User:Kripakko

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About

I am a Finnish outdoors person, geocacher and orienteer. I heard about geohashing at about the same time I started geocaching in 2013, but only in April 2019 did I actually get around to creating an account.

Geocaching profile: Kripakko

Home graticule: Joensuu, Finland (62,29)

Successful expeditions

Failed expeditions

Achievements

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Kripakko earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (62, 30) geohash on 2019-04-14.
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Kripakko earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement
by building a snowman at the (62, 30) geohash on 2019-04-14.
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Kripakko earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-05 using public transit.
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Kripakko earned the Speed racer achievement
by passing through the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-05 at 45 km/h.
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Kripakko earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging his father to the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-11.
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Kripakko earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-06-04 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.
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Kripakko earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 101.2 km to and from the (63, 29) geohash on 2019-06-07.
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Kripakko earned the Last man standing achievement
by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2019-06-07.
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Kripakko earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-08-04 in the middle of the night.
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Kripakko earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-02-26 while the temperature was below the freezing point of water.
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Kripakko earned the Water geohash achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-03-22 by bicycle.
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Kripakko earned the Walking on water geohash achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) water geohash on 2020-03-22 on foot. Yes, on foot.
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Kripakko earned the Geohash by proxy achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02 using a GPS-carrying snow pusher.
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Kripakko earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging his friend to the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02.
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Kripakko earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention
by living near the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-05-02.
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Kripakko earned the Multihash Achievement
by reaching the 2020-05-10 61 29 and 2020-05-10 62 29 geohashes on 2020-05-10.
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Kripakko earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (62, 29) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2020-05-15.
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Kripakko earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (61, 30) geohash for 2020-05-26 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

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Kripakko earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2020-06-04 despite being thoroughly wet from cycling in rain and traversing dense and damp vegetation.
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Kripakko achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Joensuu, Finland and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Consolation prizes and such

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Kripakko earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost (four metres!) reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2019-05-04.
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Is it true that Kripakko earned the Tron achievement?
In principle, yes.
But he failed to reach the hashpoint (2019-05-04 62 29).