User:Vswe

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Revision as of 15:33, 28 December 2010 by imported>Vswe (New expedition)

Hello everyone! I'm from Uppsala and I'm going to try some geohashing. :)

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Expeditions

# Graticule Status Expedition page 5 word summery Location
1 59,17 Success 2010-11-07 59 17 Initial and bull escaping hash. In a very small forest in Dalby outside Uppsala.
2 59,18 Failure 2010-11-13 59 18 Hunting scared inexperienced GPS hasher. A few thousand meters into a forest outside Uppsala.
3 59,17 Success 2010-11-18 59 17 Crazy walker defeats Mother Nature. 700 meters into a dense forest about 30 km from Uppsala.
4 59,17 Success 2010-12-07 59 17 Non-forest pizza and gingerbread geohashing. In the middle of a snowy field somewhat 50 km from Uppsala.
5 59,17 Success 2010-12-10 59 17 Frozen sunset for bus rider. In a field just outside Uppsala.
6 59,17 Success 2010-12-20 59 17 Lucky house circulation town geohasher. In a stairway in a house in Årsta, Uppsala.
7 64,20 Success 2010-12-28 64 20 Extremely cold northern cliff-top hashpoint. In a snowy forest pretty near Krångfors, Skellefteå.

Records

Private records

  • Hash furthest away from home(as the crows flies): 562 km
  • Hash closest to home(as the crows flies): 3.90 km
  • Longest walk: 45.79km
  • Longest time spending geohashing: 10 hours
  • Number of transportations used(to reach a hash): 4
    • Walking
    • Bike
    • Bus
    • Kicksled
  • Most geohashers met during a single expedition: 0
  • Total number of geohashers met: 0

Public records

These are the records(if any) that I hold among all geohashers. I encourage you to try to beat them, just remember to write a good story afterwards.

Goals

These are goals I'm hoping to complete.

  • Meet another geohasher.
  • Beat my own Walk geohash record.
  • Minesweep the Uppsala graticule.
  • Have great fun all the time.
  • Reach a geohash in each of Sweden's (116) graticules.
  • Hash outside of Sweden.

Questions

Q: Why did you started geohashing?

A: I've been a XKCD fan since my sister introduced me to the strips and when I by chance(I was googling for a XKCD strip) found this wiki I realized that geohashing was something real. It seemed like fun and I tried it and now I'm stuck.


Q:Why are your pictures often blurry?

A:I'm using a small camera that fits in my jacked pocket and I usually operate it with only one hand while I'm still walking. The reason for this is either cause I'm in a hurry or that it's freezing cold outside(can't operate the camera with gloves). Sometimes it's both.


Achievements

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Vswe earned the Circus Geohash Achievement
by juggling at the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.
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Vswe earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.
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Vswe earned the Picnic achievement
by eating cookies & chocolate at the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.
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Vswe earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-07.
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Vswe earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
by chickening out on the (59, 18) geohash on 2010-11-13.

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Vswe earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-18 on foot, travelling a distance of 45.79km.
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Vswe earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Honourable Mention
by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-11-18 despite being partially wet from fighting his way through swamps.

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Vswe earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (59, 17) geohash on 2010-12-07 via bus 804 and 895.

Fun stuff