Gratuitous ribbons list

This should be a list of the gratuitous ribbons users have taken so far. Please add yours if you think others might be interested in seeing (and maybe copying) it.

If many people claim the same gratuitous ribbon, it might become a real achievement some day, see Gratuitous ribbons for proposed achievement.

Special Days

Robyn & Rhonda earned the Double Mother Geohash Ribbon by visiting both their mothers, in different graticules, on Mothers' Day, before reaching the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-10.

thepiguy and Danatar earned the Don't Panic! Achievement by geohashing with their towels on Towel Day 2009 at the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-05-25.

Ekorren earned the Easter Bunny Ribbon by photographing the Easter Bunny on Easter Monday, en route to the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-04-13.

Special Places

myka earned the No Water Geohash Achievement by reaching the hashpoint on dry land even though it was in the middle of a lake. (-36, 144) geohash on 2009-05-03.

Robyn earned the Salt and Pepper Achievement by reaching water geohashes in both salt and fresh water in the same week, ending with the (49, -121) geohash on 2009-05-16.

Ekorren earned the Unavoidable Geohash by being unable to reroute a train around the (48, 9) geohash on 2009-06-07.

Rhonda earned the stinky geohash ribbon by attending a geohash located between the pulp mill, sewage treatment plant, and city dump at the (50, -120) geohash on 2009-05-18.

thepiguy earned the Flughafen Hash Achievement by visiting a geohash at an airport and watching planes take off and land at the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-07-25.

Transportation

Ekorren earned the Biked on Mount Everest Ribbon by climbing more than 8848 m on bike expeditions until reaching (48, 8) geohash on 2009-05-01.

dawidi earned the Zahnradbahn Achievement by using a noisy century-old contraption to get to the (47, 11) geohash on 2009-05-21.

This user earned the Longboard geohash achievement by travelling all the way on a longboard to the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-07-30.

Sermoa, DavidMiller, Thepiguy, Srs0 earned the Taxi geohash achievement by taking a taxi to the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-10-03.

Discoveries

This user earned the Hashcat Ribbon by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (51, 12) geohash on 2009-03-08.

Relet earned the Don Quijoti Achievement by spotting fractals and borderline Mandlebrot sets in keeping with the spirit of XKCD Comic 587 all while on the Don Quijote Route attempting the (40, -2) geohash on 2009-05-24.

Sermoa earned the Hashdog Ribbon by playing ball with a dog at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Yerushalmi and his wife earned the Celebrity Geohash achievement by meeting a guy in a monkey suit on the way to the (31, 34) geohash on 2009-08-16.

Arts and Creative Insanity

Robyn earned the Badger Mushroom Snake Ribbon by performing the Badger Badger Badger song, with actions, while on Badger Road, en route to (48, -122) geohash on 2009-04-05.

Paintedhell earned the Dandelion Creativity Ribbon by artfully arranging dandelions at the (50, 11) geohash on 2009-05-03.

srs0 earned the Scarred for Life Achievement by for being forced to take "stylish" pictures of Danatar and thepiguy at the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-05-25.

Rhonda, Elbie, Ray, and Xore earned the monkey games achievement by climbing a tree directly on the hashpoint then playing games in it (49, -123) geohash on 2009-06-03.

Meghan earned the Attendance in Effigy Ribbon by having other geohashers build snowmeghans representing her presence at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-03-09.

Sermoa earned the Musician Achievement by playing xaphoon at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Macronencer earned the Rubik's Achievement by solving a Rubik's cube at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

thepiguy earned the Secret Agent Geohash Achievement by sneaking into a field at midnight dressed in all black with his awesome spy gear at the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-07-17.

Sermoa,Macronencer and David earned the Card Game achievement by playing cards at the geohash (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15.

Hardships

Robyn earned the Redefined Success Ribbon by not being eaten by bears while getting to within a kilometre of the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-06.

Juja earned the Desert Rallye Consolation Ribbon by sweating, getting a sunburn and craving water in the lonely desert (50, 11) geohash on 2009-05-24.

Elbie earned the Trailblazer Achievement by hiking over 2km through forested terrain with a grade of 40 to 80%, for the (49, -122) geohash on 2009-06-07.

srs0 earned the Hapless Foreign Geohasher by being pitied by numerous German citizens during the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-05-23.

Tomcat earned the Plan B achievement by coninuing the expedition despite a major failure of technology, thanks to redundant engines, and thus reaching the (49, 11) geohash on 2009-07-14.

Someone earned the Simply Scared Solace by stopping seventeen smoots short: (46, -64) geohash on 2009-07-12.

Other

Yerushalmi and his wife earned the Unleavened Geohash achievement by eating matzo and pastrami sandwiches at the (31, 34) geohash on 2009-04-10.

Elbie earned the "Frak This" Achievement by spending over seven hours watching Battlestar Galactica while travelling to the (48, -123) geohash on 2009-05-03.

relet earned the Latest geohasher achievement by being more than 1 hour late for the meetup, and still meeting someone at the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-05-29.

Zb and Baerenfell earned the Democracy Geohash Achievement by going voting on the way to the (47, 10) geohash on 2009-06-07.

Koepfel earned the Democracy is more important than Geohashing Consolidation Prize by going voting instead of geohashing, thereby missing the (47, 10) geohash on 2009-06-07.

thepiguy earned the Kayak Balancing Achievement by not having to pay the deductible on two kayaks en route to the (49, -124) geohash on 2009-03-29.

Robyn earned the Master of Chicken Counting Ribbon by estimating within 4% the number of chickens at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-18.

Wade earned the Dinosaur Chiropractor ribbon by straightening T-Rex's wire spine during the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-04-25.

wmcduff earned the Cato Censorius achievement by repeatedly mentioning the importance of finishing what you have begun and thus pushing relet to tackle the (53, 11) geohash on 2009-06-14.

lyx earned the Saving the Ladybugs Honorable Mention by saving some ladybugs near the (53, 13) geohash on 2009-07-15.

davidc earned the Oh God My Head! Consolation Prize by failing to gain a carefully prepared, easily achievable achievement due to a hangover during the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-08-26.

Sermoa, Macronencer, Mapaholic and DavidMiller earned the Party geohash by throwing a mad-keen party at the Cubicle achievement (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.

Dirk from Sonnenbühl earned the Darwin Award honorable mention by driving too fast and not using the seatbelts on 2006-12-22, dying about 10 m from what would be the (48, 9) geohash on 2009-10-07.