User:KerrMcF

About Me

KerrMcF 19 / 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'm currently studying for exams for the next few weeks, so I won't be geohashing until these are done unless the point is close to me. From mid-May onwards, I should be free to geohash fairly regularly.

• I've been aiming to reach a point on one of the Scottish islands, most likely Arran, but a suitable point on a suitable day has yet to appear.

• I've been looking to get a bike sorted specifically for geohashing, but it's been a while since I've ridden one. I'll maybe use some retro geohashes to 're-learn' how to cycle as I build my ability back up.

• 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
    
  • Holiday achievement (previously Valentine's achievement, Talk:Towel Day achievement)
    

People I've Geohashed With

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

1. Daniel (x6)
2. My sister (x4)
3. My dad (x4)
4. My mum (x2)

All Geohashes (Link)

Listed from newest to oldest, including puppet and retro expeditions.
Helpful Guide: Successful (14), Failed (4), Puppet (1), Retro (4), Planned.

2024

• (14/18) 2024-04-08 55 -4 close to a track near Old Kilpatrick (train, walking)

• (R4/4) 1985-04-28 55 -3 ft. my family on the Edinburgh Tramway near Gogarburn (walking, tram, car) (2024-04-06)
• (R3/3) 1952-04-18 55 -3 ft. my family next to the Edinburgh Tramway near Murrayfield Stadium (car, tram) (2024-04-06)

• (13/17) 2024-03-30 56 -4 off the John Muir Way near Balloch (walking)
• (12/16) 2024-03-23 55 -4 ft. my dad halfway up Overton Muir near Alexandria (car, walking) [Prevented by Other]
• (12/15) 2024-03-22 56 -4 between fields near Balloch (car, walking)
• (11/14) 2024-03-19 55 -4 ft. Daniel next to Oxford Street, Glasgow (bus, walking) [Prevented by Nature]
• (11/13) 2024-03-17 55 -4 ft. Daniel on Pladda Terrace in Irvine (car, walking)
• (10/12) 2024-03-10 55 -4 ft. my dad in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park (car, walking)
• (9/11) 2024-02-21 56 -4 in a forest on Ben Gullipen (car, walking)
• (8/10) 2024-02-20 56 -3 ft. Daniel in Balgownie Wood near Culross (bus, car, walking)
• (7/9) 2024-02-14 55 -4 in the back garden of a house in Lennoxtown (car, walking)
• (6/8) 2024-02-02 55 -4 in the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park (car, walking) [Prevented by Nature]
• (6/7) 2024-01-28 56 -4 near Loch Katrine (car, walking)
• (5/6) 2024-01-11 53 0 off the coast of England (plane)

• (R2/2) 1987-12-15 54 -2 ft. my sister in Fell View in Center Parcs Whinfell Forest (walking) (2024-01-05)
• (R1/1) 2011-04-07 54 -2 ft. my sister in Fell View in Center Parcs Whinfell Forest (walking) (2024-01-05)

2023

• (4/5) 2023-10-26 55 -4 ft. Daniel in a field near Bridge of Weir (car, walking)
• (3/4) 2023-10-20 56 -4 ft. Daniel in a forest near Balloch (car, walking)
• (2/3) 2023-09-27 55 -4 in a field near Milngavie (walking)
• (1/2) 2023-09-12 56 -4 ft. Daniel on a hill near Inverarnan (car, walking) [Prevented by Nature]

• (P1/1) 2023-08-20 41 -87 via Kuyper near the parking lot for a park in Bensenville, Illinois (car, walking)

• (1/1) 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.

Hopeful Future Hashes

These depend on the locations at the time, but hopefully I will be able to do at least some of them.

• Birthday points
  • 2024-05-20 55 -4
  • 2024-05-20 56 -4
• Geohashing Day
  • 2024-05-21 55 -4
  • 2024-05-21 56 -4
• Holiday points
  • 2024-05-24 54 -2
  • 2024-05-25 54 -2 (also Mouseover Day)
  • 2024-05-26 54 -2
  • 2024-05-27 54 -2
• Hashiversary
  • 2024-08-17 55 -4
  • 2024-08-17 56 -4

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.

Colours Used:

0

1 13

2 14

3 15

4 16

5 17

6 18

7 19

8 20

9 21

10 22

11 23

12 24

Total Attempts

	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2
57	x	x	x	x	x
56	x	x	6	1	x
55	x	x	9	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	5	1	x
55	x	x	6	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

All Expeditions (Incl. Retro)

	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2
57	x	x	x	x	x
56	x	x	6	1	x
55	x	x	9	3	x
54	x	x	x	x	2
53	x	x	x	x	x

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

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).

X\Y	.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

Map of Graticules (Link)

Hover over the graticule image to see graticule coordinates (alt text).

Geohash Achievements (Link)

Only the first occurrences are listed here.

Location Based

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

This user 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.

This user 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.

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

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

Activity Based

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

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

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

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

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

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

This user earned the Speed racer achievement

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

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

This user earned the One with Nature Geohash Achievement by reaching the (56, -4) geohash on 2024-01-28.

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

Challenge Based

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

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

Two to the N - Attempted

This user 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).

This user 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).

This user 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).

This user earned the Two to the N achievement

by attempting to reach 2⁴ hashpoints on 2024-03-23 55 -4 and is promoted to Level 4 (Expeditions).

Two to the N - Reached

This user 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).

This user 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).

This user 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

This user 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).

This user earned the Two to the N achievement

by reaching 2² retro hashpoints including the one for 1985-04-28 55 -3 and is promoted to Level 2 (Retro coordinates reached).

Interaction Based

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

This user earned the Police Geohash Achievement by finding a police van next to the point while attempting the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-03-19.

Timing Based

This user 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.

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

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

This user earned the Holiday achievement by wearing green on/during St. Patrick's Day at the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-03-17.

This user earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (56, -4) geohash on 2024-03-22, and previously on 2023-10-20.

Minesweepers, N-in-a-Rows, and Regionals

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

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

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

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

This user earned the 2-in-a-row achievement by achieving a connection of 2 graticules in a row (55,-3 to 55,-4) after reaching the (55, -4) geohash on 2023-09-27.

This user earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 1 graticules belonging to Inverclyde (council).

This user earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to West Dunbartonshire (council).

Honourable Mentions

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

This user 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

This user earned the Done with Nature consolation prize by failing to reach the (56, -4) geohash on 2023-09-12.

This user 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.

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

This user 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

This user earned the Done with Cliffs of Poultry Consolation Prize by chickening out due to nature's cliffs at the (56, -4) geohash on 2023-09-12.

This user 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.

This user 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.

This user earned the Done with Alligators! Consolation Prize by encountering nature's marsh/bog/swamp/other term at the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-02-02.

Personal Bests

Based on the "I'm Better Than You" achievements, but on a personal level. These ribbons are made with gratuitous ribbons to keep the actual achievements accurate and will only be found on this page. They are not meant to undermine the actual achievements but are simply a way to keep track of my stats.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Highest Achievement by reaching an altitude of 293 m at the (56, -4) geohash on 2024-02-21.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Lowest Achievement by reaching an altitude of 15 m at the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-03-17.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Northernmost Achievement by reaching a latitude of 56.27397 at the (56, -4) geohash on 2024-01-28.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Southernmost Achievement by reaching a latitude of 53.45372 at the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Westernmost Achievement by reaching a longitude of -4.81305 at the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-03-10.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Easternmost Achievement by reaching a longitude of 0.91922 at the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Furthest Travelled Achievement by travelling approximately 440 km to the (53, 0) geohash on 2024-01-11.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Longest Wait Achievement by not being able to successfully geohash for 94 days straight since the (55, -4) geohash on 2023-10-26.

KerrMcF earned the (Personal) Best Month Achievement by going on 6 expeditions in March 2024, starting with the (55, -4) geohash on 2024-03-10.

For the furthest distance travelled by X mode of transport in a single expedition (there and back), check User:KerrMcF/Distances.

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

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  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

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  2024-03-10 55 -4
  Kelburn Wind Farm, Scotland

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  2024-03-17 55 -4
  Irvine, Scotland

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  2024-03-22 56 -4
  Loch Lomond, Scotland

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  2024-03-30 56 -4
  Alexandria, Scotland

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  2024-04-08 55 -4
  Bowling, Scotland