User:RocketMac

About Me

52 / m / 42,-88

I am a Mac geek (former Apple employee (twice)) and current Apple Certified Trainer/Consultant/Technician) living near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

I know I'm late to the geohashing game, but I dig it a lot.

My house is less than two miles South/Southwest from the 43, -88 graticule, but I'm originally from Naperville, IL so the 42, -88 suits me just fine.

Geohashing 101 Geocache

I created a Geohashing 101 Geocache cache to introduce my local geocachers to geohashing and these pages contains all the info.

Notable Accomplishments

On August 22nd, 2011 (my second expedition) I managed to hit a five stop multihash on my way from Milwaukee to Minneapolis.

From June 16th to June 18th, 2012, I hit geohashes on three days in a row in three different graticules and in three different states.

On July 16th, 2012, I was the first person to visit a hash in Las Vegas, NV while in town to play in the World Series of Poker.

On September 23rd, 2012, I reached a hash in 42,-89 completing the Minesweeper Geohash and Déjà Vu achievements.

States Visited

• Wisconsin: 42,-87 // 42,-88 // 43,-87 // 43,-88 // 43,-89 // 44,-91 // 44,-87
• Illinois: 41,-87 // 42,-87 // 42,-88 // 41,-88 // 41,-89 // 42,-89
• Minnesota: 45,-93
• Texas: 29,-95
• Missouri: 38,-90
• Nevada: 36,-115

Expeditions

Reached (>=1) or attempted (0)

	-93	-92	-91	-90	-89	-88	-87
45	1	0
44		1	1	0
43				0	2	8*	5
42					1	8+	10
41					1	2	1
*includes proxy find via puppet +includes retrohash

Total: 51

2013

• 2013-03-04 42 -87 - Avoided a hassle with the "fuzz" in an airport parking lot.
• 2013-02-06 42 -87 - Flew past a hashpoint on the side of the freeway.

2012

• 2012-12-12 43 -88 - Played hookie from work to find a geocache and geohash on 12/12/12.
• 2012-10-25 43 -88 - Watching kids play soccer in the pre-rain drizzle at a park.
• 2012-10-17 43 -88 - An easy geosquishy on my way home
• 2012-09-23 42 -89 - Completed my Minesweeper achievement with a hash three miles from my last attempt.
• 2012-09-18 38 -90 - Trip to St. Louis cancelled with a hashpoint right near my hotel.
• 2012-07-16 36 -115 - Dragged the wife and a cabbie to a pub geohash in Vegas while in town for the WSOP
• 2012-06-18 38 -90 - A hike through the woods and geocache before dinner with friends.
• 2012-06-22 42 -89 - Chose not to trespass on a farm in the dark to finish Minesweeper.
• 2012-06-22 41 -89 - Stopped at a cornfield at sunset on the way home from St. Louis.
• 2012-06-17 41 -88 - Visiting my dad on Father's Day and dragging my parents to a hash.
• 2012-06-16 43 -88 - Trying to convince a friend to geohash while geohashing.
• 2012-06-06 42 -88 - Visiting a hardware store parking lot.
• 2012-05-31 42 -88 - A quick drive-by before my "last meal."
• 2012-05-10 43 -87 - A easy hashpoint before meeting The Wyf for dinner.
• 2012-05-21 Milwaukee, WI - My first Geohashing Day!
• 2012-05-10 43 -87 - A easy hashpoint before meeting The Wyf for drinks.
• 2012-05-09 42 -87 - Used the hash as a random dinner generator with The Wyf.
• 2012-04-06 41 -88 - Rural road West of Aurora on the way back from St. Louis
• 2012-04-05 38 -90 - Between a park and the freeway in St. Louis
• 2012-03-08 44 -91 - Wandered onto the driveway of an abandoned(?) farmhouse on his way home from Minneapolis
• 2012-03-01 41 -87 - Found a hashpoint and won a charity poker tournament for his camp!
• 2012-02-05 43 -88 - Drive-through TRON Achievement in semi-formal attire
• 2012-02-04 41 -88 - Another failed attempt at a Saturday meetup with Evil Uncle Nomo and his wife
• 2012-01-28 42 -87 - Too busy cleaning to join Evil Uncle Nomo and his wife at a Saturday Meetup
• 2012-01-22 42 -87 - Used the hash as a random lunch generator with the wife.
• 2012-01-18 42 -87 - Made a father and son uncomfortable.
• 2012-01-08 42 -88 - Birthday cake and contemplation alongside farmland in Eagle.
• 2012-01-01 42 -87 - A park near home and only a few miles from yesterday's hash.

2011

• 2011-12-31 42 -87 - A rain reservoir near two Park-and-Ride lots.
• 2011-12-29 42 -87 - A cluster of trees in an industrial park South of the airport.
• 2011-12-22 43 -88 - A patch of farmland in Pewaukee, WI at lunchtime
• 2011-12-21 43 -87 - A small strip of grass in an urban area on the way to date night
• 2011-12-19 42 -88 - A drive-through visit in New Berlin, WI that I calculated by hand
• 2011-12-17 42 -88 - A cul-de-sac in Franklin, Wisconsin at midnight with the wife
• 2011-12-11 42 -87 - A park in Evanston, IL with a sled hill and a geocache
• 2011-12-08 43 -89 - Small rural road after stopping for dinner at Moosejaw Pizza and Beer
• 2011-12-05 43 -89 - Behind a treeline in the Wisconsin Dells
• 2011-11-30 29 -95 - A small wooded area behind a gas station near Houston, Texas
• 2011-11-29 43 -88 - An easy visit at an intersection in downtown Wauwatosa
• 2011-10-28 42 -88 - An easy visit at the edge of a road near shopping for dinner supplies
• 2011-10-22 43 -87 - Used the day's hashpoint as a random adventure generator with the Wyf
• 2011-10-17 42 -88 - Retrohash: Didn't make actual date, but spent the rest of week at client site a mile away
• 2011-10-14 43 -88 - I sent a puppet out to find a hash less than five miles from her dorm at college
• 2011-10-13 43 -87 - The parking lot of a labor union headquarters
• 2011-10-09 42 -88 - A corn field in Harvard, IL
• 2011-10-07 43 -87 - The rear parking lot of a country club
• 2011-08-25 - On the way home I tried two more graticules at dusk/dark

44 -92 - A corn field at dusk with the edge of a sunset and a sky full of stars

43 -90 - Couldn't find a safe route and settled for parking on the freeway nearby

• 2011-08-22 - I visited five hashes on my trip from Milwaukee to Minneapolis for work

43 -88 - A senior living apartment near home

43 -89 - The parking lot of a Piggly Wiggly near Madison

44 -90 - A near-miss of the hash on private property in scary "ya got a purty mouth" territory

45 -92 - A near-miss of the hash on private property in breathtakingly beautiful farm land

45 -93 - Mere feet from the hash at the edge of someone's house

• 2011-08-06 42 -88 - My first excursion was the 42, -88 event on 2011-08-05

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Admit One Achievement by paying $2.00 to access the (42, -87) geohash at long term parking at General Mitchell Airport on 2013-03-04.

RocketMac earned the Police Geohash Achievement by confusing a private security guard while attempting the (42, -87) geohash on 2013-03-04.

RocketMac earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (42, -87) geohash on 2013-02-06 at 65mph.

RocketMac has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-12-12 without really trying.

RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention by discovering the geocache GC1AQ5V a fair distance from the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-12-12.

RocketMac earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by earning 5 stars all at the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-10-17.

RocketMac earned the Squishy-ing in the Rain GeoSquishy Achievement by drinking a diluted squishy at the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-10-17.

RocketMac earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -89) geohash on 2012-09-23, and previously on 2012-06-22.

RocketMac completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and all of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging The Wyf and Jon, the cab driver to the (36, -115) geohash on 2012-07-16.

RocketMac earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (36, -115) geohash on 2012-07-16.

RocketMac earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out on the (42, -89) geohash on 2012-06-22 because it was dark and soggy and trespassing..

RocketMac achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention by discovering the geocache GC2EQG3 426.181102 feet from the (38, -90) geohash on 2012-06-18.

RocketMac earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 3 consecutive hash points starting on 2012-06-18.

RocketMac earned the Restricted area achievement by accessing the (41, -88) geohash at a restricted (well, we had a family pass) site on 2012-06-17.

RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Mom and Dad to the (41, -88) geohash on 2012-06-17.

RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging JJ (by phone) to the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-06-16.

RocketMac has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (42, -88) geohash on 2012-05-31 without really trying.

RocketMac earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-05-22.

RocketMac has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-05-22 without really trying.

RocketMac earned the It's a kitty consolation prize by being so distracted as to forget to go to the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-05-22.

This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2012-05-09.

RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging MusicGirl (aka The Wyf) to the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-05-09.

RocketMac earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-05-09.

RocketMac achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2012-04-05.

RocketMac earned the Hash collision achievement by discovering the geocache GC2EVR1 461 feet from the (38, -90) geohash on 2012-04-05.

RocketMac earned the OpenStreetMap achievement by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (44, -91) geohash on 2012-03-08.

RocketMac achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac earned the Pocket Rocket Achievement by winning a seat at the World Series of Poker as part of the expedition for the (41, -87) geohash on 2012-03-01.

RocketMac earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (43, -88) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2012-02-05.

RocketMac earned the Formal attire achievement by looking good at the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-02-05.

RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging MusicGirl to the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-01-22.

RocketMac earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-01-22 while the temperature was 28 °F.

RocketMac earned the Keanu Barada Niktwhoa Award by doing some really bad acting at the (42, -87) geohash on 2012-01-18.

RocketMac earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -88) geohash on his 40th birthday, 2012-01-08.

RocketMac earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (42, -88) geohash on 2012-01-08.

RocketMac earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by having their challenge met by TheOneRing in (New) Berlin on 2011-12-19.

RocketMac earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2011-12-31.

RocketMac earned the Poetic Irony Award by finding Imperial Probe Droid: Ice Planet Hoth at a snowy, freezing hashpoint (42, -87) geohash on 2012-01-01.

RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention by discovering the geocache GCVW0A 0.4438 miles from the (42, -87) geohash on 2011-12-29.

RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging jonevk to the (43, -88) geohash on 2011-12-22.

RocketMac kinda earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (43, -87) geohash on 2011-12-21.

RocketMac earned the Teacher's Pet Award by showing his work to calculate the (42, -88) geohash on 2011-12-19.

RocketMac earned the Pseudo Celebrity Status award by having NWoodruff and relet write on his expedition's talk page (42, -88) geohash on 2011-12-19.

RocketMac earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -88) geohash on 2011-12-17 in the middle of the night.

RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention by discovering the geocache GC349X9 696 feet from the (42, -87) geohash on 2011-12-11.

RocketMac earned the Raptor Evasion Achievement by avoiding the obvious raptors in the area (42, -87) geohash on 2011-12-11.

RocketMac achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out on the (43, -89) geohash on 2011-12-05 because of caution signs and cold weather.

RocketMac earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (29, -95) geohash on 2011-11-30.

RocketMac earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (43, -88) geohash on 2011-11-29.

RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging my wife to the (43, -87) geohash on 2011-10-22.

RocketMac earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize by failing to reach the (43, -87) geohash on 2011-10-22 because the web site was giving out bad coordinates.

RocketMac earned the It's a kitty consolation prize by being so distracted by dinner with the in-laws as to forget to go to the (42, -88) geohash on 2011-10-17.

RocketMac earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating AuroraSincrois to reach the (43, -88) geohash on 2011-10-14.

RocketMac earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2011-10-13.

RocketMac achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 2 hash points on 2011-08-25. It's a Double Hash.

RocketMac earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (43, -90) geohash on 2011-08-25 by an impassable and unforeseen Too many hazzards and no roads (and probably lurking alligators).

RocketMac earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 5 hash points on 2011-08-22. It's a MONSTER Hash.

RocketMac achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Schaumburg, Illinois and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

RocketMac earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (45, -92) geohash on 2011-08-22.

RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -88) geohash on 2011-08-06.

RocketMac earned the Hash collision achievement by discovering the geocache GC1JTJN 579 feet from the (42, -88) geohash on 2011-08-06.