User:Swensonj

Userboxes SwensonJ & wife 47 / m / 42,-90 Attempted expeditions:: 3 Successful expeditions:: 2 Failure: no trespassing: 1 Babel en This user is a native speaker of English. en-5 This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English. es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. Erdős 5 This user has Erdős number 5

Identification

This user is James Swenson, a mathematician from Platteville, Wisconsin, USA.

My home graticule is Dubuque, Iowa (see today's point on the peeron map or the Small Hash Inquiry Tool).

Attempts

2012-09-16 42 -90 West of Mineral Point, Wisconsin: success!

2012-09-18 42 -90 Elk Grove, Wisconsin: failure: no trespassing

2012-09-21 43 -90 Northeast of Fennimore, Wisconsin: success!

2012-09-25 42 -90 Kennedy Mall parking lot; Dubuque, Iowa: success!

Vague Goals Without Deadlines

Roughly in priority order:

• 1977-02-25 43 -90, which is the Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in Sparta, Wisconsin
• Wedding anniversary geohash achievement at hash in Rockford, Illinois
• Origin geohash achievement at hash in Minneapolis SW, Minnesota
• Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in Quad Cities, Iowa
• Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in Madison, Wisconsin
• Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in La Crosse, Wisconsin
• Wedding anniversary geohash achievement at hash in Rapid City, South Dakota

Ribbons

SwensonJ earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-18.

SwensonJ earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (43, -90) geohash on 2012-09-21 in the middle of the night.

SwensonJ earned the Velociraptor Baiting Achievement by dragging a guest into a raptor ambush at the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

Is it true that SwensonJ earned the Curse of Unawareness? In principle, yes. But it's for a Displaced origin geohash achievement, and retrohashes are ineligible (1977-02-25 43 -90).