User:Mcbaneg

Mcbaneg
62 / m / 42,-85
Likes to get there by bike.
This user has a special page for his expeditions
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In real life: George McBane, dad, professor, sometime bike commuter, hiker, woodworker, enthusiast of cheese and fountain pens. Picked up geohashing while living in England for a year, and has failed to kick the habit now that he's back in Michigan.

Geohashing collaborators

• Jessica and Jake
• My own family

Equipment

• ZTE Z665C phone, cheapest I could find with GPS. Disadvantages: no compass, and awful WiFi sensitivity.
• Suunto A10 compass
• Geohash Droid (Thanks, User:CaptainSpam, for the updates and troubleshooting!)
• Commonist [[1]], on advice of User:Hermann

Expeditions

As of July 2019 I have reached hashpoints in 17 graticules, and failed to reach in 3 additional ones.

• Map, courtesy of Nathan Woodruff. You have to zoom out because there are hashes on both sides of the Atlantic. Note that I have not gone geohashing in Portland, Oregon; the marker there is for User:Shmur who met my Tale of Two Hashes challenge there.

• Expedition list generated automatically by AperfectBot.

Achievements

Most of these list the first time each ribbon was claimed. Exceptions are Virgin Graticule, Tale of Two Hashes, and successive Minesweeper, 2^N, or Consecutive Geohash levels.

George, Susanne, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (54, -2) geohash on 2013-05-11.

George, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2013-05-11.

George, Katja, Rebekah, Jake, and Jessica earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-06-23 in the middle of the night.

Mcbaneg (George) earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating Eve to reach the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-07-04.

George earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-07-13 at 20 mph.

George, Katja, Jake, and Jessica earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by performing at the (54, -1) geohash on 2013-07-16.

George and Rebekah earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (42, -85) geohash without crossing their [{{{tracklog}}} own tracks] on 2013-08-17.

George and Rebekah earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2013-08-17.

George and Rebekah earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Sylvia and Nick to the (42, -86) geohash on 2013-10-27.

George, Rebekah, Nick, and Sylvia earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (42, -86) graticule, here, on 2013-10-27.

George and Rebekah earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission from the Lady of the House to access the (43, -86) geohash on 2013-11-09.

George and Rebekah earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -86) graticule, here, on 2013-11-09.

George and Rebekah earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -85) graticule, here, on 2013-11-10.

George and Rebekah achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

George earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2013-12-14 via RAPID routes #6 and #5..

George earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2013-12-14 while the temperature was -4 °C.

George and Rebekah earned the Formal attire achievement by looking good at the (42, -85) geohash on 2014-05-22.

George, Katja, Rebekah earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 2.4 km to and from the (42, -85) geohash on 2014-06-17.

George, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -71) graticule, here, on 2014-06-24.

George, Susanne, Katja, and Rebekah earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (44, -71) geohash on 2014-06-30.

George achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

George earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 2 hash points on 2014-08-17. It's a Double Hash.

George achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

George certifies that Zachary J. Raczok earned the Coffin Potato Achievement by occupying a coffin at the (42, -85) geohash from Dec 22, 2007 to 2014-10-14.

Mcbaneg (talk) issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Holland from the (42, -86) geohash on 2015-01-31.

Mcbaneg earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by having their challenge met by JwB in Holland on 2015-01-31.

George achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

George issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Portland from the (42, -84) geohash on 2015-06-20.

Mcbaneg earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by having their challenge met by Shmur, Jim, and M5K in Portland on 2015-06-21.

George issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Alexandria from the (43, -71) geohash on 2015-06-30.

George achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Grand Rapids, Michigan and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

George, Rebekah, and Susanne earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (43, -85) geohash on 2015-09-06, and previously on 2014-09-18.

Mcbaneg earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by Pedalpusher to geohash in Wyoming going to the (42, -85) geohash on 2015-09-14.

Mcbaneg earned the Two to the N achievement by attempting to reach 26 hashpoints on 2015-11-19 42 -85 and is promoted to Level 6 (Expeditions).

Mcbaneg earned the Golf Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2016-01-30.

Mcbaneg, Susanne, and Rebekah earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention by living near the (42, -85) geohash on 2016-02-21.

Mcbaneg, Susanne, and Rebekah earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2016-02-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 1.59 km.

Mcbaneg earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 26 hashpoints on 2016-02-28 42 -85 and is promoted to Level 6 (Coordinates reached).

George earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching hash points on 3 consecutive days starting on 2016-03-25.

Mcbaneg, Susanne, Katja, and Rebekah earned the 2016 Mouse Over Day achievement by eating doughnuts near the hashpoint in the (43, -85) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2016.

George, Katja, Rebekah, and Sylvia earned the It's a kitty consolation prize by being so distracted by the Fowler River as to forget to go to the (43, -71) geohash on 2016-06-28.

George, Susanne, Thomas, Katja, Rebekah, and Áine earned the Water geohash achievement by reaching the (43, -71) geohash on 2016-07-05 by the Sea Weasel, a 16-foot Lund skiff with a 25 hp motor.

George earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by User:Pedalpusher to geohash in Holland going to the (42, -86) geohash on 2016-07-26.

Mcbaneg, Katja, and Rebekah earned the Cliffs of Despair consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (37, -107) geohash on 2016-08-08 by terrain that was too steep to be traversed.

Mcbaneg (talk) (George) earned the Hashcat achievement by finding a cat and stopping to pat it near the (42, -85) geohash on 2017-07-26.

George earned the Last Man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2017-08-06.

Mcbaneg (George) and Sylvia earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (32, -79) graticule, here, on 2019-06-10.

Mcbaneg earned the Curse of Unawareness Consolation Prize by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2019-06-28 without knowing it was there.

Mcbaneg earned the Two to the N achievement by attempting to reach 27 hashpoints on 2019-08-03 43 -86 and is promoted to Level 7 (Expeditions).