Introduction
Warning: May contain nuts.
Ekorren - that's the european brown squirrel, scientifically sciurus vulgaris. Jumps around, collects various stuff, hides things and never finds all of it again.
I'm mostly hashing by bike, so I'm somehow restricted to the nearer surroundings of my home coordinates which are roughly N 48°31' E 9°3', as well as weather-restricted. But I don't take both of it very serious. And the first geohash I visited was far away from home...
Plans (if any)
Planning means to substitute random with error.
2011-05-21 (saturday): Plan to join the Geohashing_Day_2011_Extravaganza. Might visit more hashes on the way there or back.
Statistics
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#points |
reached |
Plan B*
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yes |
no |
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| Hashpoints scouted |
150 |
129 |
21 |
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-  saturday 4 pm / centurion
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22 |
22 |
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| - Stuttgart graticule (48,9) |
68 |
55 |
13 |
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| - Pforzheim graticule (48,8) |
51 |
45 |
6 |
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| - 21 other graticules |
31 |
29 |
2 |
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| Graticules |
22 |
22 |
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-  virgin graticules |
5 |
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| Countries |
6 |
6 |
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| - virgin countries |
1 |
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| Expeditions by type of transport: |
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-  foot |
2 |
2 |
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-  bike only
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83 |
70 |
13 |
1
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-  public transport |
48 |
42 |
6 |
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| - public transport + bike
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18 |
16 |
2 |
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| - public transport + human powered boat
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1 |
1 |
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| Reasons for failure: |
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-  No access |
14 |
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14 |
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-  Transportation failure |
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1
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| - 24px Mother nature |
6 |
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6 |
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| - Stupidity |
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1
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Plan B: Expedition failed in this category, but a second approach put it into another one (whether that succeeded or not)
Past Expeditions
See here for a detailed list of past expeditions. Might not include the most recent ones.
Most recent expeditions:
132. 2011-01-06 48 8 Balingen-Engstlatt, with myka and Erin (train)
133. 2011-01-09 47 8 Gächlingen (SH,CH), with crox, myka and Erin (train+bus)
134. 2011-01-15 49 8 Stutensee-Blankenloch, with Koepfel (train+bike, bike part 38.07 km)
135. 2011-01-16 49 8 Neckarsteinach, with Ilpadre (bike, 24.60 km)
136. 2011-01-17 48 8 Ötisheim (train+bike, bike part 34.40 km)
137. 2011-01-29 48 8 Balingen-Endingen (train+walking)
138. 2011-02-10 48 8 Rottenburg-Dettingen (bike)
139. 2011-02-11 48 9 Reutlingen-Betzingen (bike)
140. 2011-02-13 48 8 Herrenberg (bike)
141. 2011-03-02 48 9 Pliezhausen (bike)
142. 2011-03-03 48 9 Reutlingen (bike)
143. 2011-03-07 48 9 Schönaich (bike)
144. 2011-03-10 48 9 Dußlingen (bike)
145. 2011-03-11 48 9 Kernen im Remstal (train+bike)
146. 2011-04-06 48 11 Sinzing-Bergmatting, with dawidi (train+bus+walking)
147. 2011-04-18 48 9 Vaihingen(Enz)-Pulverdingen, with Koepfel (train+bike)
148. 2011-04-30 47 11 Bad Kohlgrub, with Robert (train+walking)
149. 2011-05-07 48 8 Horb (bike)
150. 2011-05-07 48 8 Dußlingen (bike)
Achievements
Virgin graticules
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Regional achievements
All regional achievements I can think of. Selected Minesweepers.
Progress on regional hash for Baden-Württemberg: (9 of 11)
Location achievements
Only the first one of a kind, except of Déjà vu geohashes. See icons in list for more.
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Is it true that Ekorren earned the Déjà vu geohash?
- In principle, yes.
But - although it would have been perfectly within accuracy when passing by train like countless times before, the actual measurement preferred a point 2m off the tracks, which he visited this time. (2011-02-13 48 8).
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Getting there
Only the first one of a kind. One border hash per country.
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About the MNIMB: During winter neither snow nor ice or a terrain that provides generally no easy trails could hold me from doing expeditions by bike. The one in the ribbon is just one of several snow-obstacled frozen mountain hashes. After careful examination I came to the conclusion that some of them definitely beat a number of the existing MNIMB hashes but are themselves still beaten by quite a number of others which leave me humble and in awe. I take the ribbon not for a single one but as kind of a lifetime achievement.
Timing achievements
Interesting repetitions may be relisted.
Multiples
Longest consecutive runs at that time, and all multihashes.
Miscellaneous achievements
Usually one of a kind. Interesting repetitions may be relisted. See icons in list for more.
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Ekorren earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
- by reaching the (48, 9) geohash on 2008-12-12 while the temperature was around -3. This was the third sub zero hash where he couldn't bring an accurate thermometre, but this time it didn't get above zero the whole day anywhere in the area...
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Hashcards
Please add confirmations here.
... and one more (in february) that hasn't been confirmed
... and you never know what may be on the way!
Consolation prizes
Only one of a kind. See icons for more.
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Never give up on the first real problem. Otherwise I'd have a train wreck and trail of blood ribbon as well.
Gratuitous ribbons
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Ekorren earned the Plan B achievement
- by continuing the expedition despite a major failure of technology, thanks to redundant engines, and thus reaching the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-02-13.
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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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Ekorren earned the Biked on Mount Everest Ribbon
- by climbing more than 8848 m on bike expeditions until reaching the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-05-01.
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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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Is it true that Ekorren earned the hash by getting far closer than GPS accuracy?
- In principle, yes.
But he still tends to believe that the exact point was inside the house. (2010-10-30 48 9).
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Ekorren earned the Dettingen again ribbon
- by hashing in four (of nine) different places named Dettingen, #4 being the location of the (48, 8) geohash on 2011-02-10.
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Is it true that Ekorren earned the Bingo geohash achievement by reaching hashes in 6 graticules in a row (48,7-48,12)?
- In principle, yes.
But due to cultural incomprehension about whether ignoring the center is vital to making a line complete that achievement was never introduced (2011-04-06 48 11).
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Tools
I run another of those online hashing tools, built to contain everything important on a glance and work on virtually every device not entirely uncapable of browsing, or providing a convenient overview for a region. See here.
38 / m / 48,9
saturday 4 pm / centurion
virgin graticules
foot
bike only
public transport
No access
Transportation failure
