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* [[2008-11-14 -53 -70]] and [[2012-02-06 78 15]] - Both the northernmost and the southernmost hashes in the world were reached by the same person.
 
* [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] is claiming the first [[Endurance Geohashing]] achievement after 14 Expeditions (10-4) conducted between leaving home on [[2011-09-14]] and returning home on [[2011-09-20]].
 
* [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] is claiming the first [[Endurance Geohashing]] achievement after 14 Expeditions (10-4) conducted between leaving home on [[2011-09-14]] and returning home on [[2011-09-20]].
 
* [[2010-01-12 global]] - The first globalhash was reached by [[User:LuxMundi|LuxMundi]], [[User:NWoodruff|NWoodruff]] and some drag-alongs in [[Augusta, Georgia]].  
 
* [[2010-01-12 global]] - The first globalhash was reached by [[User:LuxMundi|LuxMundi]], [[User:NWoodruff|NWoodruff]] and some drag-alongs in [[Augusta, Georgia]].  

Revision as of 20:43, 10 February 2012

2008-10-31 41 -96 - Someone goes geohashing dressed up as a banana.
2010-03-28 global - The second globalhash is reached with the help of a helicopter
Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008 - Eleven out of seventeen remaining pirates on Earth visited geohashes
2008-05-26 27 -80 - Geohashers transport an actual couch to the hash, where they get stuck in a swamp
2008-12-27 51 8 - Re-enacting the Oslo coat of arms
2008-08-09 43 -77 - Most (invertebrate) geohashers simultaneously at the hashmark

This is a gallery of amazing geohashing achievements, hilariously described catastrophes or otherwise cool adventures that demonstrate the spirit and practice of geohashing. They aren't all events like the first one-legged unicycle ascent of Mount Everest. Many are things anyone could do, but these people did. Some of the early ones may not seem so extraordinary now, but in the first few weeks of geohashing it was a source of amazement that the sport worked at all. The bar continues to be raised. Add to the gallery if you know of a story that you think deserves a wider audience. Choose an appropriate category and place it in date order, most recent at the top. Include a one-line description that reveals the amazingness.

Lucky Locations

Conquering Nature, Technology and Bodily Weakness

  • 2009-04-11 36 -84 - Rappelling over cliffs in search of a river canyon geohash.
  • 2008-12-13 41 -74 - A double-midnight-police-frozen-virgin-no-batteries-minesweeper geohash.
  • 2008-10-31 -32 138 - Solo geohasher battles the untamed Australian wilderness.
  • 2008-10-31 59 11 - Reaching the (then) coldest Geohash after wading through (even colder) waist deep water.
  • 2008-09-21 49 -123 - Navigating on rubber rafts in the dark. Includes a deflating boat, a lost paddle and a broken oar.
  • 2008-09-01 49 -124 - 282km via bike, kayak, and ferry, more than 22 hours total travel time.
  • 2008-08-07 52 12 - A rubber boat is carried over fifty km by bicycle to reach a water hash.
  • 2008-07-12 47 -122 - Three people reached a water hash on board a catamaran.
  • 2008-06-01 -35 148 - Logging trails, improvised bridges, thorny ditches, and a picnic.

Setting New Records

In the Media

  • 2009-06-02 49 10 - Three ambulances, a police motorcycle, a police car and a helicopter are summoned to the site of a geohashing accident. German media report the accident.
  • 2008-11-19 47 8 - Three reporters from DRS-3 Digital (Switzerland) try to advertise geohashing.
  • 2008-09-29 52 12 - Geohashing on TV.

Weird and Notable

Tributes

  • 2008 - A video/slideshow of one geohashing year.
  • The amazing ICWB - A geohasher's beloved bicycle, full of surprises. A tribute.