User:Thepiguy
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Who am I?
Greetings to my fellow geohashers, both near and far! I'm currently a UBC physics and computer science student living in Richmond and will bike/bus to the ends of the earth for that perfect hash point!
Guten Tag to my fellow geohashers, both far and near! I'm currently a co-op student at Universität Würzburg and will bike/take a train to the ends of the earth for that perfect hash point!
Hello once again to my fellow geohashers! I'm back at the University of British Columbia, living in Richmond, and won't be going anywhere for the foreseeable future. As per usual, I will do everything in my power to make it to that next beautiful hash point!
I try and get to as many locations as possible, but school occasionally gets in the way. Me and my bike Josephine are willing to cycle any distance if it means one more awesome expedition.
I try and get to as many locations as possible, but work occasionally gets in the way. Me and my new bike Victoria are willing to cycle any distance if it means one more awesome expedition.
I try and get to as many locations as possible, but life occasionally gets in the way. My and my bikes Josephine and Victoria are willing to cycle any distance if it means one more awesome expedition.
One quick note about my user name, if one were to add in the spaces it would be The Pi Guy. As in that mystical mathematical constant, and having nothing to do with the animal commonly known as bacon. If we ever meet at a geohash, ask me how I got the name Pi; it's a good 30 seconds worth of entertainment (Now also available in German!).
Current Status
Geohashing Day preparation status:
Land Geohash- Bycicle Geohash
- Water Geohash
- Camping Geohash
Border Geohash- Sunny Geohash
Wet GeohashWindy Geohash- Vancouver Geohash
Bring it on.
Geohashes
My current count is 95 successful geohashes in 35 different graticules. (Posted most recent first)
2010-05-09 49 -123 Another easy hash in West Van!
2010-05-08 49 -123 Parking lot geohash in Richmond.
2010-05-03 49 -122 Cemetery hash in Burnaby.
2010-05-02 49 -123 Hiking through the rain in North Van.
2010-02-17 49 -122 Transit Geohash and Olympic fun!
2010-02-07 49 -123 First Geohash since returning home, and first Geohash in 2010!
2009-12-13 48 11 Frozen walk with Dawidi!
2009-12-11 49 9 Evening train hash.
2009-11-30 47 7 Snowy Switzerland hash.
2009-11-29 46 7 Just your average geohash in the Swiss Alps.
2009-11-26 49 9 A second Rottenbauer Geohash with Rubik's cube.
2009-11-10 49 10 Stopped by the evil forest of doom.
2009-11-08 48 8 Hiking in the Black Forest!
2009-11-06 50 8 A late night wander along the highway.
2009-11-01 49 10 Bike geohash in the dark and fog :S
2009-11-01 48 10 Easy geohash in Aalen.
2009-10-31 49 10 Managed to find our way through a cold German forest!
2009-10-31 49 9 Hessen Hash in the Würzburg graticule.
2009-10-24 47 16 Failure in Austria.
2009-10-12 49 9 Late night Puten Tag hash. Mmmm... Pute...
2009-10-03 51 -1 Amazing geohash in Winchester!
2009-10-02 51 -0 Evening walk through the forest with new friends.
2009-09-30 52 -0 England hash with Ben!
2009-09-27 48 2 Drunken French Ambasador hash.
2009-09-20 49 9 Tram Geohash!
2009-09-19 49 9 Pirate geohash in Germany!
2009-09-18 49 9 Bike geohash into the forest after work. Almost ran into Danatar?!
2009-09-14 50 9 Geohashing after work with an unexpected guest.
2009-09-13 49 10 Bike geohash with the Würzburg crew and Hermann!
2009-09-06 51 14 Polish field/spider geohash.
2009-09-03 49 10 Bike geohash with the Würzburg crew.
2009-08-30 50 10 Stopped in another forrest on the way home from Berlin. Monster hash!
2009-08-30 50 11 Ambassador hash on the way home from Berlin.
2009-08-30 50 12 Stopped in another field on the way home from Berlin. In the Czech Republic!
2009-08-30 51 12 Stopped in a forrest on the way home from Berlin.
2009-08-30 51 13 Stopped in a field on the way home from Berlin.
2009-08-29 52 13 Meetup in Berlin! Forrest Frisbee and 11 other Geohashers!
2009-08-28 52 12 Stopped in yet another field on the way to Berlin. Found Ekorren markings!
2009-08-28 51 11 Stopped in another field on the way to Berlin.
2009-08-28 50 11 Stopped in a small forest on the way to Berlin.
2009-08-28 49 10 Stopped at the side of a field on the way to Berlin.
2009-08-22 52 5 No trespassing in the Netherlands, and no Arvid :(
2009-08-16 55 12 A Swedish detour Geohash.
2009-08-15 55 12 Danish Ambassador Geohash!
2009-08-05 49 10 Quick bike/field geohash after work.
2009-08-01 49 10 Another biketastic geohash.
2009-07-25 49 9 14km walk geohash.
2009-07-22 49 9 Another midnight field Geohash.
2009-07-18 49 14 Czech'ed out the Geohashing near Prague. (Get it?)
2009-07-17 49 9 Secret Agent Geohash in a field at midnight.
2009-07-11 47 19 Hungary Hash!
2009-07-05 49 10 Bike ride through the scorching heat.
2009-06-30 49 9 Found Danatars forest markings 11km from home.
2009-06-28 49 7 An easy hash only 5km from the airport I landed at.
2009-06-22 41 12 Geohashing in Rome!
2009-06-13 50 10 Bike geohash with Reinhard and Manu! Got stranded on the way home and spent the night in a hotel!
2009-06-11 49 9 Windy bike geohash with Danatar.
2009-06-07 47 10 Underwater Geohash with 8 others in lake Eibsee. Possibly the greatest day o my life.
2009-06-02 49 10 Cycling hashtastrophe on the way back from Dettelbach.
2009-05-30 48 9 Geohashing in Stuttgart... in the forest.
2009-05-29 49 10 In the middle of a road! A break from the forest!
2009-05-28 49 9 Yet another romp through the forest.
2009-05-27 49 9 Anniversary of my first Geohash! Too bad it was in the middle of a field.
2009-05-25 49 9 Towel Day in the bushes!
2009-05-23 49 9 Another bike ride into a forest.
2009-05-21 49 8 First Geohashiversary in Heidelberg!
2009-05-16 49 9 First big trip on my new bike!
2009-05-11 49 10 Tried to go cycling after work, but got lost at every turn and called it quits.
2009-05-10 49 9 A bushwacking-stravaganza in my new home graticule.
2009-05-09 49 10 First Germany hash! Met Danatar in the middle of a field!
2009-04-25 48 -123 Golf geohash in Victoria.
2009-04-18 49 -123 No trespassing on a chicken farm in Nanaimo.
2009-04-18 49 -122 Formal attire hash on the side of the highway. We had to be rescued!
2009-04-16 48 -122 Bicycle border hash with Robyn and Rhonda!
2009-03-29 49 -124 The craziest geohash and/or birthday I've ever had!
2009-03-09 49 -123 A 3 party snowmeghan geohash in Vancouver with dinner!
2009-03-05 49 -123 Picnic-twister-collision-hash in a Park!
2009-02-10 49 -123 Another transit geohash in Vancouver.
2009-01-17 49 -123 Fogtastic Vancouver geohash.
2008-12-21 49 -123 A frozen snow-man Richmond-hash in a blizzard.
2008-12-11 49 -123 Another Richmond hash! Located adjacent to the new Richmond Speed Skating Oval.
2008-12-07 49 -123 In Richmond again! On my way to work.
2008-12-03 49 -123 The usual intra-Vancouver geohash.
2008-11-08 49 -123 Evidence of previous geohashers found!
2008-10-26 48 -123 Another amazing bike ride on Vancouver Island. Greatest bike path evar!!1!
2008-10-19 43 -79 I don't think this even qualifies as an expedition, but I had a nice walk through Toronto.
2008-10-18 44 -79 Another bus ride followed by a 9km walk into the middle of nowhere.
2008-10-17 43 -79 500m off shore in Hamilton Ontario. Stopped by lake Ontario, of course.
2008-10-11 49 -123 Finally back on my bike, even if it was only for 13km.
2008-10-09 49 -123 My creepiest geohash location yet.
2008-09-25 49 -123 An irresistible Thursday morning Vancouver location.
2008-09-21 49 -124 8 hours and 1° of longitude west the doublehash is complete!
2008-09-21 49 -123 A sunrise water geohash. Part 1 of the multihash.
2008-09-19 49 -122 A midnight pirate geohash with Robyn!
2008-09-11 49 -123 Another urban geohash in sunny Vancouver!
2008-09-07 49 -123 A simple mid-morning Vancouver hash.
2008-09-01 49 -124 I went 237km by bike and 4km by kayak for a beautiful water geohahs!
2008-08-19 49 -123 Four in a row! I biked out to north east Richmond on my "way" to work.
2008-08-18 49 -123 For my third geohash in three days; I dragged a few friends out in the dark!
2008-08-17 49 -123 A mid-morning adventure through Vancouver.
2008-08-16 48 -123 An epic bike ride with a great view!
2008-08-09 49 -123 Transit geohash, all by my self, in the rain. =(
2008-07-19 49 -123 Ended up biking 109km and still has a great day!
2008-06-18 49 -123 Bike geohash, and an accidental geohash!
2008-05-31 49 -122 First Saturday Geohash meetup!
2008-05-27 49 -123 First Geohash! Land Geohash achieved!
Other Geohashers Met
In order of first encounter:
- srs0. A fellow UBC student, we're in the same program, take all the same classes, and worked at the same co-op job. We spend... far to much time together. He's working at the computer next to me even as I type this.
- Some guy in his car at the 2008-05-31 geohash in Surrey. We never even got his name! Do you know who he is?
- Warren at the 2008-05-31 geohash in Surrey. He came all the way from Bellingham!
- Robyn at the 2008-09-19 geohash in Surrey dressed up like a pirate. It was about time!
- Wade also at the 2008-09-19 geohash (and also dressed up like a pirate!)
- MylSh is a UBC student that me and srs0 introduced to geohashing. We're also in most of the same classes.
- Arbron at the 2009-03-09 geohash in Vancouver. Got a good chance to know him over dinner and a bus ride back to UBC.
- Elbie and I also know each other from UBC.
- Rhonda on the way to the 2009-04-16 geohash at the Peace Arch border crossing.
- Xore at the 2009-04-18 geohash in Surrey. The second time, that is.
- Danatar at the 2009-05-09 geohash in... that German town... First international meetup!
- Koepfel at the 2009-05-21 geohash in Heidelberg on Geohashing Day!
- Ekorren in the München train station on the way to the 2009-06-07 47 10 goehash. Also followed him to several geocaches throughout the day!
- Zb in the München train station on the way to the 2009-06-07 47 10 goehash. He spent most of the train ride(s) teaching us about Germany!
- Baerenfell in the München train station on the way to the 2009-06-07 47 10 goehash. We also shared a paddle boat on the way to the hash.
- Dawidi in the München train station on the way to the 2009-06-07 47 10 goehash.
- Hans in the München train station on the way to the 2009-06-07 47 10 goehash.
- Tomcat in the München train station on the way to the 2009-06-07 47 10 goehash.
- Reinhard waiting for me at the train station to begin the 2009-06-13 50 10 geohash.
- Manu in... some town with a fountain on the way to the 2009-06-13 50 10 geohash.
- Tom at a Hungarian subway station on our way to the 2009-07-11 47 19 geohash.
- Davidc at the pre-designated coordinates outside the hauptbahnhof on the way to the 2009-08-29 52 13 geohash.
- Relet not at the pre-designated coordinates outside the hauptbahnhof on the way to the 2009-08-29 52 13 geohash.
- Lyx outside the hauptbahnhof on the way to the 2009-08-29 52 13 geohash. Although we didn't introduce ourselves until the train, sorry!
- Jerrome sauntering up to the group outside the hauptbahnhof on the way to the 2009-08-29 52 13 geohash.
- Pari when he somehow found us at the ticket machine on the way to the 2009-08-29 52 13 geohash.
- JUB waiting for a nonexistent bus on the way to the 2009-08-29 52 13 geohash.
- Hessophanes graciously giving me a ride to the 2009-08-29 52 13 geohash.
- Hermann outside the hbf on the way to the 2009-09-13 49 10 geohash, where I was waiting for him!
- NeThuS on the side of the road heading home from the 2009-09-27 48 2 geohash.
- Benjw when he picked us up in his car for the 2009-09-30 52 -0 geohash.
- Macronencer waiting outside the Reading train station on the way to the 2009-10-02 51 -0 geohash.
- Sermoa waiting to greet me with a hug also on the way to the 2009-10-02 51 -0 geohash.
- DavidMiller walking down the street in Winchester with his entire family on the way to the 2009-10-03 51 -1 geohash.
- Mapaholic wandering into a field at the 2009-10-03 51 -1 geohash.
- Crox catching a train with me for the amazing 2009-11-29 46 7 geohash.
- yangman jogging down a forest trail in the rain after just reaching the 2010-05-02 49 -123 geohash.
Achievements Earned
It's pretty obvious, but I'm sort of really obsessing about my achievements. I don't care how non-notable it is: if there's a ribbon, it's goin' up!
thepiguy earned the Olympic Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the One hundred geohashes achievement
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thepiguy earned the Hashcard achievement
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thepiguy earned the Confoederatio Helvetica Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Rubik's Achievement
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thepiguy completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Consecutive Multihash Achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Reverse regional achievement
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thepiguy earned the Puten Tag Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Reverse Abduction achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Taxi geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Hashdog Ribbon
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thepiguy earned the United Kingdom Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the International Inebriated Ambassador Achievement
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thepiguy earned the France Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Hashbutterfly Ribbon
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thepiguy earned the Hashhorse Ribbon
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thepiguy achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Polska Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Multihash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Multihash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Sverige Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Danmark Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Ambassador achievement
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thepiguy earned the Flughafen Hash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Walk geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Česká Republika Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Secret Agent Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Magyarország Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Thumbs Up Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the XKCD-100 Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Italia Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Really? You're a cyclist? Achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Phonebooth stuffing achievement
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thepiguy earned the Geoflashing Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Underwater geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Water geohash achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the 1st Hashiversary achievement
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thepiguy earned the Don't Panic! Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Calendar girl achievement
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thepiguy earned the 2009 Mouse Over Day achievement
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thepiguy earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Police Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the 2009 Geohashing Day achievement
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thepiguy earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
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thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Deutschland Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Globetrotter achievement
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thepiguy earned the Golf Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Formal attire achievement
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thepiguy earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the United States Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Border geohash achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Kayak Balancing Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Train wreck consolation prize
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thepiguy earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Twister Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Picnic achievement
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thepiguy earned the Hash collision achievement
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thepiguy earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Last man standing achievement
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thepiguy earned the Trail of blood consolation prize
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thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Earliest geohasher achievement
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thepiguy earned the Multihash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Water geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Water geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Drag-along achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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thepiguy earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Media Attention Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy has visited an Easy Geohash
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thepiguy earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Meet-up achievement
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thepiguy achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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thepiguy earned the Regional geohashing achievement
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thepiguy earned the Canada Geohash Achievement
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thepiguy earned the Land geohash achievement
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Geohashing Check Lists
Items in bold are things I have forgotten at one point or another.
The very basics
- Keys
- Wallet
- Phone
- iPod (for those solo-hashes)
- Coat (So I don't have to sit in the cold)
The geohashing basics
- GPS (with coordinates!)
- Camera
- Google map of area
- Geohashing signs
- xkcd shirt
- Nibs (Gotta' love Nibs!)
- Extra batteries for the electronics
- Sidewalk chalk (For when I don't have a sign)
- Flashlight (Because I can't see in the dark)
For any bicycle geohashes
- Bike (!)
- Helmet
- Gloves
- Sun glasses (more for bugs than for sun)
- Bike lock (with keys)
- Bike repair kit
- Bike lights and reflectors (never know how long a geohash might take)
- Lots of water
- Extra snacks/lunch
- Spare tube (Because you can't patch a broken valve!)
Water geohashes (I can't believe I even have this list)
- Change of clothes
- Waterproof GPS bag
- Pelican cases for camera and other valuables
- Seafaring vessel (be it raft or reservation)
Picture Gallery
I was flipping through my pictures, and thought it might be neat to create a few collections of pictures from multiple expeditions. The result (or lack thereof) can be found here!
Video Gallery
I recently compiled my expedition photos into one gigantic geohashing montage that can be found on youtube
Map Gallery
Time to make me some maps!
- Geohashers
- Geohashers in their 30s
- Geohashers in 49,9
- Geohashers in 49,-123
- Coffin potato achievement
- Gratuitous ribbon achievement
- Hashcard achievement
- Minesweeper geohash achievement
- Reverse regional achievement
- Abduction achievement
- Multihash achievement
- Ambassador achievement
- Walk geohash achievement
- Drowned rat geohash achievement
- Thumbs up geohash achievement
- Xkcd-100 geohash achievement
- Phonebooth stuffing achievement
- Geoflashing achievement
- Underwater geohash achievement
- Water geohash achievement
- Pirates
- Hashiversary achievement
- Calendar girl achievement
- Geohashing Day achievement
- Pub geohash achievement
- Police geohash achievement
- Prize poultry consolation prize
- Globetrotters geohash achievement
- Golf geohash achievement
- Formal attire achievement
- Velociraptor geohash achievement
- Border geohash achievement
- Train wreck consolation prize
- Birthday geohash achievement
- Twister geohash achievement
- Picnic achievement
- Hash collision achievement
- Déjà vu geohash achievement
- Frozen geohash achievement
- Snowman geohash achievement
- Last man standing achievement
- Trail of blood consolation prize
- Earliest geohash achievement
- Speed racer achievement
- Sunrise geohash achievement
- Buccaneer geohash achievement
- Buccaneers
- Midnight geohash achievement
- Geosquishy achievement
- Consecutive geohash achievement
- Drag-along achievement
- Geotrash achievement
- No trespassing consolation prize
- Public transport geohash achievement
- Geohashing in the media
- Easy geohash
- Bicycle geohash achievement
- Meet-up achievement
- Regional geohashing achievement
- Land geohash achievement
- Geohashers in Canada
- Geohashers in Germany