User:Tilley

Introduction

Tilley

	34 / m / 62,27

	Likes to get there by bike.

Tilley

My name is Matti and I'm from Kuopio, Finland. I'm 34 years old and I love outdooring in its various forms.

I'm a fan of xkcd, and read the famous(?) geohashing comic a few years ago, but then forgot about the whole thing. Recently I stumbled on geohashing again on xkcd blag, and were quite surprised how active community there is around geohashing even today. As I own a GPS device, I thought that maybe I could start geohashing too, it sounded like fun. My excitement was heightened when I noticed that no one had ever visited a geohash in my graticule, so there was even a Virgin Graticule award to be taken right away.

My hobbies include mountain biking and paddling, and I own a kayak, so reaching also the water hashes won't be a problem. Those will probably be quite common, as we have hundreds of thousands of lakes in Finland.

In this area, temperatures in mid-winter lie below -20°C for a month or two, the coldest days being -35°C. Thus the lakes develop a thick ice every winter, so Frozen and Walking on Water achievements will be very easy, but I have to remember to take off my cross-country skis as I reach the hashpoint!

Graticules

I have connections to graticules that include Helsinki, Keuruu and Valtimo, so on vacations and such I could try to reach hashpoints in those graticules, too.

Plans

I will most likely be trying to reach hashes that are within biking/skiing/paddling distance, because although I own a car, I usually don't drive it too much and try to use my bike(s) to do my daily traveling.

Expeditions

40. 2014-11-02 62 27 Reached successfully this snow biking geohash in Neulamäki, Kuopio.
39. 2014-09-19 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Savilahti, Kuopio.
38. 2014-09-07 63 28 Reached successfully this geohash in Halmejärvi, Valtimo, with Pastori and The Wife.
37. 2014-09-06 63 28 Reached successfully this gravel-road biking geohash in Honkamäki, Rapuli, Valtimo.
36. 2014-09-01 63 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Kasurila, Siilinjärvi w/ daughter.
35. 2014-08-24 62 27 Reached successfully this geohash in Suonenjoki w/ wife and daughter.
34. 2014-05-12 63 28 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Koppelo, Valtimo, with Pastori and The Wife.
33. 2014-04-20 61 24 Reached successfully this formal attire geohash in Juupajoki w/ daughter.
32. 2014-04-05 60 24 Puppet-mastered a successful expedition in Espoo.
31. 2014-03-28 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Antikkala, Kuopio.
30. 2014-03-04 67 24 Reached successfully this skiing geohash in Luosu, Kolari w/ wife.
29. 2013-12-11 62 27 Reached successfully this skiing geohash in Rauhalahti, Kuopio.
28. 2013-11-30 global GLOBALHASH! Right here in Kuopio! Amazing! And I got it!
27. 2013-11-30 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Pieni Neulamäki, Kuopio.
26. 2013-10-01 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Pellesmäki, Kuopio.
25. 2013-08-08 63 29 Reached successfully this geohash in Sivakka, Valtimo, with a party of 6, among others Pastori.
24. 2013-08-02 63 28 Reached successfully this mountain biking geohash in Valtimo.
23. 2013-07-29 63 28 Reached successfully this geohash in Ruohomäki, Rautavaara.
22. 2013-07-26 62 24 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Multia, conquering at last the Keuruu graticule!
21. 2013-06-25 62 25 Birthday geohash! Successfully reached in Kangashäkki, Uurainen.
20. 2013-06-20 62 25 Reached successfully this biking/walking geohash in Petäjävesi.
19. 2013-06-20 62 26 Reached successfully this geohash in Pönttövuori, Jyväskylä.
18. 2013-06-10 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Puutosmäki, Kuopio.
17. 2013-06-09 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Männistö, Kuopio, starting a two-day trip.
16. 2013-06-02 63 28 Reached successfully this geohash in Tornio, Valtimo, along with Pastori et co.
15. 2013-05-10 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Puroniitty, Haminalahti, Kuopio, with a party of five, among others Pastori.
14. 2013-04-29 62 27 First failure! No trespassing.
13. 2013-04-11 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Kuhastenniemi, Kuopio.
12. 2013-03-24 62 27 Reached successfully this biking geohash in Poukama, Kuopio.
11. 2013-03-05 62 27 Reached successfully this skiing geohash in Laivonsaari, Kuopio!
10. 2013-03-01 62 26 Reached successfully this hashpoint in Konnevesi.
9. 2012-12-28 62 27 Reached successfully this hashpoint in Kuopio with a group of 5, including Tilley's baby daughter scoring her first hashpoint, frozen of course.
8. 2012-12-20 62 26 Reached successfully this double frozen virgin geohash in Rautalampi.
7. 2012-12-20 62 25 Reached successfully this colder-than-freezer geohash (-19°C) near Saarijärvi, in Jyväskylä graticule.
6. 2012-12-17 60 24 Agitated my brother to reach this geohash in Espoo while I was being the Puppet Master
5. 2012-11-07 61 26 Reached successfully this geohash in snow-covered forest in Pertunmaa, achieving Virgin Graticule for Heinola, Finland.
4. 2012-10-28 62 27 Reached successfully by bike and with Mrs. Tilley this Frozen geohash south of Kuopio, in a forest.
3. 2012-10-11 60 24 Agitated my brother to reach this geohash in Espoo while I was being the Puppet Master.
2. 2012-10-07 62 27 Reached my second geohash, this time dragging Mrs. Tilley along. Kuopio, Finland.
1. 2012-10-04 62 27 Reached my first geohash by bike in the woods near the house Airaksela, also achieving Virgin Graticule in Kuopio, Finland.