User:Frogman

29 / m / 44,-123

About me

I'm a geohasher currently residing in the Toronto, Ontario graticule.

Expeditions Total Attempted 65 Successes 57 24px Thwarted - No Trespassing 4 Thwarted - Bad Planning 3 Thwarted - Mother Nature 1 24px

Best of First geohash 44-mile round trip, all by bicycle Daytrip to Willamette National Forest Virgin geohash in the Newport, OR graticule Birthday hash Virgin geohash in Kimberly, OR

Geohashing Buddies Alison Alison particularly enjoys cycling to geohashes and geocaching during expeditions. Alison has been on 16 expeditions with me, 10 of them successful. Benture Benture is my dad. Although he started out as a drag-along companion, he has gone on some expeditions of his own! Benture has been on 15 expeditions with me, 13 of them successful. Daisy Daisy is a dog. She is perhaps my most enthusiastic geohashing companion because she loves walks in the woods and sticks. Daisy has been on 16 expeditions with me, 14 of them successful. Higgs Higgs did her undergrad with me. Higgs has been on 12 expeditions with me, 11 of them successful. Greg Greg went to high school and undergrad with me. Greg has been on 9 expeditions with me, all successes. Kate Kate is my mom. She mostly comes on the expeditions that involve taking nice walks through the woods, although sometimes I forget to tell her that we are going and she is unprepared. Sorry! Kate has been on 11 expeditions with me, 9 of them successful. Other companions Leah, my sister, who will have you know that she rather dislikes geohashing Grandma Maggie and Grandpa John geohash with me occasionally Callie went to Oregon State with me Michael5000, who introduced me to geohashing Dmitriy goes to Oregon State and was my roommate through early 2014 Reece lives in Troutdale and joined me for a couple of expeditions Scott, Higgs's dad Red Mekanik and darkmatter365 came with me on my first expedition Bobby joined me for a rather boring expedition to Clackamas County Colten joined me for a failed expedition to Larch Mountain area Sarah came to an expedition in Sandy Marie came with us to an expedition on Mary's Peak Sam graciously joined us for an expedition in Deschutes County Cameron, Eddie, and Alex joined me on a very long hike Kyle was my roommate, and as such got dragged along occasionally Grandma Ruth lives near where I did my undergrad Justin and Jess joined us for our virgin expedition of Kimberly, Oregon

Statistics Graticules Pacific Northwest North Lincoln City, Oregon McMinnville, Oregon 1 / 1 Portland, Oregon 12 / 15 The Dalles, Oregon Goldendale, Washington Hermiston, Oregon Newport, Oregon 1 / 1 Eugene, Oregon 22 / 23 Springfield, Oregon 2 / 3 Bend, Oregon 3 / 3 Prineville, Oregon 1 / 1 Kimberly, Oregon 1 / 1 Coos Bay, Oregon Roseburg, Oregon 0 / 1 Oakridge, Oregon La Pine, Oregon 11 / 11 Hampton, Oregon Hines, Oregon Brookings, Oregon Grants Pass, Oregon 0 / 1 Medford, Oregon Klamath Falls, Oregon Lakeview, Oregon Plush, Oregon Great Lakes Grey County, Ontario Barrie, Ontario 1 / 1 Peterborough, Ontario Waterloo, Ontario Toronto, Ontario 2 / 2 Lockport, New York Erie, Pennsylvania Dunkirk, New York Buffalo, New York Counties I have geohashed in: 21 counties overall, with 20 successes. 16 of 36 Oregon counties, with 15 successes. 2 of 39 Washington counties, with 2 successes. 3 of 49 Ontario census divisions, with 3 successes. I have the regional geohashing achievement in 3 counties: Frogman (talk) earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 1 graticules belonging to Benton County, Oregon. Frogman (talk) earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 1 graticules belonging to City of Toronto, Ontario. Frogman (talk) earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to Washington County, Oregon. Geographical Extremes North #1. 45.8287344 South #53. 43.4341846 West #16. -124.0892742 East #64. -79.0340213 National Forests I have geohashed in: Deschutes National Forest Fremont-Winema National Forest Ochoco National Forest Siuslaw National Forest Willamette National Forest I would like to geohash in every national forest in the state of Oregon. So far I have 5 of 12. Note that I am counting forests that are administrated together as one forest; for example, Fremont and Winema National Forests can be counted as one (called Fremont-Winema).

Minesweeps

Frogman achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in McMinnville, Oregon and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Frogman achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Eugene, Oregon and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Frogman achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Portland, Oregon and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Frogman achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Springfield, Oregon and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Expeditions List

65. 2017-11-04 44 -79 On the side of a residential road in Tottenham, Ontario.

• Success!

64. 2017-10-21 43 -79 On the side of a road near a forested area in Ajax, Ontario.

• Success!

63. 2017-09-09 43 -79 In a forested area near the West branch of the Don River in North York.

• Success!
• My very first Canadian geohash!

62. 2017-08-20 44 -119 In a heavily wooded area near a creekbed in Ochoco National Forest.

• Success!
• First ever successful expedition in Kimberly, Oregon.
• Expedition with Higgs, Justin, and Jess.

61. 2017-08-18 44 -120 In Ochoco National Forest, just down the road from a Forest Service facility.

• Success!
• First expedition/success in Prineville, Oregon.
• Expedition with Higgs
• There was an explosives shed.

60. 2017-08-16 43 -121 In the forest north of Wikiup Reservoir.

• Success!
• Expedition with Daisy.

59. 2017-07-16 43 -121 Deschutes National Forest.

• Success.
• First geohash in a very long time!
• Daisy joined me.

58. 2015-03-23 44 -121 West of Sisters, Oregon in Deschutes National Forest.

• Success.
• Expedition with Mama, Papa, Daisy.
• Saw a birdwatcher.

57. 2015-03-08 44 -123 A residential sidewalk in Dallas, Oregon.

• Success.

56. 2015-03-03 44 -123 Near a tennis court in Adair County Park.

• Success.
• First expedition with Grandma Ruth!

55. 2015-02-22 44 -123 A strip mall parking lot in Salem, Oregon.

• Success.

54. 2015-02-10 44 -122 In downtown Lebanon, Oregon.

• Success!
• Sooooore

Frogman earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 42 miles to the (44, -122) geohash on 2015-02-10.

53. 2014-12-23 43 -121 In the northernmost tip of Fremont-Winema National Forest.

• Success!
• Expedition with the family after looking at houses.

52. 2014-12-14 43 -121 Just north of a recycling transfer station on US Hwy. 97.

• Success!
• Expedition with the family.

51. 2014-12-13 43 -121 On an NFS road in southern Deschutes National Forest.

• Success!
• Expedition with Mama, Papa, Daisy.

This user earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (43, -121) geohash on 2014-12-13.

50. 2014-12-06 44 -123 A logging forest in Polk County, Oregon, U.S.A.

• Failure.
• Raisins.
• Expedition with Alison and Kyle.

49. 2014-11-29 43 -121 A grove of trees near a network of off-road vehicle trails in Eastern Oregon.

• Success!
• Expedition with the family.
• Windy!

48. 2014-10-10 44 -123 A soybean field in E. E. Wilson Game Management Area.

• Success!
• First expedition with Kyle.

47. 2014-09-18 45 -122 On South Fischers Mill Road near Redland, Oregon.

• Success!
• Drive on the way back down to school.

46. 2014-09-14 45 -122 On the grounds of Union High School, on the eastern fringe of Vancouver.

• Success!
• Expedition with Papa.

Frogman and Benture earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 33 miles to the (45, -122) geohash on 2014-09-14.

45. 2014-09-06 45 -122 In the parking lot of a WinCo in Vancouver, Washington.

• Success!
• Expedition with Alison.
• Also went to Fort Vancouver and stopped by Michael's house.

Frogman and Alison earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 40 miles for Frogman, 45 for Alison to the (45, -122) geohash on 2014-09-06.

44. 2014-09-01 44 -121 Just off Soda Creek Trail, Deschutes National Forest, South of Broken Top and the South Sister.

• Success!
• Expedition with Mama, Papa, Alison, and Daisy

43. 2014-08-02 44 -123 In a hilly area in a logging company forest west of Dallas, Oregon.

• Success!
• POISON OAK
• Also, a really long bike ride:

Frogman earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 119km to the (44, -123) geohash on 2014-08-02.

42. 2014-07-20 44 -123 On the side of Mary's Peak in Siuslaw National Forest.

• Success!
• Expedition with Cameron, Eddie, and Alex.

41. 2014-07-05 43 -121 In a thickly-wooded area near Cultus Lake.

• Success!
• Hot, mosquitoes, dry, had stomach problems
• Expedition with Papa, Daisy, and Sam

40. 2014-07-04 44 -121 A couple kilometers off of Highway 20 in Deschutes National Forest.

• Success!
• First Bend geohash.

39. 2014-06-20 45 -122 In the parking lot of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.

• Success!
• Expedition with Mama and Leah.

38. 2014-06-16 45 -122 On a steep hillside just off of Highway 14 near Skamania, Washington.

• Success!
• Expedition with Reece.

37. 2014-06-15 45 -122 On a hillside just to the north of St. Helens, Oregon.

• Success!
• Expedition with Michael5000

36. 2014-06-12 44 -123 On a logged hillside in northern Benton County.

• Success!

35. 2014-05-10 44 -123 On a forested hill east of Alsea, Oregon.

• Success!
• Greg is a good driver.

34. 2014-05-02 44 -123 On the shoulder of Oregon Highway 99W, just south of Monmouth, Oregon.

• Success!
• Long, hard ride on bicycle. Many hills. Very out of shape.

Frogman earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 47.1 miles to the (44, -123) geohash on 2014-05-02.

33. 2014-04-09 44 -123 On a residential road near a field in North Albany.

• Success!
• Expedition with Greg, Alec

32. 2014-04-08 44 -123 On the side of Highway 34, near a truck stop and the I-5 intersection.

• Success!
• Expedition with Greg, Alec, Callie.

31. 2014-03-25 43 -121 On a hill thick with manzanita, west of La Pine, Oregon in Deschutes National Forest.

• Success!
• Expedition with Mama, Papa, Grandma and Grandpa.
• Mama got all scratched up :(

This user earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (43, -121) geohash on 2014-03-25.

30. 2014-03-20 45 -122 At the intersection of Highway 213 and Henrici Road, southeast of Oregon City.

• Success!
• Drive-through geohash.
• Expedition with Leah, Papa, Mama, Daisy.

Frogman earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all four regions of the Portland, OR (45, -122) graticule on congressional district level.

29. 2014-03-15 44 -123 In the mountains south of Philomath, Oregon.

• Success!
• Birthday hash!
• Expedition with Greg.

Frogman earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement by reaching the (44, -123) geohash on his 19th birthday, 2014-03-15.

28. 2014-02-23 44 -123 Near a hiking trail on Mary's Peak.

• Success!
• Snow!
• Expedition with Alison, Alec, Greg, and Marie

Frogman, AlecS, Greg, and Alison earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Marie to the (44, -123) geohash on 2014-02-23.

27. 2014-02-21 44 -123 In South McDonald Forest near Oak Creek Laboratory of Biology, north of Corvallis, Oregon.

• Success!

Frogman earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 9 miles to the (44, -123) geohash on 2014-02-21.

26. 2014-02-12 44 -123 A game management area north of Corvallis, Oregon.

• Success!
• Expedition with Alec, Greg.

25. 2014-02-03 44 -123 In a field west of Adair Village, Oregon.

• Success!
• Michael got there first.
• Expedition with Greg.

24. 2014-01-20 44 -122 Just off hwy 20 east of Sweet Home.

• Failure.
• Short stroll with Alison, Mama, and Daisy

23. 2014-01-19 43 -121 In southern Deschutes National Forest, near Hole-In-The-Ground.

• Success!
• Expedition with Alison, Leah, Papa, Daisy
• First Lake County geohash! Exciting.
• Farthest South, Farthest East, and Farthest Up so far.

22. 2014-01-13 44 -123 Someone's tree in a suburban area north of Corvallis, Oregon.

• Success!
• Biked over to Crescent Valley area on the way; very pleasant ride.
• Third expedition in 97330 area code. Third expedition in Corvallis School District.

Frogman earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 14.0 mi to the (44, -123) geohash on 2014-01-13.

21. 2014-01-12 44 -123 On a hill in Siuslaw National Forest.

• Success!
• Expedition with Alec, Alison, Greg, Callie
• We went to Mo's afterward

20. 2013-12-21 45 -122 In a forest near Elkhorn Mountain in Southwest Washington.

• Failure.
• Expedition with Alison, Papa, Leah
• Another case of "would have succeeded if we got there earlier"

19. 2013-12-20 45 -122 In a handicapped parking space outside of the Sandy City Transit building.

• Success!
• Expedition in Sandy, OR
• With Alison, Reece, Sarah

Frogman earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Sarah to the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-12-20.

18. 2013-11-30 43 -121 In the Deschutes National Forest west of Three Rivers, Oregon.

• Success!
• Expedition with lots of people. Grandma Maggie's first expedition.

This user earned the Pie Geohash Achievement by baking pumpkin pie for other people to degustate at the (43, -121) geohash on 2013-11-30.

Frogman, Benture earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Maggie to the (43, -121) geohash on 2013-11-30.

17. 2013-11-29 43 -121 In the Deschutes National Forest just west of La Pine, Oregon.

• Success!
• Expedition with Benture, Grandpa John, Daisy
• My first geohash in the La Pine, Oregon graticule!
• My first geohash in Deschutes County, Oregon.

16. 2013-11-09 44 -124 About a kilometer into Siuslaw National Forest, north of Florence, Oregon.

• Success!
• Longest, hardest geohash yet.
• Expedition with Higgs, Callie
• First ever geohash in Newport, Oregon graticule!
• My first geohash in Lane County, Oregon.

15. 2013-11-03 43 -123 In a forest near Yoncalla, Oregon.

• Failure!
• Expedition with Higgs, Scott

Frogman, Higgs, Scott earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (400 meters) reaching the (43, -123) geohash on 2013-11-03.

14. 2013-11-02 44 -123 In a forested area north of Logsden Road.

• Success!
• First Polk County, Oregon hash
• Expedition with Higgs, Scott

Frogman earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Eugene, Oregon (44, -123) graticule on US congressional district level.

13. 2013-10-26 44 -122 On a steep hillside in Willamette National Forest.

• Success!
• First Springfield, Oregon hash
• Expedition with Higgs, Callie, Dmitriy
• Over 160 miles traveled by car. Yowza.

Frogman, Higgs, Callie, Dmitriy earned the Picnic achievement by eating Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches at the (44, -122) geohash on 2013-10-26.

Frogman, Higgs, Callie, Dmitriy earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (44, -122) geohash on 2013-10-26.

12. 2013-10-21 44 -123 In the middle of a forest in the Corvallis area near Witham Hill Natural Area.

• Success!
• First hash in already-hashed school district, postal code
• Expedition with Higgs, Alison, Callie, Greg
• 2dark4me

Frogman (talk), Higgs, Callie, Greg, Alison earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (44, -123) geohash on 2013-10-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 3.7 miles.

Frogman (talk), Alison earned the Hashcat achievement by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (44, -123) geohash on 2013-10-21.

Higgs, Frogman (talk) earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Higgs, Greg, Callie to the (44, -123) geohash on 2013-10-21.

11. 2013-10-20 44 -123 Off of the John H. Beuter Road in Peavy Arboretum.

• Success!
• Lots of trees.

Frogman (talk) earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 15.2 miles to the (44, -123) geohash on 2013-10-20.

10. 2013-10-06 44 -123 A corn farm in rural Benton County, Oregon.

• Success!
• First alone expedition.
• I saw a guy harvesting corn!

Frogman (talk) earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 44.0 miles to and from the 2013-10-06/44,-123 (44, -123) geohash on date 2013-10-06.

Frogman (talk) earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 1 graticules belonging to Benton County, Oregon.

9. 2013-09-17 45 -122 On a Mt. Hood National Forest road near Larch Mountain.

• Failed.
• With Autocolt and Spearmarshal (they gave me pseudonyms they preferred)

Frogman (talk) earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Autocolt and Spearmarshal to the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-09-17.

8. 2013-09-15 45 -123 In the woods off Highway 26, near an ODOT station.

• Success!
• Expedition with Michael5000
• Went running (6.12 miles) and to coffee later (I read Hofstadter).

Frogman (talk) earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to Washington County, Oregon.

7. 2013-09-13 45 -122 Hazeldale Park in Aloha, OR.

• Success!
• Went on a slide

6. 2013-09-11 45 -122 On Almond Drive in a still-being-built neighborhood near Clackamas High School.

• Success!
• It wasn't the destination that was fun, but the journey. The destination was pretty dull.

Frogman earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Dmitriy and Bobby to the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-09-11.

5. 2013-09-07 45 -122 In or near the Hopkins Demonstration Forest, in the woods south of Oregon City.

• Failed expedition.
• Expedition with Michael5000
• Found a geocache instead!

Frogman, Alison, and Michael5000 earned the It's a kitty consolation prize by being so distracted by a nearby geocache as to forget to go to the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-09-07.

4. 2013-09-02 45 -122 Off of the path in Forest Park.

• Failed expedition.
• Nice hike.

Frogman earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Grandpa John to the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-09-02.

Frogman, Frogman's grandpa, and Alison earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (40 meters) reaching the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-09-02.

3. 2013-08-23 45 -122 Someone's driveway in the Oakbrook neighborhood of Vancouver, WA.

• Alison's first successful geohash!
• We met the residents of the house whose driveway the hashpoint was on.

Frogman and Alison earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 27.2 miles to and from the (45, -122) geohash on 2013-08-23.

2. 2013-08-16 42 -123 A BLM road off of Oregon State Highway 42.

• Failed expedition.

frogman earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (9 miles) reaching the (42, -123) geohash on 2013-08-16.

1. 2011-08-04 45 -122 In someone's backyard in Ridgefield, WA.

• Expedition with Red-Mekanik and dark_matter365
• First ever geohash for all three of us

This user earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (45, -122) geohash on 2011-08-04.