User:KerrMcF

About Me

KerrMcF 20 / m / 55,-4 This user lives in Scotland. en This user is a native speaker of English. es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. This user's Hashiversary is on 2023-08-17.

I'm from Glasgow, Scotland, so I'm in the 55,-4 graticule.

I'll usually try to reach a point whenever I'm able to, but university usually causes problems with this during weekdays.
I've been aiming to reach a point on one of the Scottish islands, but a suitable point on a suitable day has yet to appear.

If you're interested in the achievements I've proposed and want to give feedback of any kind, you can find them here:

• Namesake achievement
  
• Valentine's achievement (moved to Talk:Towel Day achievement)

There's also an ongoing discussion on potentially renaming some aspects of the wiki, which can be found here:

• Renaming Proposal

People I've Geohashed With

A list of people I've geohashed with, unsuccessful and retro expeditions are included:

1. Daniel (x4)
2. My sister (x2)

All Geohashes

Listed from newest to oldest, includes expeditions that did not exceed the planning stage.
Helpful Guide: Successful (9), Failed (2), Puppet (1), Retro (2), Planned.

2024

• 2024-02-21 56 -4 in a forest on Ben Gullipen (car, walking)
• 2024-02-20 56 -3 ft. Daniel in Balgownie Wood near Culross (bus, car, walking)
• 2024-02-14 55 -4 in the back garden of a house in Lennoxtown (car, walking)

• 2024-02-02 55 -4 in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park (car, walking) [Prevented by Mother Nature]

• 2024-01-28 56 -4 near Loch Katrine (car, walking)
• 2024-01-11 53 0 off the coast of England (plane)

• 1987-12-15 54 -2 ft. my sister in Fell View in Center Parcs Whinfell Forest (walking) (2024-01-05)
• 2011-04-07 54 -2 ft. my sister in Fell View in Center Parcs Whinfell Forest (walking) (2024-01-05)

2023

• 2023-10-26 55 -4 ft. Daniel in a field near Bridge of Weir (car, walking)
• 2023-10-20 56 -4 ft. Daniel in a forest near Balloch (car, walking)
• 2023-09-27 55 -4 in a field near Milngavie (walking)

• 2023-09-12 56 -4 ft. Daniel on a hill near Inverarnan (car, walking) [Prevented by Mother Nature]
• 2023-08-20 41 -87 via Kuyper near the parking lot for a park in Bensenville, Illinois

• 2023-08-17 55 -3 in a field near Falkirk (bus, train, walking)

Regional Progress

Progress on the Regional achievements can be viewed here.
Progress on the Reverse Regional achievements can be viewed here.

Planned Retro-Hashes

• 2008-05-21 56 -4 - Launch of Geohashing, amongst trees near Lochgoilhead, drive then walk.
• 2008-05-21 56 -3 - Launch of Geohashing, on hill path near Menstrie/Stirling, drive then walk.
• 2004-05-20 55 -4 - Origin Geohash, off the path of the Glentrool mountain bike trails, drive then cycle.
• 2004-05-20 56 -3 - Displaced Origin, in a field near Dunfermline, drive then walk.

Geohashed Graticules

The colouring of cells relates entirely to the number within that cell. Beginning at 1 = red, the colours cycle once through the list per additional count.

Total Attempts

	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2
57	x	x	x	x	x
56	x	x	4	1	x
55	x	x	4	1	x
54	x	x	x	x	x
53	x	x	x	x	x

Number Reached

	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2
57	x	x	x	x	x
56	x	x	3	1	x
55	x	x	3	1	x
54	x	x	x	x	x
53	x	x	x	x	x

Minesweeper Progress

	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2
57	x	x	x	x	x
56	x	x	3	3	x
55	x	x	3	3	x
54	x	x	x	x	x
53	x	x	x	x	x

Not included in grids: Chicago (1, Puppet); Skegness (1); Carlisle (2, Retro).

Geohashed Centicules

This is adapted from Fippe's Progress page. It considers successful expeditions across all graticules and links the first occurrence.
The number in the grid is formatted as XY where X is from 'lat.X' and Y is from 'long.Y' (55.2, -4.7 would correspond to 27).

	.9	.8	.7	.6	.5	.4	.3	.2	.1	.0
.9	99	98	97	96	95	94	93	92	91	90
.8	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80
.7	79	78	77	76	75	74	73	72	71	70
.6	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60
.5	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50
.4	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40
.3	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30
.2	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20
.1	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10
.0	09	08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00

Geohash Achievements

Only the first occurrences are listed here.

Location Based

KerrMcF earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2023-08-17.

KerrMcF earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by George to geohash in Alexandria going to the (56, -4) geohash on 2023-10-20.

KerrMcF and Daniel issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Balgownie from the (56, -3) geohash on 2024-02-20.

KerrMcF earned the Air geohash achievement by reaching the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11 by Boeing 737-800, attaining the rank of Passenger.

KerrMcF has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11 without really trying.

Activity Based

KerrMcF earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2023-08-17 using public transit.

KerrMcF earned the OpenStreetMap achievement by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (55, -3) geohash on 2023-08-17.

KerrMcF earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating Kuyper to reach the (41, -87) geohash on 2023-08-20.

KerrMcF earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (55, -4) geohash on 2023-09-27 on foot.

KerrMcF earned the Juggernaut achievement by reaching a geohash in a straight line (with a deviation of barely 1:22) on 2023-09-27.

KerrMcF earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (55, -4) geohash on 2023-10-26.

KerrMcF earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11 at 800km/h.

KerrMcF earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Scotland-England border on 2024-01-11 to reach the (53, 0) geohash.

KerrMcF earned the Picnic achievement by eating chocolate and drinking Pepsi at the (56, -3) geohash on 2024-02-20.

Challenge Based

KerrMcF earned the Drowned Rat Geohash Achievement by reaching the (55, -4) geohash on 2023-09-27 despite being thoroughly wet from heavy rain.

KerrMcF earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2024-02-20.

Two to the N - Attempted

KerrMcF earned the Two to the N achievement by attempting to reach 21 hashpoints on 2023-09-12 56 -4 and is promoted to Level 1 (Expeditions).

KerrMcF earned the Two to the N achievement by attempting to reach 22 hashpoints on 2023-10-20 56 -4 and is promoted to Level 2 (Expeditions).

KerrMcF earned the Two to the N achievement by attempting to reach 23 hashpoints on 2024-02-02 55 -4 and is promoted to Level 3 (Expeditions).

Two to the N - Reached

KerrMcF earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 21 hashpoints on 2023-09-27 55 -4 and is promoted to Level 1 (Coordinates reached).

KerrMcF earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 22 hashpoints on 2023-10-26 55 -4 and is promoted to Level 2 (Coordinates reached).

KerrMcF earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 23 hashpoints on 2024-02-20 56 -3 and is promoted to Level 3 (Coordinates reached).

Two to the N - Retro

KerrMcF earned the Two to the N achievement by reaching 21 retro hashpoints including the one for 1987-12-15 54 -2 and is promoted to Level 1 (Retro coordinates reached).

Interaction Based

KerrMcF earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Daniel to the (56, -4) geohash on 2023-10-20.

Timing Based

KerrMcF earned the Revival Achievement by being the first person in almost 13 years to successfully geohash in the 55,-4 graticule at the (55, -4) geohash on 2023-09-27.

KerrMcF earned the Valentine's Achievement by geohashing on Valentine's Day at the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-02-14.

KerrMcF earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2024-02-21.

Minesweepers and Regionals

KerrMcF achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Glasgow, United Kingdom and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

KerrMcF achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Helensburgh, United Kingdom and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

KerrMcF achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Perth, United Kingdom and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

KerrMcF achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

Honourable Mentions

KerrMcF earned the Hash collision honorable mention by discovering the geocache GC2X5DM 342m from the (55, -3) geohash on 2023-08-17.

KerrMcF earned the XKCD-100 Honorable Mention Achievement by voyaging approx. 440km to reach the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11. Alas it was not a Saturday.

Consolation Prizes

KerrMcF earned the Cliffs of Despair consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (56, -4) geohash on 2023-09-12 by terrain that was too steep to be traversed.

KerrMcF earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out on the (56, -4) geohash on 2023-09-12.

KerrMcF earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-02-02 by an impassable and unforeseen marsh (and probably lurking alligators).

Combo Achievements

22px	KerrMcF earned the Mother Nature's Cliffs of Poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out due to Mother Nature's cliffs at the (56, -4) geohash on 2023-09-12.

KerrMcF earned the Drowned Juggernaut Achievement by reaching the geohash in a straight line despite being thoroughly wet at the (55, -4) geohash on 2023-09-27.

KerrMcF earned the Public Transport Air Speed Racer Border Cross Achievement by reaching the maximum legal speed in the air on a Boeing 737-800 after crossing a border at the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11.

22px	KerrMcF earned the Mother Nature's Alligators! Consolation Prize by encountering Mother Nature's marsh/bog/swamp/other term at the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-02-02.

Geohashing Gallery

A gallery with one photo from each of my successful expeditions in chronological order. If a photo is not available for an expedition, the screenshot of proof will be used instead.

2023

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  2023-08-17 55 -3
  Falkirk, Scotland

• 

  2023-09-27 55 -4
  Baldernock, Scotland

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  2023-10-20 56 -4
  Balloch, Scotland

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  2023-10-26 55 -4
  Bridge of Weir, Scotland

2024

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  2024-01-11 53 0
  International Waters

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  2024-01-28 56 -4
  Loch Katrine, Scotland

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  2024-02-14 55 -4
  Lennoxtown, Scotland

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  2024-02-20 56 -3
  Balgownie Wood, Scotland

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  2024-02-21 56 -4
  Ben Gullipen, Scotland