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, 20 out of 38 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 earned the Regional geohashing achievement

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

Arvid earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2008-12-07 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Arvid earned the xkcd Decurion achievement

by attending 10 Saturday meetups.

Arvid earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2008-12-13, and previously on 2008-12-12.

Arvid earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2009-01-02 while the temperature was -4.2°C.

Arvid achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

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

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	36
Hashes reached	31/38
Blinded by Science	2(the first 2)
Mother Nature	3
No Trespassing	2
Drag along hashes	3
Saturday 4pm meetups.....	10 (of 13)