User:Aperfectring

41 / m / 45,-122

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I have relocated to Portland, Oregon. I live very close to the western border of the graticule, so will likely go hashing in McMinnville, Oregon just about as much as Portland.

Now that I finally have internets access at home again: My rules for attending geohashes:

• Workdays (weekdays, not including holidays and vacation) - So long as light holds out, I will make attempts which are near 45.5,-123 (within 10-15 miles), and seem to be decently accessible. I will be making these attempts after work, so won't be free before 5PM, and may not be free before sunset at all.
• Non-work weekdays - I will judge on a case-by-case basis. I'll try to be there at official meetup time, unless another one is scheduled.
• Saturdays - I will do my best to make attempts for the official meetup time.
• Sundays - Probably no geohashing, unless a very compelling location comes up.

Geohashes Attended

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

Date	Graticule Address	Graticule Name	People Met	Success (6+1)/Failure (4)	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 =(	SUCCEEDED	Next to a detention pond in Boca Raton.
2008-12-06	26,-80	Palm Beach, Florida	None =(	SUCCEEDED	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 =(	SUCCEEDED	Just off of US-101 between Seaside and Cannon Beach.
2009-06-28	25,-80	Miami, Florida	Dtobias and Million zillion	SUCCEEDED	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.
2009-09-02	39,-103	Limon, Colorado	Aperfectring's mom	SUCCEEDED sort of	In the median of I-70, during my relocation to Oregon
2009-11-01	45,-123	McMinnville, Oregon	Jiml	SUCCEEDED	In Scaponia Recreation Area, near Scapoose
2009-11-07	46,-123	Astoria, Oregon	None =(	SUCCEEDED	In a field near Astoria

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 Meet-up achievement by meeting Jiml at the (45, -123) geohash on 2009-11-01.

Aperfectring earned the Curse of Unawareness Consolation Prize by reaching the (39, -103) geohash on 2009-09-02 without knowing it was there.

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.

Aperfectring achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in McMinnville, Oregon and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

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 not really present anymore.

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.

Statistics

Updated 2009-07-23. This table is for all hashpoints since inception.

Graticule	Average Elevation (ft)	Standard Deviation of Elevation (ft)
Palm Beach, Florida	11.34	5.52
Portland, Oregon	979.63	1015.59
McMinnville, Oregon	853.50	616.09

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