User:Swensonj

Userboxes SwensonJ & wife 47 / m / 42,-90 Attempted expeditions: 6 Successful expeditions: 5 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!

2012-10-06 42 -90 Off County Hwy A, west of Lancaster, Wisconsin: success!

2012-10-06 42 -91 Volga River State Recreation Area, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa North graticule: 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
• Someplace in the intersection of Illinois and the Dubuque, Iowa graticule, to complete the Reverse regional achievement: I've already been to points in Wisconsin and Iowa
• Wedding anniversary geohash achievement at hash in Rockford, Illinois
• Satisfy David's challenge and complete the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by reaching a hash in Lafayette County, Wisconsin
• 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

Favorite Achievements

SwensonJ earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2012-10-06 42 -90 and 2012-10-06 42 -91 geohashes on 2012-10-06.

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

SwensonJ earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by voyaging 107 miles to reach the (42, -91) geohash on 2012-10-06.

Other Achievements

SwensonJ earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-25, and previously on 2012-07-25.

SwensonJ has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-25 without really trying.

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

SwensonJ earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching 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.

Consolation Prizes

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

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).

Is it true that SwensonJ earned the Speed racer achievement? In principle, yes. But it was not a road, but a parking lot, with no posted speed limit; also, you can't read the photo (2012-09-25 42 -90).

Progress Tracking

SwensonJ achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Dubuque, Iowa and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

SwensonJ earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 1 Saturday meetup.

Challenge

SwensonJ issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Volga River (State Recreation Area) from the (42, -91) geohash on 2012-10-06.