User:Aperfectring

41 / m / 26,-80

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I will be relocating to Portland, Oregon in the coming months, and may be up there to scope things out periodically. In the mean time, I would really like to get a meetup while still in the Palm Beach, Florida graticule, so that we can make the Meetup graph more connected.

My rules for attending geohashes:

Weekday - Assuming I don't have to work late, I will be available to go geohashing between 6 and 7PM. I will be willing to attempt any potential meetup from Boca Raton southwards. For these I will go home first, and have my GPS. I will also be willing to make a detour and go north as far as Boynton, maybe even Lake Worth, but will not be going home first, so I will not have my GPS.

Weekend - If accessible, and there is a potential for a meetup, I will attempt it. I am willing to drive, if it is a long distance.

Geohashes Attended

I usually have more pictures from the expedition, and have higher res versions of all the ones on the site, just ask.

Date	Graticule Address	Graticule Name	People Met	Elevation (ft)	Elevation (m)	Success (4)/Failure (4)	Distance (direct, mi)	Distance (roads, mi)	Distance ratio	Description
2008-06-20	26,-80	Palm Beach, Florida	None =(			FAILED				In a beautiful nature area in northern Palm Beach County.
2008-06-28	26,-80	Palm Beach, Florida	None =(			FAILED				In the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, in a section which is closed to the public.
2008-07-18	26,-80	Palm Beach, Florida	None =(	13.2	4.0	SUCCEEDED	4.0	6.6	1.65	Next to a detention pond in Boca Raton.
2008-12-06	26,-80	Palm Beach, Florida	None =(	16.3	5.0	SUCCEEDED	28.0	33.7	1.20	Right next to Lion Country Safari!
2009-06-04	45,-122	Portland, Oregon	None =(			FAILED				Down a logging road near St. Helens (town).
2009-06-05	45,-123	McMinnville, Oregon	None =(	94.1	28.7	SUCCEEDED	57.9	65.3	1.13	Just off of US-101 between Seaside and Cannon Beach.
2009-06-28	25,-80	Miami, Florida	Dtobias and Million zillion	3.4	1.0	SUCCEEDED	29.3	41.8	1.43	In a Publix supermarket in Miami Lakes.
2009-07-04	26,-80	Palm Beach, Florida	None =(			FAILED				On a sugar cane field near Belle Glade.

Achievements

These are arranged by color coding first, and alphabetically by achievement name second. I will only claim an achievement once with the following exceptions:

• Minesweeper - Only one per "region". Preferably none of the graticules will overlap between two claims of this.
• Virgin - If I get it for the graticule, I will take it
• Meet-up - If I meet someone new, they will get a ribbon. Everyone on the expedition where I meet someone new will be listed.

Possibly more to come to this list.

Aperfectring earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (26, -80) geohash on 2008-12-06 at the maximum legal speed.

Aperfectring earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Dtobias and Million zillion at the (25, -80) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Aperfectring earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (26, -80) geohash on 2008-12-06.

Aperfectring earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (26, -80) geohash on 2008-07-18.

Aperfectring earned the Admit One Achievement by paying $30 (US) to access the (26, -80) geohash at Lion Country Safari on 2008-12-06.

Aperfectring achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Palm Beach, Florida and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

I now have 4 points, for obtaining a squishy ~1.5km away from hash point on 2008-12-06.

Injury

I stupidly injured myself in the Dallas airport, so I probably won't go hashing for a while, unless it requires relatively little walking. Pic (warning, graphic): [1]

My injury is still present, preventing me from doing anything like running, but it doesn't really hinder me otherwise.

Projects

I am maintaining the Notification program, notes here: User:Aperfectring/Notification

I am working on a bot to automate the creation of the list of upcoming geohashing expeditions.

Potential future projects

It has been suggested that we use a bot to create a list of all graticules which have had a successful geohash. This is desired so that people will know which graticules they can claim the Virgin Graticule achievement for. I will consider working on this in the future, but for the time being I get the impression that my current bot project is of a higher priority. --aperfectring 19:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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