User:Isopekka

Altocumulus lacunosus (Kennomainen hahtuvapilvi)

Photo taken by the member Nr. 23513 of the Cloud Appreciation Society

2010-10-30 at N 66 04.584 E 24 45.446

About me

66 / m / 66,25

I am living in the area of Rovaniemi graticule in Finland. You will find some information about the city of Rovaniemi here

"First we take Geocaching, then we take Geohashing..."

geo.isopekka@luukku.com

Expedition hardware

• Garmin eTrex
• Garmin Colorado 300
• Garmin Nuvi 1490T
• Canon PowerShot S1 IS
• Samsung B 2100

Useful links

The Graticules and Virgin Graticules in Finland

The Graticules and Virgin Graticules in Sweden

The most active geohashers in Finland in the year 2010 (by reported expeditions), unofficial list. Please correct the list, if there is something not in order.

• isopekka # # # # # # # # # # # # # 13
• Ossisanni # # # # # # # 7
• Jusu # # # # # # 6
• PekkaR # # # # # 5
• Kmk # # # 3
• marcius # # # 3
• Meset # # # 3
• JyNu # # 2
• nsk # # 2
• Small oaks # # 2

The most active geohashers in Finland in the year 2011 (by reported expeditions), unofficial list. Please correct the list, if there is something not in order.

• Meset # 1
• nsk # 1
• Suurnesu # 1
• isopekka # 1

Statistics

Total expeditions: 14

Expeditions by graticule:

• 66 25 Rovaniemi, Finland: 9

• 66 26 Vanttauskoski, Finland: 3

• 67 25 Unarin-Luusua, Finland: 1

• 65 24 Kemi, Finland: 1

Expeditions by physical effort:

• very easy: 6
• quite easy: 4
• not so bad: 3
• quite hard: 1
• very hard: -

Some records:

• Hash furthest away from my couch (as the crow flies): 100 km (with accuracy of 1 km !)
• Hash closest to my couch (as the crow flies): 1.48 km

Achievements which I'd like to win next

• Sunrise geohash
• Speed racer achievement
• Juggernaut achievement
• No Batteries Geohash
• Walking on water geohash achievement
• Snowman Geohash

Expeditions 2010

1. 2010-08-11 66 25 7 km S of the village Muurola

2. 2010-08-13 66 25 6 km NW of the village Muurola

3. 2010-08-15 66 26 10 km NE of the village Oikarainen

4. 2010-08-21 67 25 14 km W of the village Niesi

5. 2010-08-22 66 26 4 km SE of the village Jokela

6. 2010-09-18 66 25 3 km N of the village Hirvas

7. 2010-09-19 66 25 in the village Koskenkylä

8. 2010-09-26 66 25 in the village Jaatila

9. 2010-10-03 66 25 10 km E of the village Patokoski

10. 2010-10-05 66 25 in Nivavaara

11. 2010-10-30 65 24 in Pruikkosenpää, Tornio

12. 2010-11-14 66 26 5 km N of the village Oikarainen

13. 2010-12-27 66 25 in Korvanniemi

Expeditions 2011

1. 2011-01-21 66 25 in Ounasvaara

Achievements Earned

Only first achievement earned except for "Virgin graticule"-achievements.

isopekka earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (66, 25) geohash on 2010-08-11.

isopekka achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Rovaniemi, Finland and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

isopekka earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2010-08-21.

isopekka earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 6.7 km to the (66, 25) geohash on 2010-09-19.

isopekka earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Vilma to the (66, 25) geohash on 2010-09-19.

isopekka earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (66, 25) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2010-09-26.

isopekka earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (66, 26) geohash on 2010-11-14 while the temperature was -6.7°C.

isopekka earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (66, 25) geohash on 2010-12-27 on foot, travelling a distance of 5km.

isopekka earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (66, 25) geohash on 2011-01-21 in the middle of the night.

Honorable Mentions

• none so far

Consolation Prizes

• none so far

"There Should Be a Ribbon for This" Category

isopekka earned the Almost speed racer achievement by driving with maximum possible velocity almost through the (66, 25) geohash on 2010-09-26.

isopekka earned the Round Number Achievement by measuring the distance from the couch to hash (as the crow flies) to be 100 km with accuracy of 3 significant figures at (65, 24) geohash on 2010-10-30.

isopekka earned the Technology Loser Achievement by not having skill to take photos and to use GPS-device properly during extreme conditions at (66, 25) geohash on 2010-12-27.