User:Arvid

Achievements

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Arvid earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (51, 7) geohash on 2008-08-01.

I actually cycled to all my hashes except one, see Bicycle Geohashes/User:Arvid for a complete list.

Arvid earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (51, 7) geohash on 2008-08-01.

Arvid earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Netherlands-Germany border on 2008-08-01 to reach the (51, 7) geohash.

Also, 18 out of 34 hashes so far have been in Germany, while I live in the Netherlands.

Arvid earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash for 2008-08-09 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Arvid earned the Cold geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-20 while the temperature was 19°C.

Arvid earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-20 despite being thoroughly wet from rain.

Arvid earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2008-08-25 52 6 and 2008-08-25 52 7 geohashes on 2008-08-25.

Arvid earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-26.

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Arvid earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging fuzzie and bz2 to the (52, 4) geohash on 2008-09-10.

Arvid earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 4) geohash on 2008-09-10 via bus and train.

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Arvid earned the Cold geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2008-09-18 while the temperature was 9.3°C.

Arvid earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by reaching the (53, 6) geohash on 2008-10-04.

Arvid earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2008-10-04 52 6 and 2008-10-04 53 6 geohashes on 2008-10-04.

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Arvid earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-12-07 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Arvid achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Enschede and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Arvid earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 4 graticules belonging to Borken district.

About

I live in Enschede, Netherlands, which is in the south east of N52 E6. Graticules I consider in general are N52 E6, N51 E6, N52 E7 or N51 E7. When I'm in for a big challenge I might go to graticules further away.

I use Geohashing as an excuse for cycling somewhere else then what were my "default" routes. I am aiming for London Edinburgh London, so longer trips are wanted. An early step would be a XKCD-100 by bike, and cycle back. I did that on October 4th 2008.

Next challenges: completing a Minesweeper achievement, regional hashes of Overijssel(1 out 3), Borken district(done), Netherlands(5/14), Nordrhine-Westphalia(5/13). Some of them will involve other means of transport than just a bike, unless I can get my hands on one of the faster velomobiles. Well, except when it's on an island of course, I can't help using a ferry then.

My general means of transport is a recumbent bicycle by Nazca.

Tracklog of all bike hashes attempted

Statistics

Total Expeditions	32
Hashes reached	29/34
Blinded by Science	2(the first 2)
Mother Nature	2
No Trespassing	1
Drag along hashes	3
Saturday 4pm meetups.....	9 (of 12)

Expeditions

2008-12-07 52 7 Epe, Germany (reached)

2008-11-15 52 7 Wietmarschen, Germany (sat, reached)

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2008-11-08 53 7 Winschoten, Netherlands (sat, reached)

2008-11-03 52 6 Losser, Netherlands (reached)

2008-11-02 52 6 Zwillbrock, Germany (reached)

2008-10-31 51 7 Bahnhof Reken, Germany (Borken district, reached)

2008-10-30 52 6 Uelsen, Germany (reached)

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2008-10-25 52 6 Laren(GLD), Netherlands (reached, Sat 5pm)

2008-10-24 51 6 Ramsdorf, Germany (Borken district, reached)

2008-10-18 53 7 Rhede(Ems), Germany (Sat, reached)

2008-10-10 52 6 Oldenzaal, Netherlands (reached)

2008-10-09 52 6 Alstätte, Germany (Borken district, reached)

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2008-10-04 52 6 and 53 6 Multihash visiting Tubbergen and Oosternieland(Groningen), Netherlands (Sat, both reached)

2008-09-27 51 6 Silvolde, Netherlands (Sat, reached)

2008-09-20 52 5 Kampen, Netherlands (Sat, not reached)

2008-09-18 52 6 Enschede, Netherlands (reached)

2008-09-17 52 6 Neede, Netherlands(reached)

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2008-09-15 52 7 Epe, Germany (not reached)

2008-09-13 51 6 Gescher, Germany (Sat, reached, Borken district)

2008-09-10 52 4 Noordwijk, Netherlands (reached)

2008-08-30 52 8 Bielefeld, Germany (Sat, reached)

2008-08-27 52 7 Gronau, Germany(Borken district, reached)

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2008-08-26 52 7 Losser, Netherlands (not reached)

2008-08-25 52 6 and 7 Multihash visiting Beltrum, Netherlands, and woods near Greven, Germany. (both reached)

2008-08-20 52 7 A field in the middle between Ochtrup, Gronau, Epe, Metelen and Nienborg, Germany (reached)

2008-08-09 52 6 In the woods near Eerbeek, Netherlands (Sat, reached)

2008-08-05 52 7 Gronau, Germany (Borken district, reached)

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2008-08-03 52 6 A field next to the Berkel river, near Eibergen, Netherlands(reached)

2008-08-02 52 6 In town! Enschede, Netherlands (Sat, reached)

2008-08-01 51 7 About 10km east of Münster, Germany (reached)

2008-07-23 52 7 Ochtrup, Germany (not reached)

2008-07-19 52 6 Some field between Lünten and Alstätte, Germany (Sat, not reached)

Graticules visited (not per se successful)

	4	5	6	7	8
53
52
51

Progress towards regional hashes of the Netherlands and Northrhine-Westfalia

-14 / m / 52,6