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About

I am a Finnish outdoors person, geocacher and orienteer. I heard about geohashing at about the same time I started geocaching in 2013, but only in April 2019 did I actually get around to creating an account.

Geocaching profile: Kripakko

Home graticule: Joensuu, Finland (62,29)

I have created a template for displaying links to National Land Survey of Finland's topographic map: Template:MapSiteLink. Anyone in Finland is free to use it too if they want to.

Successful expeditions

2019-04-14 62 30 – In a forest near the village of Selkie, close to small forest roads.
2019-04-27 62 29 – On the yard of Lehmo school in Kontiolahti.
2019-05-05 62 29 – Near the village of Ahokkala in Kontiolahti.
2019-05-11 62 29 – In a forest near the village of Puntarikoski in Kontiolahti.
2019-06-04 62 29 – In a forest near some houses and close to the shore of lake Pyhäselkä.
2019-06-07 63 29 – In a swamp in the outskirts of Juuka, less than a kilometre away from main road 6.
2019-08-04 62 29 – On an open logging area in Kerolankangas, Kontiolahti.
2020-02-26 62 29 – In a forest close to the Nurmeksentie road in Uuro, Kontiolahti.
2020-03-22 62 29 – In lake Pyhäselkä, about a kilometre from the nearest shore.
2020-03-29 62 30 – In a forest close to Tervasuontie road, easily accessible.
2020-04-29 62 29 – In very uneven terrain, at the edge of a depression, close to roads.
2020-05-02 62 29 – In the tiny suburb of Ranta-Mutala in Joensuu, in a residential area but on public land.
2020-05-10 62 29 – At the edge of the vast woods of Jaamankangas.
2020-05-10 61 29 – In a forest, rather easily accessible and probably swarming with mosquitoes.
2020-05-15 62 29 – At the edge of a field in the outskirts of Polvijärvi.
2020-05-19 62 29 – In a forest in Jaamankangas.
2020-05-26 61 30 – In a forest in the backwoods of Kitee.
2020-06-04 62 29 – In a forest near the village of Savikko in former Pyhäselkä.
2020-06-17 61 29 – In a young pine forest just 60 metres off highway 6.
2020-06-26 62 28 – In a forest near the village of Härkki in Enonkoski.
2020-07-13 67 24 – On a former field near highway 79 in Kittilä.
2020-07-26 62 29 – On Torpparintie road in Kylmäoja, Kontiolahti.
2020-09-22 62 29 – On a training track in Kissamäki, Joensuu.
2020-10-22 64 28 – In a forest about 270 metres off highway 5 on Säkkilänkangas, Ristijärvi.
2020-11-10 62 29 – On a hillock near the motocross circuit in Uuro, Kontiolahti.
2020-11-24 62 30 – At the southern side of Louhivaara hill near Jakokoski, Kontiolahti.
2021-01-02 62 29 – Near a house and highway 74 in Kissamäki, Joensuu.
2021-02-01 62 29 – In a young sparse forest at the southern edge of Jaamankangas.
2021-02-06 62 29 – In lake Höytiäinen, nearly a kilometre from the nearest shore.
2021-04-10 62 29 – At the northern side of the Utranharju ridge.
2021-04-23 62 29 – On the top of the Utranharju ridge.
2021-05-18 62 29 – Kirkkokatu 37 in the centrum of Joensuu.
2021-06-01 63 30 – Next to a tractor track near Kuora, Lieksa.

Failed expeditions

2019-05-04 62 29 – On some house's backyard in Onttola, Kontiolahti.

Achievements

Kripakko earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (62, 30) geohash on 2019-04-14.

Kripakko earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement

by building a snowman at the (62, 30) geohash on 2019-04-14.

Kripakko earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-05 using public transit.

Kripakko earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-05 at 45 km/h.

Kripakko earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging his father to the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-11.

Kripakko earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-06-04 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Kripakko earned the Last man standing achievement

by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2019-06-07.

Kripakko earned the Midnight Geohash achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-08-04 in the middle of the night.

Kripakko earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-02-26 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.

Kripakko earned the Water geohash achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-03-22 by bicycle.

Kripakko earned the Walking on water geohash achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) water geohash on 2020-03-22 on foot. Yes, on foot.

Kripakko earned the Geohash by proxy achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02 using a GPS-carrying snow pusher.

Kripakko earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging his friend to the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02.

Kripakko earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention

by living near the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02.

Kripakko earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching the 2020-05-10 61 29 and 2020-05-10 62 29 geohashes on 2020-05-10.

Kripakko earned the Tron achievement

by reaching and returning from the (62, 29) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2020-05-15.

Kripakko earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (61, 30) geohash for 2020-05-26 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

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Kripakko earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-06-04 despite being thoroughly wet from cycling in rain and traversing dense and damp vegetation.

Kripakko earned the Hash collision honorable mention

by discovering the geocache GC8MGM1 655 metres from the (62, 29) geohash on 2021-02-06.

This user earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2021-05-18.

This user earned the Pub Geohash Achievement

by visiting a pub visible from the (62, 29) geohash on 2021-05-18.

Kripakko earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 142.7 km to and from the (63, 30) geohash on 2021-06-01.

Kripakko achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Joensuu, Finland and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

Consolation prizes and such

Kripakko earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost (four metres!) reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-04.

Is it true that Kripakko earned the Tron achievement?

In principle, yes.
But he failed to reach the hashpoint (2019-05-04 62 29).

A Tale of Two Hashes

Kripakko issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement

by geohashing in a place named Kirkkokatu (Church Street) from the (62, 29) geohash on 2021-05-18.

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 * [[2021-04-23 62 29]] – On the top of the Utranharju ridge.
 * [[2021-05-18 62 29]] – Kirkkokatu 37 in the centrum of Joensuu.
+* [[2021-06-01 63 30]] – Next to a tractor track near Kuora, Lieksa.
 == Failed expeditions ==
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 {{drag-along | latitude = 62 | longitude = 29 | date = 2019-05-11 | partner = his father | name = Kripakko }}
 {{Sunrise geohash | latitude = 62 | longitude = 29 | date = 2019-06-04 | name = Kripakko }}
-{{Bicycle geohash | latitude = 63 | longitude = 29 | date = 2019-06-07 | name = Kripakko | distance = 101.2 km | bothways = true }}
 {{Last man standing | latitude = 63 | longitude = 29 | date = 2019-06-07 | gender = man | name = Kripakko }}
 {{Midnight geohash | latitude = 62 | longitude = 29 | date = 2019-08-04 | name = Kripakko }}
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 {{Virgin graticule | latitude = 61 | longitude = 30 | date = 2020-05-26 | name = Kripakko}}
 {{Drowned rat geohash | latitude = 62 | longitude = 29 | date = 2020-06-04 | name = Kripakko | reason = cycling in rain and traversing dense and damp vegetation}}
-{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Joensuu, Finland | ranknumber = 5 | n = true | e = true | se = true | s = true | w = true | name = Kripakko}}
 {{Hash collision | latitude = 62 | longitude = 29 | date = 2021-02-06 | name = Kripakko | link = https://coord.info/GC8MGM1 | id = GC8MGM1 | distance = 655&nbsp;metres | honor = true }}
 {{No_batteries_geohash | latitude = 62 | longitude = 29 | date = 2021-05-18 | user = Kripakko}}
 {{pub geohash | latitude = 62 | longitude = 29 | date = 2021-05-18 | user = Kripakko}}
+{{bicycle geohash | latitude = 63 | longitude = 30 | date = 2021-06-01 | name = Kripakko | distance = 142.7&nbsp;km | bothways = true}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash | graticule = Joensuu, Finland | ranknumber = 6 | n = true | e = true | se = true | s = true | w = true | ne = true | name = Kripakko}}
 == Consolation prizes and such ==