User:Kripakko

About

I am a Finnish outdoors person, geocacher and orienteer. I heard about geohashing at about the same time I started geocaching in 2013, but only in April 2019 did I actually get around to creating an account.

Geocaching profile: Kripakko

Home graticule: Joensuu, Finland (62,29)

Successful expeditions

• 2019-04-14 62 30 – In a forest near the village of Selkie, close to small forest roads.
• 2019-04-27 62 29 – On the yard of Lehmo school in Kontiolahti.
• 2019-05-05 62 29 – Near the village of Ahokkala in Kontiolahti.
• 2019-05-11 62 29 – In a forest near the village of Puntarikoski in Kontiolahti.
• 2019-06-04 62 29 – In a forest near some houses and close to the shore of lake Pyhäselkä.
• 2019-06-07 63 29 – In a swamp in the outskirts of Juuka, less than a kilometre away from main road 6.
• 2019-08-04 62 29 – On an open logging area in Kerolankangas, Kontiolahti.
• 2020-02-26 62 29 – In a forest close to the Nurmeksentie road in Uuro, Kontiolahti.
• 2020-03-22 62 29 – In lake Pyhäselkä, about a kilometre from the nearest shore.
• 2020-03-29 62 30 – In a forest close to Tervasuontie road, easily accessible.
• 2020-04-29 62 29 – In very uneven terrain, at the edge of a depression, close to roads.
• 2020-05-02 62 29 – In the tiny suburb of Ranta-Mutala in Joensuu, in a residential area but on public land.
• 2020-05-10 62 29 – At the edge of the vast woods of Jaamankangas.
• 2020-05-10 61 29 – In a forest, rather easily accessible and probably swarming with mosquitoes.
• 2020-05-15 62 29 – At the edge of a field in the outskirts of Polvijärvi.
• 2020-05-19 62 29 – In a forest in Jaamankangas.
• 2020-05-26 61 30 – In a forest in the backwoods of Kitee.
• 2020-06-04 62 29 – In a forest near the village of Savikko in former Pyhäselkä.
• 2020-06-17 61 29 – In a young pine forest just 60 metres off highway 6.
• 2020-06-26 62 28 – In a forest near the village of Härkki in Enonkoski.
• 2020-07-13 67 24 – On a former field near highway 79 in Kittilä.
• 2020-07-26 62 29 – On Torpparintie road in Kylmäoja, Kontiolahti.
• 2020-09-22 62 29 – On a training track in Kissamäki, Joensuu.
• 2020-10-22 64 28 – In a forest about 270 metres off highway 5 on Säkkilänkangas, Ristijärvi.
• 2020-11-10 62 29 – On a hillock near the motocross circuit in Uuro, Kontiolahti.

Failed expeditions

• 2019-05-04 62 29 – On some house's backyard in Onttola, Kontiolahti.

Achievements

Kripakko earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (62, 30) geohash on 2019-04-14.

Kripakko earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (62, 30) geohash on 2019-04-14.

Kripakko earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-05 using public transit.

Kripakko earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-05 at 45 km/h.

Kripakko earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his father to the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-11.

Kripakko earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-06-04 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Kripakko earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 101.2 km to and from the (63, 29) geohash on 2019-06-07.

Kripakko earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2019-06-07.

Kripakko earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-08-04 in the middle of the night.

Kripakko earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-02-26 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.

Kripakko earned the Water geohash achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-03-22 by bicycle.

Kripakko earned the Walking on water geohash achievement by reaching the (62, 29) water geohash on 2020-03-22 on foot. Yes, on foot.

Kripakko earned the Geohash by proxy achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02 using a GPS-carrying snow pusher.

Kripakko earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his friend to the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02.

Kripakko earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention by living near the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02.

Kripakko earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2020-05-10 61 29 and 2020-05-10 62 29 geohashes on 2020-05-10.

Kripakko earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (62, 29) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2020-05-15.

Kripakko earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (61, 30) geohash for 2020-05-26 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Kripakko earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-06-04 despite being thoroughly wet from cycling in rain and traversing dense and damp vegetation.

Kripakko achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Joensuu, Finland and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Consolation prizes and such

Kripakko earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (four metres!) reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-04.

Is it true that Kripakko earned the Tron achievement? In principle, yes. But he failed to reach the hashpoint (2019-05-04 62 29).