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I am a member of the Champaign/Urbana, Illinois graticule and often visit Indianapolis, Indiana. See my personal site for more information about me.

Expeditions

2010-03-14 40 -88: Second annual Pi Day geohash.
2009-04-18 40 -87: Reached an interesting point near a wooded ravine and found an amazing quarry on the way home.
2009-03-21 39 -88: A field bordering some railroad tracks.
2009-03-14 40 -88: Ate pie at the Pi Day coordinates.
2009-03-09 40 -86: Three miles southwest of Tipton, Indiana. Also stopped at Morse Reservoir.
2008-09-13 39 -85: Another suburban geohash, in a lawn whose purpose was unclear
2008-09-06 39 -85: Second geohash for the day. Failed to reach the precise point.
2008-09-06 39 -86: First suburban geohash
2008-09-03 40 -85: Drove to the point while visiting Indianapolis
2008-09-02 39 -87: Detoured to the coordinates while driving to Indianapolis, Indiana
2008-08-23 40 -88: Hiked through prairie grass, corn, and soybeans with Josh and Alejandro
2008-08-09 40 -88: Biked on a beautiful summer day
2008-07-19 40 -87: Halfway between Champaign and Danville, Illinois
2008-07-04 40 -88: In the middle of Moraine View State Recreation Area
2008-06-21 39 -88: Stopped at the coordinates after spending an afternoon hiking in Allerton Park. I wrote about it here.
2008-06-08 40 -88: Biked to the coordinates, got within 500 feet, and left a flag.
2008-06-07 40 -88: Easy drive north from Champaign. I left a flag marking the spot.
2008-05-31 41 -88: Detoured to the coordinates while on a trip to Chicago. I wrote about it here.
2008-05-24 40 -88: The first Champaign/Urbana, Illinois meetup. I wrote about it here.

Achievements

Brett Daniel achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Brett Daniel achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Indianapolis, Indiana and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Brett, Yun Young, and Manish earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (39, -88) graticule, here, on 2008-06-21.

Kyle, Kim, Matt, and Brett earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (40, -88) graticule, here, on 2008-05-24.

Brett earned the Meet-up achievement

by meeting Kyle, Kim, and Matt at the (40, -88) geohash on 2008-05-24.

Brett Daniel earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling to the (40, -88) geohash on 2008-08-09.

Brett Daniel earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling to the (40, -88) geohash on 2008-06-08.

Brett earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Nathan to the (40, -88) geohash on 2009-03-14.

Brett earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Yoon-young to the (39, -88) geohash on 2008-06-21.

Brett earned the Multihash Achievement

by reaching 2 hash points on 2008-09-06. It's a Double Hash.

Brett earned the Last Man standing achievement

by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2008-09-03.

Picture Gallery

These pictures show some of the more interesting pictures I have taken while geohashing.

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 == Expeditions ==
+* [[2010-03-14 40 -88]]: Second annual Pi Day geohash.
+* [[2009-04-18 40 -87]]: Reached an interesting point near a wooded ravine and found an amazing quarry on the way home.
 * [[2009-03-21 39 -88]]: A field bordering some railroad tracks.
 * [[2009-03-14 40 -88]]: Ate pie at the Pi Day coordinates.
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+    | gender = Man
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 These pictures show some of the more interesting pictures I have taken while geohashing.
+[[Image:2009-04-18 40 -87 quarry lake panorama.jpg | 800px | Panorama of the lake]]
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-Image:2009-03-09 40 -86 gps.jpg | [[2009-03-09 40 -86]]
-Image:2008-09-13 39 -85 gps.jpg | [[2008-09-13 39 -85]]
-Image:2008-09-06 39 -85 flag and gps.jpg | [[2008-09-06 39 -85]]
-Image:2008-09-03 40 -85 gps.jpg | [[2008-09-03 40 -85]]
-Image:2008-09-02 39 87 gps.jpg | [[2008-09-02 39 -87]]
-Image:2008-08-23 40 -88 gps.jpg | [[2008-08-23 40 -88]]
-Image:2008-08-09 40 -88 gps.jpg | [[2008-08-09 40 -88]]
-Image:2008-07-19 40 -87 gps.jpg | [[2008-07-19 40 -87]]
-Image:2008-07-04 40 -88 gps.jpg | [[2008-07-04 40 -88]]
-Image:2008-06-21 39 -88 gps.jpg | [[2008-06-21 39 -88]]
-Image:2008-06-07 40 -88 proof.jpg | [[2008-06-07 40 -88]]
-Image:2008-05-31 41 -88 gps.jpg | [[2008-05-31 41 -88]]
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