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rating system

This is a rough description of the rating levels. All of them are subject to my own whim, not exhaustive and may change over time. Also, since some of the expeditions are rated more than 2.5 years later, there might be bias. I added a short explanation for a certain rating in the expedition table when I could do it in a few words.

rating level	total rating	location	mode of transport & (sometimes) route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction
0	why did I even go...?	boring (field...)	boring car ride	easy	boring	none
+	not bad (standard rating)	okay (forest, road...)	bike, public transport...	okay (standard rating)	okay (standard rating)	talked to somebody
++	interesting	unusual	walk	a little effort		met somebody
+++	great!	special	boat..., scenic route	difficult		met somebody new, ambassador...
****	very great!	very special	climbing..., very scenic route	torture	better than drugs	big meetup

expedition rating

expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2008-09-07 51 15	++	++ (next to farm)	++ (bike, nice route)	++ (foreign country)	++ (first expedition, foreign country)	0	my first expedition, Virgin graticule
2008-09-20 49 9	++	+ (field)	+ (bike)	+++ (far, untrained)	++	0	first expedition in home graticule, Virgin graticule
2008-09-23 49 10	+	++ (next to farm)	+ (bike)	+	+	0	Virgin graticule
2008-09-29 50 9	++	+ (field)	+++ (bike, pushing bike, bus, train)	+++ (had to get home with flat tire)	+++	+	difficult journey home with a flat tire
2008-10-02 49 9	+	++ (forest)	+ (bike)	+++ (far, exhaustion)	++	0
2008-10-06 49 10	+	+ (meadow)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2008-10-08 49 9	++	++ (vineyard)	++ (walk)	+	++	0	midnight walk, déjà-vu
2008-10-13 49 9	++	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2008-10-20 49 10	++	++ (riverside)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2008-10-21 49 9	++	+ (wet field)	+ (train, bike)	++ (dark, rain)	+++ (rain, time constraints)	+	drowned rat
2008-10-22 49 8	++	++ (street)	+	0 (got driven there)	+	+	my first expedition in my origin graticule, déjà-vu, 3rd consecutive expedition
2008-10-22 49 7	++	+ (forest)	+++ (train, walk, hitchhiking)	++	+++ (time constraints)	+++ (nice lady let me hitchhike)	Virgin graticule, doublehash, hitchhiking
2008-10-24 49 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2008-10-31 49 10	0	0 (field)	+ (bike)	0	+	0
2008-11-01 49 10	++	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	++ (nice)	+++ (met first other geohasher)	Saturday 4pm, met ilpadre
2008-11-20 50 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (train)	+	+	0
2008-11-20 50 10	+	0 (dark forest)	+ (train, bike)	+	++	0	not reached
2008-11-23 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2008-11-24 49 9	++	++ (churchyard)	+ (train, bike)	++	+	++ (met ilpadre)	holy hash, snowman
2008-11-26 48 8	++	+ (street)	+ (train)	+	+	+++ (met ekorren)	Virgin graticule, met ekorren
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2008-11-27 49 9	0	0 (edge of field)	+ (bike)	+	0	0
2008-12-08 49 9	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	+	0	Last Man Standing
2008-12-09 49 9	+	didn't get near	+ (bike, partly carrying it)	++	+	0	Not reached (technical failure)
2008-12-13 50 9	+	+ (forest)	0 (car)	+	+	0	saturday 4pm
2008-12-14 50 9	+	+ (dark forest)	0 (car)	+	+	0
2008-12-14 50 8	+	+ (private property)	0 (car)	0	0	+ (failed ambassador attempt)	Not reached (no trespassing)
2009-01-08 49 9	+	+ (snowy field)	+ (tram)	+	+	0	Coldest geohash at -9.6°C
2009-01-21 49 8	+	0 (field)	0 (got driven there)	0	+	++ (met ilpadre)	Sunrise geohash, met ilpadre
2009-01-29 49 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2009-02-05 50 9	0	0 (field)	0 (car)	0	0	0
2009-02-08 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	0	+	0
2009-02-11 49 10	++	++ (vineyard)	+ (bike)	+	++	0	built snowman
2009-02-12 49 9	++	+ (at building)	++ (walk)	0	+	0	Couch potato honorable mention
2009-02-14 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (bike, twice)	+	0	0	saturday 4pm
2009-02-21 49 9	+	++ (deer feeding station in forest)	+ (bike)	++ (steep slope)	+	+	saturday 4pm
2009-02-22 51 10	+++	++ (at creek)	+ (train)	+	++	**** (met 4 new geohashers)	Virgin graticule, met dawidi, Tomcat, Thomcat, Hans, ekorren
2009-03-04 49 10	0	0 (roadside)	0 (car)	0	0	0
2009-03-07 49 10	+	+ (meadow)	0 (car)	0	+	0	saturday 4pm
2009-03-18 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	++ (nice day)	+
2009-04-10 49 9	+	didn't get near	+ (bike)	++ (flat tire)	+	0	Not reached (flat tire)
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2009-05-09 49 10	++	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	++	+++ (met thepiguy and srs0)	saturday meetup
2009-05-10 49 9	++	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	++	++	++ (met srs0 and thepiguy)
2009-05-11 49 9	+	+ (factory premises)	+ (train)	0	+	0	Not reached (private property)
2009-05-13 49 11	+	0 (field track)	+ (train)	+	+	0
2009-05-25 49 9	+	+ (between bushes)	++ (walk)	+	+	++ (met thepiguy and srs0)	towel day
2009-05-28 49 9	++	+ (forest)	++ (train & bike)	+++ (problems getting home)	++	0	3 ticks
2009-05-30 49 10	0	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	0	0	saturday 4pm
2009-06-02 49 10	no rating (but it was a very special expedition)	0 (barley field)	+++ (bike & ambulance)	the expedition itself was easy...	****	**** (3 policemen, 6 paramedics, a rescue helicopter crew, many people at the hospital)	srs0 broke his wrist
2009-06-07 47 10	****	+++ (in the Eibsee lake next to Germany's highest mountain)	+++ (train & boat)	+	**** (great spot/expedition/weather...)	**** (9 person meetup)	Virgin geohash, waterhash, underwater geohash, met Baerenfell, zb, ekorren, dawidi, Hans, Tomcat, srs0 and thepiguy
2009-06-11 49 9	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	++	+	++	my 50th expedition, with thepiguy
2009-06-24 49 9	+	+ (forest track)	+ (bike)	++	+	++	with srs0
2009-06-25 49 8	+	+ (meadow)	+ (train & bike)	+	++	0
2009-06-30 49 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2009-07-06 49 10	++	0 (field)	+ (bike & bus)	++	**** (out in the fields during a thunderstorm)	0	drowned rat, thunderstorm
2009-07-17 49 9	+	0 (dark field)	0 (car)	0	+	++	with thepiguy and srs0
2009-07-18 49 10	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0	saturday 4pm
2009-07-22 49 9	+	0 (dark field)	0 (car)	0	+	++	with srs0 and thepiguy
2009-07-25 49 9	+	+ (edge of forest)	0 (car)	0	+	++	saturday meetup with thepiguy and srs0
2009-08-01 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	+	++	saturday meetup with thepiguy
2009-08-05 49 10	+	0 (harvested corn field)	0 (car)	0	+	0
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2009-08-10 43 10 near Lucca, Italy	++	++	++ (bus & rented bike)	++	++	0	Virgin graticule, my first Italian expedition
2009-08-14 49 9	+	0	+ (bike)	+	0	0
2009-08-22 49 8	+	+ (street)	+ (train)	0	+	0	Saturday 4pm, xkcd-100
2009-08-23 49 9	+	0 (field)	0 (car)	0	+	0	doublehash
2009-08-23 49 10	+	0 (harvested field)	+ (bike)	+	+	+	doublehash
2009-08-28 49 10	0	0 (edge of a harvested field)	0 (car)	0	+	++	ultrahash with thepiguy and srs0
2009-08-28 50 11	+	+ (forest)	+ (car, but nice route)	+	+	++	ultrahash with thepiguy and srs0
2009-08-28 51 11	0	0 (harvested field)	0 (car)	0	0	++	ultrahash with thepiguy and srs0
2009-08-28 52 12	+	0 (harvested field in the dark)	0 (car)	0	++ (found ekorren's note)	++	ultrahash with thepiguy and srs0
2009-08-29 52 13	+++	+ (forest)	+ (train & walk)	+	++	**** (12 person meetup)	Saturday meetup with relet, lyx, davidc, pari, Jerrome, JUB, Hessophanes, ekorren, dawidi, srs0 and thepiguy
2009-08-30 51 13	0	0 (harvested field)	0 (car)	0	0	++	monsterhash with srs0 and thepiguy
2009-08-30 51 12	+	++ (former railroad track)	0 (car)	+	+	++	monsterhash with srs0 and thepiguy
2009-08-30 50 12	+	+ (harvested field in the Czech Republic)	0 (car)	0	+	++	monsterhash with srs0 and thepiguy
2009-08-30 50 11	++	++ (cornerstone on private property)	0 (car)	+	++	+++ (ambassador)	monsterhash with srs0 and thepiguy, ambassador
2009-08-30 50 10	++	++ (meadow)	0 (car)	0	+++ (mo-mo-monsterhash!)	++	monsterhash with srs0 and thepiguy
2009-09-02 49 10	0	+ (forest)	0 (car)	+	+	0
2009-09-03 49 10	+	+ (road)	+ (bike)	+	+	++	speedracer, met thepiguy and srs0
2009-09-04 50 10	+	0 (muddy field)	0 (car)	+	++ (dirt and rain)	0
2009-09-06 49 9	+	0 (corn field)	+ (bike)	+	+	++	with srs0
2009-09-07 50 10	+	+	0 (car)	+	+	0	first hashiversary
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2009-09-09 50 10	++	0 (harvested maize field)	0 (car)	0	++ (nice weather)	0
2009-09-13 49 10	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	+++ (met Hermann)	with Hermann, thepiguy and srs0
2009-09-14 50 9	++	+++ (dead deer between bushes)	0 (car)	+	++	++	dead deer at the hashpoint, horses nearby, met srs0 and thepiguy
2009-09-17 49 10	0	0 (field)	0 (car)	0	0	0	sunrise
2009-09-18 49 9	++	+ (forest)	+ (car & walk)	+	++	0	found apples, pears, deer and a hornet
2009-09-20 49 9	+	+	+ (tram)	0	+	++	with thepiguy and srs0
2009-10-06 49 10	+	0 (muddy field)	0 (car)	0	0	0
2009-10-12 49 9	+	0 (rapeseed field)	0 (car)	0	+	++	with srs0 and thepiguy
2009-10-16 49 9	+	0 (forest, dark)	0 (car)	+	+	0
2009-10-17 49 9	0	0 (harvested maize field)	0 (car)	0	0	0	doublehash
2009-10-17 49 8	++	++ (fence of the Hockenheimring racing course)	0 (car)	+	+	0	doublehash
2009-10-18 49 9	+	+ (forest)	0 (car)	+	+	0
2009-10-19 50 10	0	0 (field)	0 (car)	0	0	0	4th consecutive expedition
2009-10-27 50 9	+	+	0 (car)	+	0	0
2009-10-31 49 10	+	0 (sugarbeet field)	0 (car)	0	+	++	Halloween, Saturday meetup with thepiguy and srs0
2009-11-01 49 10	+	0 (plowed field)	0 (car)	+	+	++	met thepiguy
2009-11-03 50 10	0	0 (meadow)	0 (car)	0	0	0
2009-12-01 49 10	+	0 (field)	0 (car)	++	+	0
2009-12-16 49 10	0	+ (bush-covered slope, dark)	0 (car)	0	0	0	Not reached
2009-12-26 48 8	++	+ (steep slope next to a creek)	+ (car, but nice route)	+	++ (nice weather and hash area)	0	my 100th expedition
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2010-01-13 49 10	+	+ (snow-covered field)	0 (car)	+	+	0	-12°C
2010-01-31 47 11	+	+ (snow-covered field)	0 (car)	+	+	0	Not reached
2010-02-01 45 10 Verona, Italy	+++	++ (kiwi orchard)	0 (car)	+	++	+++ (ambassador conversation in broken Italian)	Virgin geohash, Ambassador
2010-02-04 48 11	0	0 (meadow)	0 (car)	0	0	0
2010-02-08 49 10	0	0 (edge of snowy field)	0 (car)	0	0	0
2010-03-02 50 10	+	0 (field track)	0 (car)	0	0	0
2010-03-28 49 9	+	+ (bush-covered hillside)	0 (car)	++	+	0	success #100
2010-04-03 34 136 Tsu, Japan	****	+++ (bushes, but in Japan!)	+++ (train+walk, subway, bus, walking through the night, taxi)	++ (language & map problems)	**** (anticipated for months, time constraints)	++ (talked to japanese people)	my first expedition in Japan, Virgin graticule
2010-04-06 35 136 Nagoya, Japan	+++	++ (private property in Japanese countryside)	++ (train+walk)	++ (foreign language)	+++ (Japan)	++	no trespassing
2010-04-09 60 36 Zubovo, Russia	+++	++ (plane over Russia)	+++ (plane from Japan to Germany)	0 (just sitting and waiting for a hashpoint)	+++ (watching the GPS the whole flight for hashpoints, missing many)	+ (plane with family and orchestra)	Air Geohash in a Boeing 777
2010-04-25 49 10	+	0 (corn field)	0 (car)	0	++ (nice weather and route)	0
2010-05-16 49 9	++	++ (next to the Main river)	+ (bike)	++	+	0
2010-05-21 50 10	+	0 (field)	0 (car detour)	0	+	0	Geohashing Day
2010-05-22 49 9	+++ (very nice)	++ (golden glowing rapeseed field)	+ (train+bike)	+	+++ (great weather, nice hashpoint)	0	Mouseover Day
2010-05-25 49 9	++	+ (forest)	++ (tron bike)	++	+	0	bike tron, towel day
2010-05-27 49 9	++	0 (field)	++ (tron walk)	+	++	+ (hashdog)	walk tron, hashdog
2010-06-12 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	+	0	Saturday 4pm
2010-06-13 49 10	++	+ (alfalfa field)	++ (long bike tour)	+++ (exhaustion)	++ (nice expedition)	0
2010-06-21 49 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0	tick
2010-06-25 46 11 near Bozen, Italy	+++	+++ (wooded mountainside)	++ (car, but mountains and great view)	++ (steep mountainside)	++	0	Virgin graticule
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2010-08-10 57 11 Göteborg, Sweden	+++	+++ (hill on island in Sweden)	+++ (tram, ferry, walking around the island)	+	+++	++ (trip with friends)	first expedition in Sweden for me
2010-08-27 49 10	++	++ (in an orchard)	+ (bike tour)	++ (hill)	++ (thunderstorm)	0	no trespassing
2010-09-04 50 10	+	0 (field at night)	0 (car)	0	+	0	birthday geohash
2010-09-07 49 9	+	+ (forest)	0 (car)	0	+	0	second hashiversary
2010-10-09 49 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0	Saturday 4pm
2010-10-10 49 9	+++	0 (field)	+++ (first walking as juggernaut, then walking with friends)	+	++	+++ (drag-alongs)	juggernaut, 2 drag-alongs
2010-10-17 49 8	+	+ (road in forest)	0 (car detour)	0	+	0
2010-10-20 49 8	++	+ (forest/park)	+ (train & walk)	0	++	+++ (met Robyn, Koepfel and ilpadre)
2010-10-24 49 9	++	+ (meadow)	0 (car)	++	+	0
2010-12-26 47 8 near Schaffhausen, Switzerland	+++ (very nice)	++ (snowy forest)	0 (car)	+ (snow)	+++ (very nice)	0	my first in 47 8 and in Switzerland, visited Schaffhausen rhine falls
2011-01-11 48 9	+ (new grat)	0 (field)	0 (car)	0 (easy)	0	0	my first in 48 9
2011-04-10 49 9	+	+ (town edge)	+ (bike)	++	+	0
2011-04-22 49 10	++ (nice)	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+ (easy)	+	0
2011-05-21 49 10	++	++ (forest path)	+ (train+bike)	+	+	0	Geohashing Day, tick
2011-05-24 49 9	+	++ (bushes)	+ (bike)	0 (easy and near)	0	0
2011-05-25 49 9	+	+ (next to road)	+ (bike)	++ (hills)	++ (time constraints)	0	déjà-vu, towel day
2011-06-19 49 11	++	0 (field)	++ (train+walk, fields & forest)	+ (through forest)	++ (nice)	++ (with srs0)
2011-09-04 49 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike, taxi)	++	+	+ (taxi driver)	birthday geohash
2011-09-07 49 9	+	+ (forest)	0 (car)	+	+	0	3rd hashiversary
2011-09-17 49 9	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other
2011-12-23 49 10	0	+ (meadow)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2011-12-23 48 9	0	+ (meadow)	0 (car)	0	+	0	Doublehash
2011-12-23 47 9	+	not reached	0 (car)	+	++	0
2012-02-17 49 9	+	+ (path between houses)	+ (bike)	+	0	0
2012-02-21 49 9	+	0 (muddy field)	++ (walk)	+	+	+
2012-03-03 47 10	0	? (not reached)	0	0	0	+
2012-03-19 49 8	+	+ (forest)	+ (bike)	++ (long uphill slope)	+	0
2012-05-17 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (bike)	+	+	0
2012-05-21 49 10	+	0 (field)	+ (train+walking)	0	+	0	Geohashing Day, Hashdog
2012-05-26 49 9	++	+ (forest)	++ (walking)	+	+	+++ (met Gefrierbrand)	Mouseover Day
2012-06-19 49 8	+	+ (meadow)	+ (bike)	0	0	0
2012-08-01 28 -16	+++	++ (at building)	+ (car)	++	+++	0	Virgin graticule
2012-08-05 28 -16	++	++	++ (bus, taxi, walking, afterwards airplane, train and car)	++	++	+
expedition	total rating	location	mode of transport & route	difficulty	emotions	human interaction	statistics, achievements & other