User:Ilpadre

40 / m / 49,8

About Me

I'm a physics student from Heidelberg, Germany and currently working on my diploma thesis. I will visit hashpoints reachable by bike or foot and sometimes those reachable by train. I didn't own a GPS until 2010, so I navigated by maps and relied on satellite/aerial imagery (or, if the coordinates were in a forest, topographic maps) to find the exact spot. That worked most of the time, but occasionally lead to extensive searches or user errors if the imagery or map were outdated.

Future Plans

Current status/plans: In Heidelberg.

Travel Plans

Work will take me to:

• Bielefeld (52,8): May 13-15
• Berlin-Adlershof (52,13): The first two June weeks (+/- a few days)

Achievements to Get

It's always nice to win an achievement along with a successful expedition. For me, some are more desirable than others.

• Walk to as many hashpoints as possible and beat the current distance record. For a complete list of all my walk hashes (successful or not), see Walk Geohashes.
• Send more hashcards.

Things to Do at Hashpoints

• Combine geohashing with guerilla gardening.
• Revisit old hashpoints and document how the place changed (the above point makes revisiting particularly interesting).
• Clean up the hashpoint area.
• Leave a hashtag.
• Leave a hashmark big and durable enough that it can be seen from space. Then wait for the next Google Earth imagery update.

Statistics

Visited graticules and hashpoints (last 6 missing)

Total expeditions:	35 in 8 graticules
Hashpoints reached:	32 in 7 graticules
Hashpoints not reached:	3 in 2 graticules
Walk geohashes:	10
By bike:	12
By public transport:	9
By car:	4

Expeditions

Regular Expeditions

Most recent first:

2010-01-06 Darmstadt (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-01-06 using public transit. ilpadre earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-01-06 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.
2009-12-26 Volkers (Bad Brückenau) (50,9)
2009-11-30 Bad Schönborn (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-30 using public transit.
2009-11-19 Ladenburg (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-19.
2009-11-14 Karlsruhe (49,8) met Koepfel, Fluxkompensator, Mo6eB and friends		Stacking achievement ilpadre earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-14.
2009-11-04 Sandhausen (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-04 on foot, travelling a distance of 17.3 km.
2009-10-09 Hamburg (53,9)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-10-09 on foot, travelling a distance of 13 km. ilpadre earned the Police Geohash Achievement by meeting two police officers while attempting the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-10-09. ilpadre earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-10-09.
2009-09-08 Mannheim (49,8) Failed by 130 m		This user earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize by failing to reach the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-09-08 because he blindly followed outdated satellite imagery.
2009-08-27 Sandhausen (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-08-27 on foot, travelling a distance of 19.5 km.
2009-08-19 Weinheim (49,8) cycled 42 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-08-19.
2009-07-23 Altenbach (Schriesheim) (49,8) cycled 33 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-23.
2009-07-20 Heidelberg (49,8) met Koepfel, Euterkuh and fiveonsofflax		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-20 on foot, travelling a distance of 5.7 km.
2009-07-12 Frankfurt (50,8) Failed by 8 m		ilpadre earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (50, 8) geohash on 2009-07-12.
2009-07-09 Otterstadt (49,8) Failed by 6.5 km		ilpadre earned the Train wreck consolation prize by failing to reach the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-09 because of a flat tyre.
2009-07-04 Bensheim (49,8) cycled 73 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-04.
2009-06-23 Epfenbach (49,8) cycled 62 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-23. ilpadre earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-23.
2009-06-15 Neurott (Heidelberg) (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-15 on foot, travelling a distance of 14 km.
2009-06-08 Lobbach (49,8) cycled 61 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-08. ilpadre earned the Calendar girl achievement by taking compromising photographs for public consumption at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-08. ilpadre earned the Geoflashing Achievement by stripping off at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-08.
2009-05-13 Speyer (49,8) cycled 61 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-05-13. ilpadre earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-05-13.
2009-04-30 Heidelberg (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-04-30 on foot, travelling a distance of 8.2 km.
2009-03-26 Neu-Ulm (48,10)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (48, 10) geohash on 2009-03-26 using public transit.
2009-02-24 Hoffenheim (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-24 using public transit.
2009-02-15 Oftersheim (49,8) cycled 21 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-15.
2009-02-13 Dossenheim (49,8) cycled 15 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-13. ilpadre earned the Hashcard achievement by sending a postcard of the hashpoint area to relet on the (49, 8) expedition on 2009-02-13.
2009-01-28 Grein (49,8) cycled 55 km		ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-28.
2009-01-21 Heidelberg (49,8) met Danatar		ilpadre earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-21 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon. ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 4 km.
2009-01-12 Lauterbourg (48,8) met Ekorren		ilpadre earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Germany-France border on 2009-01-12 to reach the (48, 8) geohash. ilpadre earned the Hashcard achievement by sending a postcard of the hashpoint area to joannac on the (48, 8) expedition on 2009-01-12.
2008-12-30 & 2008-12-31 Wörth & Maximiliansau (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-30 using public transit. ilpadre earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-30 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water. ilpadre earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-31 in the middle of the night. ilpadre earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2008-12-30.
2008-12-10 Mauer (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-10 using public transit. ilpadre earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2008-12-10.
2008-11-24 Bad Wimpfen (49,9) met Danatar		ilpadre earned the Holy hash achievement by reaching the sacred (49, 9) location on 2008-11-24. ilpadre earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (49, 9) geohash on 2008-11-24.
2008-11-01 Eßleben (49,10) met Danatar		ilpadre earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his girlfriend to the (49, 10) geohash on 2008-11-01.
2008-10-29 Heidelberg (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-29, and previously on 2008-09-28.
2008-10-26 Heidelberg (49,8)		ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-26 on foot, travelling a distance of 11 km.
2008-10-22 Heidelberg (49,8)		Template:Virgin graticule ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-22 on foot, travelling a distance of 5.8 km.

Irregular Expeditions

2008-12-21 Heidelberg (49,8)

Retro expedition to a conveniently placed 2008-07-09 hashpoint

Videos

Videos of my expeditions (5 so far).

Wiki Stuff

I like drawing xkcd-ish images for achievement ribbons. See my gallery of achievement images. I keep looking out for newly created achievements that need a ribbon image, and for old images that could be improved.

To-Do List

• Write expedition reports for 2009-10-09 53 9, 2009-11-04 49 8, 2009-11-14 49 8, 2009-11-19 49 8, 2009-12-26 50 9, 2010-01-06 49 8
• Add yet unnamed graticules to the All Graticules list (constantly looking for remote or interesting graticules). Name the Antarctica graticules.
• Draw icon for Stacking achievement

Misc.

User:Ilpadre/Favorites

NYSE Holidays

“	:) Ar, a hash! Oh, Sahara ):	”
—Geohashing palindrome