User:Arvid

Achievements

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Arvid earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling to the (51, 7) geohash on 2008-08-01.

I actually cycled to all my hashes except one, see Bicycle Geohashes/User:Arvid for a complete list.

Arvid earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (51, 7) geohash on 2008-08-01.

Arvid earned the Border geohash achievement

by crossing the Netherlands-Germany border on 2008-08-01 to reach the (51, 7) geohash.

Also, 17 out of 33 hashes so far have been in Germany, while I live in the Netherlands.

Arvid earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (52, 6) geohash for 2008-08-09 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Arvid earned the Cold geohash achievement

by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-20 while the temperature was 19°C.

Arvid earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-20 despite being thoroughly wet from rain.

Arvid earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching the 2008-08-25 52 6 and 2008-08-25 52 7 geohashes on 2008-08-25.

Arvid earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-08-26.

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Arvid earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging fuzzie and bz2 to the (52, 4) geohash on 2008-09-10.

Arvid earned the Public transport geohash achievement

by reaching the (52, 4) geohash on 2008-09-10 via bus and train.

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Arvid earned the Cold geohash achievement

by reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2008-09-18 while the temperature was 9.3°C.

Arvid earned the XKCD-100 Achievement

by reaching the (53, 6) geohash on 2008-10-04.

Arvid earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching the 2008-10-04 52 6 and 2008-10-04 53 6 geohashes on 2008-10-04.

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Arvid achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Enschede and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Arvid earned the Regional geohashing achievement

by reaching a hash point in all 4 graticules belonging to Borken district.

About

I live in Enschede, Netherlands, which is in the south east of N52 E6. Graticules I consider in general are N52 E6, N51 E6, N52 E7 or N51 E7. When I'm in for a big challenge I might go to graticules further away.

I use Geohashing as an excuse for cycling somewhere else then what were my "default" routes. I am aiming for London Edinburgh London, so longer trips are wanted. An early step would be a XKCD-100 by bike, and cycle back. I did that on October 4th 2008.

Next challenges: completing a Minesweeper achievement, regional hashes of Overijssel(1 out 3), Borken district(done), Netherlands(5/14), Nordrhine-Westphalia(5/13). Some of them will involve other means of transport than just a bike, unless I can get my hands on one of the faster velomobiles. Well, except when it's on an island of course, I can't help using a ferry then.

My general means of transport is a recumbent bicycle by Nazca.

Tracklog of all bike hashes attempted

Statistics

Total Expeditions	31
Hashes reached	28/33
Blinded by Science	2(the first 2)
Mother Nature	2
No Trespassing	1
Drag along hashes	3
Saturday 4pm meetups.....	9 (of 12)