User:Ilpadre

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About Me

I'm from Heidelberg, Germany and stumbled upon geohashing in 2008, finally going on my first expedition on October 22nd when the coordinates fell close to my university. I soon discovered that (a) I knew practically nothing about the region I had already lived in for years and that geohashing is a fun way to discover the unknown and (b) getting to nearby hashpoints can make for a great running workout. I've since walked on more than 1/3 of my expeditions for a total of 252.6 km. I've reached about as many hashpoints going by train, mostly if the coordinates led me to interesting places. I've cycled to a few hashpoints and used a car for even fewer (only if I was going by car anyway an the coordinates were only a small detour).

Future Plans

Current status/plans: -

Travel Plans

-

Achievements to Get

It's always nice to win an achievement along with a successful expedition. For me, some are more desirable than others.

  • Walk.PNG Walk to as many hashpoints as possible and beat the current distance record. For a complete list of all my walk hashes (successful or not), see here. (already earned: 16 times, failed: 4 times, cumulated distance: 252.6 km)
  • Hashcard2.png Send more hashcards. (already earned: 2 times)
  • Beastofburdenribbon2.png Travel some distance to a hashpoint using the power of an animal. (not yet earned)
  • ReverseRegional.png Get a (nontrivial) regional or reverse regional achievement. (not yet earned)
  • T2htemp2.JPG Get the A Tale of Two Hashes achievement. (not yet earned)

Things to Do at Hashpoints

  • Combine geohashing with guerilla gardening.
  • Revisit old hashpoints and document how the place changed (the above point makes revisiting particularly interesting).
  • Clean up the hashpoint area.
  • Fly a kite at the hash.
  • Leave a hashmark.
  • Leave a hashmark big and durable enough that it can be seen from space. Then wait for the next Google Earth imagery update.

Statistics

Germany

Visited graticules and hashpoints (last expeditions in 49 8 missing)
Total expeditions: 59 in 10 graticules
Hashpoints reached:
52 in 9 graticules
Hashpoints not reached:
7 in 3 graticules

Walked:

20

By bike:

14

By public transport:

20

By car:

5


Heidelberg

Visited hashpoints in Heidelberg


Heidelberg is divided into 15 city districts. Currently, I've successfully visited 11 coordinates in 8 city districts and failed at 2 points and 1 city district. (Last expedition missing from the image.)

Expeditions

Regular Expeditions

Most recent first, Saturday meetups in lightblue.

2011-10-21

Plankstadt (49,8)

2011-10-21 49 8 ilpadre stupidgrin.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-10-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 4.8 km.
2011-07-20

Mannheim (49,8)

2011-07-20 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-07-20 using public transit.
2011-07-14

Plankstadt (49,8)

2011-07-14 49 8 stupidgrin.JPG
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-07-14 on foot, travelling a distance of 13.9 km.
2011-07-04

Schriesheim (49,8)

2011-07-04 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-07-04 on foot, travelling a distance of 19.3 km.
2011-06-18

Heidelberg-Bergheim (49,8)
Failed by ~12 m

2011-06-18 49 8 officebuilding.jpg
Notrespassing.gif
ilpadre earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-06-18.
2011-03-24

Heidelberg-Peterstal (49,8)

2011-03-24 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-03-24 on foot, travelling a distance of 26 km.
2011-03-20

Eppelheim (49,8)
met fivetonsofflax, Euterkuh, Mampfred and LadyBB

2011-03-20 49 8 i stupidgrins.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-03-20 on foot, travelling a distance of 9.4 km.
Telephone.png
Mampfred, LadyBB, ilpadre, fivetonsofflax and Euterkuh earned the Phonebooth stuffing achievement
by helping stuff a phonebooth near the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-03-20.
2011-03-20 49 8 i phonebooth.jpg
2011-02-24

Meckesheim (49,8)

2011-02-24 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-02-24 using public transit.
2011-01-26

Heidelberg (49,8)
cycled 20 km

2011-01-26 49 8 stupidgrin2.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-01-26.
2011-01-16

Neckarsteinach (49,8)
met Ekorren

2011-01-16 49 8 ilpadre stupidgrin.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-01-16 using public transit.
2011-01-01

Sinsheim (49,8)

2011-01-01 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2011-01-01 using public transit.
2010-12-12

Schwabenheimerhof (49,8)
Failed by ~10 m
met Liadanin and friends

2010-12-12 49 8 group.jpg
Notrespassing.gif
ilpadre earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-12-12.
2010-10-20

Wiesloch-Frauenweiler (49,8)
met Danatar, Robyn and koepfel

2010-10-20 49 8 ilpadre 4group.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-10-20 using public transit.
2010-08-23

Heidelberg (49,8)

2010-08-23 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-08-23 on foot, travelling a distance of 19.3 km.
Juggernaut.png
ilpadre earned the Juggernaut achievement
by reaching a geohash in an almost straight line (with a maximum deviation of 4.2%) on 2010-08-23.
2010-08-10

Rimbach (49,8)

2010-08-10 49 8 ilpadre stupidgrin.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-08-10 using public transit.
2010-08-02

Plankstadt (49,8)

2010-08-02 49 8 ilpadre stupidgrin.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-08-02 on foot, travelling a distance of 14.5 km.
2010-06-06

Berlin (52,13)
Failed by 5 m

2010-06-06 52 13 ilpadre hashpoint.jpg
Notrespassing.gif
ilpadre earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-01-20.
2010-06-05

Berlin (52,13)

2010-06-05 52 13 ilpadre hashpoint.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2010-06-05 using public transit.
2010-04-03

Bergrheinfeld (49,10)

2010-04-03 49 10 stupidgrin.jpg
2010-03-13

Darmstadt (49,8)
met Ekorren, Euterkuh, Fivetonsofflax, Koepfel and a RNZ reporter

2010-03-13 49 8 ilpadre group.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-03-13 using public transit.
Media Geohash.jpg
Ekorren, Euterkuh, Fivetonsofflax, Ilpadre and Koepfel earned the Media Attention Geohash Achievement
by being immortalized in the hearts of others during the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-03-13 in an article on geohashing in the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung.
2010-03-10

Ladenburg (49,8)
cycled 27 km

2010-03-10 49 8 hashpoint.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-03-10.
2010-02-14

Sinsheim (49,8)

2010-02-14 49 8 pano xkcd2.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (48, 7) geohash on 2010-02-06 using public transit.
Birthday.PNG
ilpadre earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on his 26th birthday, 2010-02-14.
2010-02-06

Renchen (48,7)

2010-02-06 47 8 stupidgrin2.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (48, 7) geohash on 2010-02-06 using public transit.
2010-01-20

Heidelberg (49,8)
Failed by 14 m

2010-01-20 49 8 sad.jpg
Notrespassing.gif
ilpadre earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-01-20.
2010-01-06

Darmstadt (49,8)

2010-01-06 49 8 marker.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-01-06 using public transit.
Frozen.png
ilpadre earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-01-06 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.
2009-12-26

Volkers (Bad Brückenau) (50,9)

2009-12-26 50 9 stupidgrin.jpg
2009-11-30

Bad Schönborn (49,8)

2009-11-30 49 8 ilpadre stupidgrin.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-30 using public transit.
2009-11-19

Ladenburg (49,8)

2009-11-19 49 8 coordinates.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-19.
2009-11-14

Karlsruhe (49,8)
met Koepfel, Fluxkompensator, Mo6eB and friends

2009-11-14 49 8 group 2.jpg Stacking achievement
Pubgeohash.jpg
ilpadre earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
by visiting a pub visible from the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-14.
2009-11-04

Sandhausen (49,8)

2009-11-04 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-11-04 on foot, travelling a distance of 17.3 km.
2009-10-09

Hamburg (53,9)

2009-10-09 53 9 ilpadre police.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-10-09 on foot, travelling a distance of 13 km.
Police2.png
ilpadre earned the Police Geohash Achievement
by meeting two police officers while attempting the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-10-09.
Pubgeohash.jpg
ilpadre earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
by visiting a pub visible from the (53, 9) geohash on 2009-10-09.
2009-09-08

Mannheim (49,8)
Failed by 130 m

2009-09-08 49 8 stomp.jpg
Science.PNG
This user earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize
by failing to reach the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-09-08 because he blindly followed outdated satellite imagery.
2009-08-27

Sandhausen (49,8)

2009-08-27 49 8 hop cones.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-08-27 on foot, travelling a distance of 19.5 km.
2009-08-19

Weinheim (49,8)
cycled 42 km

2009-08-19 49 8 stupidgrin.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-08-19.
2009-07-23

Altenbach (Schriesheim) (49,8)
cycled 33 km

2009-07-23 49 8 panorama altenbach.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-23.
2009-07-20

Heidelberg (49,8)
met Koepfel, Euterkuh and fiveonsofflax

2009-07-20 49 8 ilpadre xkcd.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-20 on foot, travelling a distance of 5.7 km.
2009-07-12

Frankfurt (50,8)
Failed by 8 m

2009-07-12 50 8 house.jpg
Notrespassing.gif
ilpadre earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (50, 8) geohash on 2009-07-12.
2009-07-09

Otterstadt (49,8)
Failed by 6.5 km

2009-07-08 49 8 flat.jpg
Trainwreck.png
ilpadre earned the Train wreck consolation prize
by failing to reach the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-09 because of a flat tyre.
2009-07-04

Bensheim (49,8)
cycled 73 km

2009-07-04 49 8 xkcd.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-07-04.
2009-06-23

Epfenbach (49,8)
cycled 62 km

2009-06-23 49 8 hashtree.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-23.
Gift.PNG
ilpadre earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission to access the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-23.
2009-06-15

Neurott (Heidelberg) (49,8)

2009-06-15 49 8 exp braugerste.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-15 on foot, travelling a distance of 14 km.
2009-06-08

Lobbach (49,8)
cycled 61 km

2009-06-08 49 8 wrongleftrightright.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-08.
Calendargirl.png
ilpadre earned the Calendar girl achievement
by taking compromising photographs for public consumption at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-08.
Geoflashing01.jpg
ilpadre earned the Geoflashing Achievement
by stripping off at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-06-08.
2009-05-13

Speyer (49,8)
cycled 61 km

2009-05-13 49 8 lunch.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-05-13.
Geotrashribbon.png
ilpadre earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
by cleaning up the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-05-13.
2009-04-30

Heidelberg (49,8)

2009-04-30 49 8 weeee.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-04-30 on foot, travelling a distance of 8.2 km.
2009-03-26

Neu-Ulm (48,10)

2009-03-26 48 10 reached.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (48, 10) geohash on 2009-03-26 using public transit.
2009-02-24

Hoffenheim (49,8)

2009-02-24 49 8 hashpoint.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-24 using public transit.
2009-02-15

Oftersheim (49,8)
cycled 21 km

2009-02-15 49 8 hashpoint.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-15.
2009-02-13

Dossenheim (49,8)
cycled 15 km

2009-02-13 49 8 parking.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-02-13.
Hashcard2.png
ilpadre earned the Hashcard achievement
by sending a postcard of the hashpoint area to relet on the (49, 8) expedition on 2009-02-13.
2009-01-28

Grein (49,8)
cycled 55 km

2009-01-28 49 8 suffolk.jpg
Bikegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-28.
2009-01-21

Heidelberg (49,8)
met Danatar

2009-01-21 49 8 danatarilpadre.jpg
Sunrisegeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-21 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 4 km.
2009-01-12

Lauterbourg (48,8)
met Ekorren

2009-01-12 48 8 ilpadre ekorren.jpg
Border.PNG
ilpadre earned the Border geohash achievement
by crossing the Germany-France border on 2009-01-12 to reach the (48, 8) geohash.
Hashcard2.png
ilpadre earned the Hashcard achievement
by sending a postcard of the hashpoint area to joannac on the (48, 8) expedition on 2009-01-12.
2008-12-30 & 2008-12-31

Wörth & Maximiliansau (49,8)

2008-12-31 49 8 light.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-30 using public transit.
Frozen.png
ilpadre earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-30 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.
Midnightgeohash.png
ilpadre earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-31 in the middle of the night.
Consecutivegeohash.jpg
ilpadre earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2008-12-30.
2008-12-10

Mauer (49,8)

2008-12-10 49 8 ilpadre.jpg
Bus.PNG
ilpadre earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-10 using public transit.
Lastmanstanding.png
ilpadre earned the Last man standing achievement
by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2008-12-10.
2008-11-24

Bad Wimpfen (49,9)
met Danatar

2008-11-24 49 9 danatarilpadre.jpg
Holyhash.png
ilpadre earned the Holy hash achievement
by reaching the sacred (49, 9) location on 2008-11-24.
Snowman2.png
ilpadre earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement
by building a snowman at the (49, 9) geohash on 2008-11-24.
2008-11-01

Eßleben (49,10)
met Danatar

2008-11-01 ilpadre danatar.jpg
Drag-along.png
ilpadre earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging his girlfriend to the (49, 10) geohash on 2008-11-01.
2008-10-29

Heidelberg (49,8)

2008-10-29 ilpadre.jpg
Dejavu.png
ilpadre earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-29, and previously on 2008-09-28.
2008-10-26

Heidelberg (49,8)

2008-10-26 49 8 xkcd.jpg
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-26 on foot, travelling a distance of 11 km.
2008-10-22

Heidelberg (49,8)

2008-10-22 49 8 xkcd.jpg Template:Virgin graticule
Walk.PNG
ilpadre earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-10-22 on foot, travelling a distance of 5.8 km.

Irregular Expeditions

2008-12-21

Heidelberg (49,8)

Retro expedition to a conveniently placed 2008-07-09 hashpoint

Videos

Videos of my expeditions (5 so far).

Wiki Stuff

I like drawing xkcd-ish images for achievement ribbons. See my gallery of achievement images. I keep looking out for newly created achievements that need a ribbon image, and for old images that could be improved.

To-Do List

Stencils

I recently discovered the art of stencils for easily reproducible hashmarks on wood and other biodegradable material to leave at the hashpoint. I left the first of these markers at the 2010-03-13 49 8 hashpoint, the second at 2010-04-03 49 10, the third at 2010-10-20 49 8.

Ilpadre hashsigns.jpg

Misc.

Categories created: Category:Abandoned, Category:Mud, Category:Sheep. I'll try to look though old and new photos to categorize them.

User:Ilpadre/Favorites

User:Ilpadre/Hashtags

User:Ilpadre/Graticules

NYSE Holidays

:) Ar, a hash! Oh, Sahara ):
Geohashing palindrome