User:Koepfel

Hi there

36 / m / 49,8

I live in Karlsruhe, Germany, so I'm most active in 49,8 and 48,8.

I was an occasional xkcd-reader for a while now, but never bothered to read it from the beginning. In January 2009 I did, however, discovering Geohashing. The fact that I just got a phone with built-in GPS came in handy as well. On the following weekend, I saw that the Sunday Geohash was only 2 kilometers away from my place, so I decided to go there.

my Expeditions

(most recent first)		Achievements	Distance travelled / km	Duration
2009-04-05 48 8 to Karlsruhe-Grünwettersbach, met Fluxkompensator	Pictures		27.0 by bike	4h 50min
2009-03-30 48 8 to Lauterbourg, France, met Fluxkompensator	Pictures		55.3 total, 46.8 by tram/train, 8.5 by foot	5h 05min
2009-03-16 49 8 to Oberhausen-Rheinhausen	Pictures		61.1	3h 05min
2009-03-04 48 8 to Baden-Baden	Pictures		89.0 total, 82.3 by tram/train/bus, 6.7 by foot	4h 50min
2009-03-02 49 8 to Flehingen - fail due to unexpectedly rescheduled exam			n/a	n/a
2009-02-14 48 8 to Iffezheim	Pictures		83.2	4h 15min
2009-01-31 48 8 to Neuburg am Rhein	Pictures		49.0 total, 43.3 by tram/train, 5.7 by foot	3h 20min
2009-01-25 49 8 to Karlsruhe-Waldstadt, met Fluxkompensator	Pictures		8.4 total, 6.7 by tram/bus, 1.7 by foot	1h 10min
		total>	373,0	26h 35min

Most distances of older expeditions were measured by retracing the route as I remembered it in Google Earth, the first two expeditions to Waldstadt and Neuburg were even retraced weeks after the expeditions took place, so these might not always be accurate.

Achievements

Koepfel earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-04-05.

Koepfel earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 3 regions of the Pforzheim, Germany (48, 8) graticule.

Koepfel earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the French-German border on 2009-03-30 to reach the (48, 8) geohash.

Koepfel earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-03-16.

Koepfel earned the It's a kitty consolation prize by being so distracted by a unexpectedly rescheduled exam as to forget to go to the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-03-02.

Koepfel earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement by building a snowman at the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-02-14.

Koepfel earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25, and previously on 2008-09-05.

Koepfel earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Fluxkompensator at the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25.

Koepfel earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25.

Koepfel earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2009-01-25 using public transit.