User:Swensonj

Userboxes SwensonJ & wife 47 / m / 42,-90 Attempted expeditions: 7 Successful expeditions: 6 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 Graticule map N\W -91 -90 -89 43 42 41

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).

Map of SwensonJ's expeditions, automatically generated by RedHatter's excellent [geomap] script: see User:RedHatter/Geomap

Expeditions

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!

2012-10-12 43 -89 Farmland west of Governor Nelson State Park, Wisconsin: 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 First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (43, -89) geohash on 2012-10-12.

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

SwensonJ earned the Hashdogball Achievement by throwing a ball for a friendly dog on the way to (42, -90) geohash on 2012-10-06.

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 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Dubuque, Iowa and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

SwensonJ has earned 2 GeoSquishy stars by enjoying frozen carbonated beverages.

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.