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About Me
I'm from Heidelberg, Germany and stumbled upon geohashing in 2008, finally going on my first expedition on October 22nd when the coordinates fell close to my university. I soon discovered that (a) I knew practically nothing about the region I had already lived in for years and that geohashing is a fun way to discover the unknown and (b) getting to nearby hashpoints can make for a great running workout. I've since walked on more than 1/3 of my expeditions for a total of 252.6 km. I've reached about as many hashpoints going by train, mostly if the coordinates led me to interesting places. I've cycled to a few hashpoints and used a car for even fewer (only if I was going by car anyway an the coordinates were only a small detour).
Future Plans
Current status/plans: -
Travel Plans
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Achievements to Get
It's always nice to win an achievement along with a successful expedition. For me, some are more desirable than others.
Walk to as many hashpoints as possible and beat the current distance record. For a complete list of all my walk hashes (successful or not), see here. (already earned: 16 times, failed: 4 times, cumulated distance: 252.6 km)
Send more hashcards. (already earned: 2 times)
Travel some distance to a hashpoint using the power of an animal. (not yet earned)
Get a (nontrivial) regional or reverse regional achievement. (not yet earned)
Get the A Tale of Two Hashes achievement. (not yet earned)
Things to Do at Hashpoints
- Combine geohashing with guerilla gardening.
- Revisit old hashpoints and document how the place changed (the above point makes revisiting particularly interesting).
- Clean up the hashpoint area.
- Fly a kite at the hash.
- Leave a hashmark.
- Leave a hashmark big and durable enough that it can be seen from space. Then wait for the next Google Earth imagery update.
Statistics
Germany
| Total expeditions: | 59 in 10 graticules |
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52 in 9 graticules |
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7 in 3 graticules |
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Walked: |
20 |
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By bike: |
14 |
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By public transport: |
20 |
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By car: |
5 |
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is divided into 15 city districts. Currently, I've successfully visited 11 coordinates in 8 city districts and failed at 2 points and 1 city district. (Last expedition missing from the image.)
Expeditions
Regular Expeditions
Most recent first, Saturday meetups in lightblue.
| 2011-10-21
Plankstadt (49,8) |
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| 2011-07-20
Mannheim (49,8) |
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| 2011-07-14
Plankstadt (49,8) |
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| 2011-07-04
Schriesheim (49,8) |
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| 2011-06-18
Heidelberg-Bergheim (49,8) |
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| 2011-03-24
Heidelberg-Peterstal (49,8) |
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| 2011-03-20
Eppelheim (49,8) |
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| 2011-02-24
Meckesheim (49,8) |
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| 2011-01-26
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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| 2011-01-16 | 
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| 2011-01-01
Sinsheim (49,8) |
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| 2010-12-12
Schwabenheimerhof (49,8) |
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| 2010-10-20 | 
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| 2010-08-23
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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| 2010-08-10
Rimbach (49,8) |
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| 2010-08-02
Plankstadt (49,8) |
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| 2010-06-06
Berlin (52,13) |
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| 2010-06-05
Berlin (52,13) |
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| 2010-04-03
Bergrheinfeld (49,10) |
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| 2010-03-13
Darmstadt (49,8) |
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| 2010-03-10
Ladenburg (49,8)
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| 2010-02-14
Sinsheim (49,8) |
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| 2010-02-06
Renchen (48,7) |
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| 2010-01-20
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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| 2010-01-06
Darmstadt (49,8) |
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 ilpadre earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-01-06 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.
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| 2009-12-26
Volkers (Bad Brückenau) (50,9) |
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| 2009-11-30
Bad Schönborn (49,8) |
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| 2009-11-19
Ladenburg (49,8) |
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| 2009-11-14
Karlsruhe (49,8) |
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Stacking achievement
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| 2009-11-04
Sandhausen (49,8) |
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| 2009-10-09
Hamburg (53,9) |
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| 2009-09-08
Mannheim (49,8) |
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| 2009-08-27
Sandhausen (49,8) |
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| 2009-08-19
Weinheim (49,8) |
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| 2009-07-23
Altenbach (Schriesheim) (49,8) |
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| 2009-07-20
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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| 2009-07-12
Frankfurt (50,8) |
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| 2009-07-09
Otterstadt (49,8) |
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| 2009-07-04
Bensheim (49,8) |
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| 2009-06-23
Epfenbach (49,8) |
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| 2009-06-15
Neurott (Heidelberg) (49,8) |
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| 2009-06-08
Lobbach (49,8) |
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| 2009-05-13
Speyer (49,8) |
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| 2009-04-30
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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| 2009-03-26
Neu-Ulm (48,10) |
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| 2009-02-24
Hoffenheim (49,8) |
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| 2009-02-15
Oftersheim (49,8) |
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| 2009-02-13
Dossenheim (49,8) |
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| 2009-01-28
Grein (49,8) |
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| 2009-01-21 | 
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| 2009-01-12 | 
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| 2008-12-30 & 2008-12-31 Wörth & Maximiliansau (49,8) |
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ilpadre earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (49, 8) geohash on 2008-12-30 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.
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| 2008-12-10
Mauer (49,8) |
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| 2008-11-24 | 
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| 2008-11-01 | 
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| 2008-10-29
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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| 2008-10-26
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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| 2008-10-22
Heidelberg (49,8) |
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Template:Virgin graticule
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Irregular Expeditions
| 2008-12-21
Heidelberg (49,8) |
Retro expedition to a conveniently placed 2008-07-09 hashpoint |
Videos
Videos of my expeditions (5 so far).
Wiki Stuff
I like drawing xkcd-ish images for achievement ribbons. See my gallery of achievement images. I keep looking out for newly created achievements that need a ribbon image, and for old images that could be improved.
To-Do List
- Write missing expedition reports!
- Properly categorize own pictures.
- Add yet unnamed graticules to the All Graticules list (constantly looking for remote or interesting graticules). Name the Antarctica graticules.
- Draw icon for Stacking achievement
Stencils
I recently discovered the art of stencils for easily reproducible hashmarks on wood and other biodegradable material to leave at the hashpoint. I left the first of these markers at the 2010-03-13 49 8 hashpoint, the second at 2010-04-03 49 10, the third at 2010-10-20 49 8.
Misc.
Categories created: Category:Abandoned, Category:Mud, Category:Sheep. I'll try to look though old and new photos to categorize them.
| “ | :) Ar, a hash! Oh, Sahara ):
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—Geohashing palindrome
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- Geohashers
- Geohashers in their 40s
- Geohashers in 49,8
- Walk geohash achievement
- Public transport geohash achievement
- No trespassing consolation prize
- Phonebooth stuffing achievement
- Bicycle geohash achievement
- Juggernaut achievement
- Geohashing in the media
- Birthday geohash achievement
- Frozen geohash achievement
- Pub geohash achievement
- Police geohash achievement
- Blinded by science consolation prize
- Train wreck consolation prize
- Ambassador achievement
- Calendar girl achievement
- Geoflashing achievement
- Geotrash achievement
- Hashcard achievement
- Sunrise geohash achievement
- Border geohash achievement
- Midnight geohash achievement
- Consecutive geohash achievement
- Last man standing achievement
- Holy hash achievement
- Snowman geohash achievement
- Drag-along achievement
- Déjà vu geohash achievement
- Addicted to geohashing
- Geohashers in Germany
