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
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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.
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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.
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Wade earned the National Day Geohash
- by successfully reaching the geohash coordinates on his nation's national day (49, -123) geohash on 2010-07-01.
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Special Places
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bassoon, Dedehawk, and PainJain earned the Unholy Aura Consolation Prize
- by being unable to enter a Catholic church due to terror of a higher being striking their heathen souls down at the (44, -87) geohash on 2010-08-21.
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Timing
Transportation
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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.
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This user earned the Longboard geohash achievement
- by travelling all the way on a longboard to the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-07-30.
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Ekorren earned the Green Ribbon
- by going on 100 expeditions without ever using motorized individual transport for the way to the hash, the 100th being the (48, 9) geohash on 2010-06-25.
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Weather
Discoveries
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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.
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Arts and Creative Insanity
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hardships
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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.
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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.
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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.
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srs0 earned the Hapless Foreign Geohasher
- by being pitied by numerous German citizens during the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-05-23.
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Tomcat earned the Plan B achievement
- by continuing the expedition despite a major failure of technology, thanks to redundant engines, and thus reaching the (49, 11) geohash on 2009-07-14.
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mtu earned the False Start Consolation Prize
- by finding that all of his first 5 geohashes are invalid because the map datum was wrongly set to the Potsdam datum instead of the WGS 84 global standard, causing the loss of 13 achievements and approximately 31 hours of lifetime, up to and including the (54, 10) geohash on 2010-11-10.
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Other
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Yerushalmi and his wife earned the Unleavened Geohash achievement
- by eating matzo and pastrami sandwiches at the (31, 34) geohash on 2009-04-10.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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relet earned the One hundred geohashes achievement
- by completing the hundredth attempt to reach a geohash. (52, 13) geohash on 2009-12-20.
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Danatar earned the Gentleman's Achievement
- by helping a damsel (or other geohasher) in distress reach the (60, 9) geohash on 2010-06-20.
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ダナタル earned the "really, really far from home without achieving the globetrotter achievement" ribbon
- by being still on the same continent despite geohashing 9200 km from home when visiting the (34, 136) geohash on 2010-04-03.
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