This Jacksonville hash was situated squarely in some woods, the first to really require the use of GPS.
	2009-01-22 - Unquestionably our most incredible geohash to date. A troubled bicycle, a religious nut, Atlanta drivers and a Master Trespasser attempt.
	2009-01-18 - A hash just off interstate, on a dirt road. This was our first attempt with GPS, so we didn't have to rely on street references.
	2009-01-16 - This hash fell right into place, on one of the coldest days of the year, and offered the opportunity to accomplish something fairly rare this far south; the elusive Frozen geohash.
	2009-01-11 - We found someone! The first meetup of the Atlanta graticule, at a hashpoint located in a vacant lot in a neighborhood northeast of town.
	2009-01-09 - This geohash was located just inside of a liquor store. The end result of this geohashing expedition has to be good.
	2009-01-08 - Checked the hash between classes, and it looked just close enough to accomplish in the hour and a half that we had. Our first no batteries and speed racer geohashes.
	2009-01-02 - Found the hashpoint to be about 6 miles away, in a residential subdivision. The actual hashpoint was located inside of a house.
	2009-01-01 - Achieved our first geohash on New Years Day! The point was near Pritchard Road on the West side, located near a set of railroad tracks.

Miscellaneous

Goals

We'd like to achieve our Origin and Displaced Origin hashes. As we are not twins, and were in fact born years apart, it is a fantastic stroke of luck that our origin hashes are only a few hundred yards from each other.

Nick's fantastic artistry.

We're keeping our eyes out for closer hashes that can hold the opportunities for Walk, ~~Public Transport~~ and ~~Bicycle~~ geohashes.

We'd like to complete a Reverse Regional Achievement for the Jacksonville, FL and Atlanta, Ga graticules.

For Jacksonville, this will require hashes in the Florida counties of Clay, ~~Duval~~, Nassau and St. Johns, as well as hashes in Charlton and Camden counties in Georgia.

For Atlanta, this'll take ~~Fulton~~, ~~Dekalb~~, Cobb, Clayton, ~~Paulding~~, Polk, ~~Carroll~~, ~~Douglas~~, Heard, Troup, Meriwether, ~~Coweta~~, Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Butts, Spaulding, Henry, Newton, ~~Fayette~~, ~~Gwinnett~~, and ~~Rockdale~~ counties. This could take a while…

As soon as we can convince someone to let us kidnap them, the ~~Drag-Along~~ achievement.

Other Notes

So I was bored the other night and started browsing through past coordinates in graticules I've been. I found that the Jacksonville, Florida geohash for Thursday, October 12, 2006 was just under a kilometer from my house, and in the middle of a nearby road. Moreover, I certainly drove directly over the hash twice, once on the way to school and once on the way back, and in those days I carpooled with another girl who went to my high school, making her an unwitting drag-along. Oh the Curse of Unawareness.

Achievements

All

Achievements are only listed once on in this section.

This user earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (30, -81) geohash on 2009-01-01.

This user earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement

by cleaning up the (30, -81) geohash on 2009-01-01.

This user earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (30, -81) geohash on 2009-01-02.

This user earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-08 at the maximum legal speed.

This user earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-08.

This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-01-08.

This user earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement

by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-09.

This user earned the 5-Star geoSquishy achievement

This user earned the Circus Geohash Achievement

by juggling at the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-11.

This user earned the Meet-up achievement

by meeting NWoodruff at the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-11.

This user earned the Earliest geohasher achievement

by arriving first at the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-11.

This user earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-16 while the temperature was 28°F.

This user earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling to the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-22.

This user earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission to access the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-22.

This user earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize

by being prevented from reaching the (30, -81) geohash on 2009-01-25 by an impassable and unforeseen Classic Florida Swamp (and probably lurking alligators).