User:Ipswichb

This is me! Now living in Arlington, Virginia, I've been geohashing on and off since high school. An interactive map (thanks to NWoodruff) is available at http://xkcd.nathanwoodruff.com/GooMapXKCDIpswichb.htm

SOME EXPEDITIONS: This list is not complete, but includes some of my recent expeditions.

2012-11-12 42 -70 My first geohash along a driveway in Hamilton, MA.

2013-01-03 42 -70 A geohash in the cold that involved some minor trespassing.

2013-05-12 42 -71 A geohash alongside some road, where I drag my family along.

2013-09-02 42 -70 I pick up geotrash in the woods.

2017-01-08 43 -79 I make my triumphant return to geohashing at a bakery near Hamilton, Ontario.

2017-08-11 42 -85 I reached a hashpoint along the side of a beanfield somewhere west of Lansing.

2017-12-20 42 -73 A geohash by an industrial park in Schenectady, New York.

2019-01-27 42 -83 I reach a geohash in the middle of a divided highway in Howell, Michigan.

2019-03-16 43 -83 I complete the first successful hash expedition in the Saginaw graticule in eleven years.

2019-03-17 42 -74 I get my first Virgin Graticule achievement completing one of my easiest hashes yet!

2019-03-23 43 -80 I attend my first official Saturday meetup. Unsurprisingly, no one else shows up.

2019-06-28 42 -85 I reach a hashpoint without leaving my car.

2019-07-21 42 -83 Me and about fifteen uninvited horseflies reach a geohash.

2019-07-27 42 -83 I reach a hash practically in some guys backyard.

2019-08-22 42 -84 I reach a hashpoint actually in a beanfield somewhere south of Lansing.

2019-09-06 38 -77 I journey underground beneath a federal building to reach a hashpoint.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Ipswichb earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -70) geohash on 2012-11-12.

Ipswichb earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (42, -70) geohash on 2012-11-12.

Ipswichb earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 20 hashpoints on 2012-11-12 42 -70 and is promoted to Level 0 (Coordinates reached).

Ipswichb earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -70) geohash on 2013-01-03 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.

Ipswichb earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 21 hashpoints on 2013-01-03 42 -70 and is promoted to Level 1 (Coordinates reached).

Ipswichb earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Ipswichb's family to the (42, -71) geohash on 2013-05-12.

Ipswichb achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Boston, Massachusetts and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Ipswichb earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (42, -70) geohash on 2013-09-02.

Ipswichb earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 22 hashpoints on 2013-09-02 42 -70 and is promoted to Level 2 (Coordinates reached).

Ipswichb earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2017-01-08.

Ipswichb earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 23 hashpoints on 2019-01-27 42 -83 and is promoted to Level 3 (Coordinates reached).

Ipswichb earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2019-03-16.

Ipswichb earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by voyaging 561 miles to reach the (43, -80) geohash on 2019-03-23.

Ipswichb earned the Cross that bridge achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2019-06-28, which was situated on a bridge.

Ipswichb earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2019-06-28, and previously on 2018-06-05.

Ipswichb achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Lansing, Michigan and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

Ipswichb earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (38, -77) geohash on 2019-09-06 via the DC Metro System.

Ipswichb earned the Going deep geohash achievement by reaching the (38, -77) geohash on 2019-09-06.

Ipswichb earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 24 hashpoints on 2019-09-06 38 -77 and is promoted to Level 4 (Coordinates reached).