User:Mckaysalisbury

I used to be a wikipediaholic. I've got a user page there.

Active participant

• Salt Lake City, Utah

Inactive participant

• District of Columbia
• Los Angeles, California

Attempts

Successful

1. 2008-05-24 40 -111 MNIM... On a hill in Eastern Utah County
2. 2016-04-22 38 -77 In Difficult Run Stream Trail Park (Virginia)
3. 2016-04-23 38 -77 in the C&O Canal National Park (DC)
4. 2016-05-02 39 -76 On a road in Maryland
5. 2016-05-04 39 -77 On a road in Hamilton, Virginia
6. 2016-05-08 38 -77 Just off the road in Chevy Chase, MD
7. 2016-05-31 34 -118 Just off the road just off the beach in Malibu, CA
8. 2016-06-07 34 -118 In a gym in the San Fernando Valley, CA
9. 2016-06-18 33 -118 In a park in View Park, CA
10. 2016-06-19 33 -118 In a parking lot in Norwalk, CA
11. 2016-06-30 38 -74 Off the road just off the ferry in Cape May, NJ
12. 2016-12-30 40 -111 In a park in Western Salt Lake county
13. 2017-10-21 33 -118 In a park in Cypress, CA
14. 2017-12-27 34 -117 Just off the parking lot in a business district in the City of Industry, CA
15. 2017-12-29 32 -117 Just outside a building in northern San Diego
16. 2018-08-10 33 -118 On the beach near LAX
17. 2019-03-23 34 -119 In a parking lot in Oxnard
18. 2020-05-23 34 -117 On a road's shoulder, by a canal, near Gordon Sports Park in Duarte, CA
19. 2020-08-16 40 -111 On a road in Bountiful, UT
20. 2020-08-22 40 -112 Near some train tracks in West Valley City, UT
21. 2020-12-03 40 -111 On a strip of grass in Vineyard, UT
22. 2021-02-26 40 -111 In the middle of the road a Hobbit's walk away from my Home
23. 2021-07-03 40 -111 At the Alta [ski] resort
24. 2021-07-17 40 -111 On a road in Lehi
25. 2021-10-16 40 -111 By a park in Cedar Hills
26. 2021-11-01 39 -112 Just off the road just outside of Eureka
27. 2022-01-27 40 -111 In the parking lot behind Little Suites by Provo Towne Center mall in Provo, Utah
28. 2022-02-05 41 -111 Just outside a Doctors' office in Kaysville
29. 2022-04-08 39 -111 On a corner in eastern Mount Pleasant, Utah
30. 2022-05-30 40 -111 In Orem City Cemetery (On Memorial Day!)
31. 2022-06-04 40 -111 Between townhomes in Vineyard
32. 2022-07-25 40 -111 In a tienda in Orem
33. 2022-11-29 40 -111 On a road in West Orem
34. 2023-01-25 40 -111 Just off a road by the Provo Airport [Puppet Master]
35. 2023-02-06 41 -111 Just off a road outside of Evanston, Wyoming
36. 2023-02-28 40 -111 In the Alpine rodeo grounds
37. 2023-04-01 41 -111 In a parking lot in Layton, Utah
38. 2023-06-18 39 -112 Just off the US-6 south of Silver City, Utah
39. 2023-07-30 39 -85 By a Hindu temple in Indianapolis, Indiana
40. 2023-08-15 40 -111 In a business park in Sandy, Utah
41. 2023-09-30 39 -110 Just off US-191 Duchesne county, Utah

Unsuccessful

• 2008-05-30 40 -111 Blinded by Science, the Weekend error bug
• 2017-12-29 33 -117 Behind a gate (too late at night? Saturday?)
• 2020-08-08 35 -115 Too far off I-15 near Cima Road in Nevada.
• 2021-06-04 39 -112 No public access
• 2021-11-04 40 -111 too far off the Spanish Fork River Trail.

Achievements

Numbers

Randall Munroe / XKCD - 4

• McKay - 2016-04-23 38 -77 - Peter Kaminski - 2008-06-28 37 -122 - CWolves - (2008-06-07 37 -122 or 2008-05-24 37 -121) - Zigdon - 2008-05-17 37 -122 - xkcd

GeoSquishy - 13

• 4 Stars 2020-05-23 34 -117
• 4 Stars 2020-08-22 40 -112
• 5 Stars 2022-02-05 41 -111

This user earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (34, -117) geohash on 2020-05-23.

Counts

This user earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 25 hashpoints on 2017-12-27 and is promoted to Level 5 (Coordinates reached).

This user earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 25 hashpoints on 2022-07-25 and is promoted to Level 5 (Coordinates reached).

Consecutive

Days

This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2016-04-23.

This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2016-06-19.

Greticules

This user achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Washington (West), District of Columbia and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

This user achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Long Beach and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

This user achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Salt Lake City, Utah and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Other

This user earned the 2008 Mouse Over Day achievement by celebrating in the (40, -111) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2008.

This user earned the One with Nature Geohash Achievement by reaching the (40, -111) geohash on 2008-05-24.

This user earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (40, -111) geohash on 2008-05-24.

This user earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize by failing to reach the (-43, 172) geohash on 2008-05-24 Weekend location error bug.

This user earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting a complete stranger at the (38, -77) geohash on 2016-04-23.

This user earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (39, -76) geohash on 2016-05-02 at 25 mph.

This user earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (39, -76) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2016-05-02.

This user earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2016-05-02.

This user earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (39, -77) geohash on 2016-05-04.

This user earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 3 regions of the Washington (West), District of Columbia (38, -77) graticule on state / district level.

This user earned the Restricted area achievement by accessing the (34, -118) geohash at a restricted site on 2016-06-07.

This user earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (34, -117) geohash on 2017-12-27.

This user earned the 2020 Mouse Over Day achievement by celebrating in the (34, -117) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2020.

McKay earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (40, -111) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2020-08-16.

McKay earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (40, -111) geohash on 2020-08-16 at 25mph.

This user earned the Hobbit Achievement by bearing a ring and baring his feet to and from the (40, -111) geohash on 2021-02-26.

This user earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (40, -111) geohash on 2021-02-26 on foot.

This user earned the cubicle geohash honorable mention by working near the (40, -111) geohash on 2021-02-26.

McKay (talk) earned the One with Nature Geohash Achievement by reaching the (40, -111) geohash on 2021-07-03.

This user earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (40, -111) geohash on 2021-07-17 at 25MPH.

This user earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (40, -111) geohash on 2022-11-29 at 25 mph.

McKay (talk) earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating someone to reach the (40, -111) geohash on 2023-01-25.

name of achiever McKay (talk) earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Ogden, Utah (latitude 41, longitude -111) graticule on state level.

Is it true that McKay (talk) earned the achievement = Déjà-vu geohash achievement? In principle, yes. But he has not visited it on the date, because that date hasn't happened yet. Also, the coordinates had already been known (2023-06-18 39 -112).

Is it true that McKay (talk) earned the achievement = Easy geohash achievement? In principle, yes. But the planned trip is for the day before this particular hash. So perhaps he didn't really do the hash at all. (2023-06-18 39 -112).

This user earned the 2024 Geohashing Day achievement by celebrating in the (39, -112) graticule on May 21st 2024.

Achievements Desired

• Minesweeper Geohash Level 5 for a 3x2 rectangle -- 5/6 for 40 -111
• Time-Traveller Geohash Might be tricky. Need to live near a time zone border or something?
• Geohashing Day (when it falls on a Saturday)
• Birthday Geohash
• Origin geohash achievement It's a reasonable hike if I'm visiting my mother
• Hashiversary achievement
• Towel Day achievement
• Pilgrimage achievement - For visiting the spot in the comic in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.