Difference between revisions of "User:Steingesicht"

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I'm Steingesicht. I picked this nickname from a novel of Terry Pratchett - Samuel "Old Stoneface" Vimes.

My home graticule is Stuttgart, Germany (see today's point on the peeron map). Meetups in this graticule: meetups.

(newest first)

2012-11-27 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : Mittelstadt, a small track near the soccer field
2012-05-77 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : at the Echterdinger Ei
2012-03-09 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : Nürtingen again, a parking lot at the HFWU Neubau
2012-03-05 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : On the tracks of the U3 city-train between Plieningen Garbe and Möhringen - not attempted, because of the lack of time
2012-02-03 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : A field at a small suburb of Nürtingen city.
2012-01-11 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : Waldenbuch, between Bahnhofstrasse and river Aich.
2011-12-09 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : Wendlingen, HOS-Areal - not reached.
2011-11-25 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : Metzingen, a intersection - not reached.
2011-11-17 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : Stuttgart Plieningen, a field near highway A8 and Stuttgart Airport.
2011-10-25 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : A minor interesting spot in Tübingen Waldhäuser Ost.
2011-10-16 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany) : Walk at a cemetery in Frickenhausen.
2011-08-27 51 12 (Leipzig, Germany) : Another brake on my journey at the highway.
2011-08-27 49 10 (Bamberg, Germany) : I made a brake on my journey at the highway.
2011-08-16 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany): My second Geo Hash - also a Geocache.
2011-07-08 48 9 (Stuttgart, Germany): My first Geo Hash - 15m off.

Steingesicht earned the Last man standing achievement

by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2011-07-08.

Steingesicht earned the Hash collision achievement

by discovering the geocache GC2W77J 11 m from the (48, 9) geohash on 2011-08-16.

Steingesicht earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (49, 10) geohash on 2011-08-27.

Steingesicht earned the Holy hash achievement

by reaching the sacred (48, 9) location on 2011-10-16.

Steingesicht earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize

by failing to reach the (48, 9) geohash on 2011-11-25 Steingesicht tried to reach the hashpoint by using aerial images - but he took the wrong turn..

Is it true that Steingesicht earned the Sunset geohash achievement?

In principle, yes.
But there is no such kind of achievment. (2011-11-17 48 9).

Steingesicht earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize

by chickening out on the (48, 9) geohash on 2011-12-09 because it was a boring, rainy day and I felt sick and tired..

Steingesicht earned the Land geohash achievement

Steingesicht earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (48, 9) geohash on 2012-02-03 while the temperature was -10°C.

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 ===Attempts===
 (newest first)
+*[[2012-11-27 48 9]] ([[Stuttgart, Germany]]) : Mittelstadt, a small track near the soccer field
+*[[2012-05-77 48 9]] ([[Stuttgart, Germany]]) : at the Echterdinger Ei
 *[[2012-03-09 48 9]] ([[Stuttgart, Germany]]) : Nürtingen again, a parking lot at the HFWU Neubau
 *[[2012-03-05 48 9]] ([[Stuttgart, Germany]]) : On the tracks of the U3 city-train between Plieningen Garbe and Möhringen - not attempted, because of the lack of time