User:Pedalpusher

About Me

42 / m / 42,-78

Late to the party but so far I've found Geohashing intriguing and a lot of fun. My home Graticule is Buffalo, NY which has been quiet for quite some time, but I'm hoping to meet some geohashers some day. I always wanted an excuse to get a GPS and I picked up a used one cheaply on eBay. Should be very useful even on hiking/biking trips when not hashing.

I love to get out on my bike for long road rides but I haven't gotten out as much as I'd like these past few years. Speaking of bikes, I have to say that geohashing has really changed my bike rides. I am one of those guys that has no problem doing the same course over and over because I know what to expect (hills, time, etc) and won't get lost. I have a hard time deciding on a new course especially without being familiar with the area I'm going to as I don't want to get lost. Riding to hashes is great because I have a destination to go to, directions are usually pretty easy to remember and most importantly, I get to see new things.

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Adventures

Interactive map of expeditions.

Expedition Number	Date/Link	Graticule	Location	Notes
13	2014-09-27	Buffalo	Off Camp Rd in Hamburg	Bike ride; Tron Attempt; Success
12	2014-09-22	Buffalo	South of Hamburg	Bike ride; Success
11	2014-09-18	Buffalo	Franklinville cemetery	Success
10	2014-09-16	Buffalo	Springville, Off Rt 39	Success
9	2014-09-12	Oil City, PA	North of Warren, PA	Success
8	2014-09-11	Buffalo	Gowanda, NY	Bike ride; Posted
7	2014-09-07	St. Mary's, PA	Allegheny National Forest	Virgin graticule; Success
6	2014-09-01	Buffalo	Allegany State Park	Success
5	2014-08-24	Dunkirk, NY	Just off Rt 5 by Angola	Bike ride; Success
4	2014-08-20	Toronto	North of Lewiston, NY	Success
3	2014-08-17 Pt 1	Dunkirk, NY	North of Ellington, NY	Multi-hash Pt. 1 - Success
2	2014-08-17 Pt 2	Buffalo	North of Wellsville, NY	Multi-hash Pt. 2 - No Trespassing
1	2014-08-08	Buffalo	South of Arcade	Inaugural expedition with 'No Batteries'; Success

Stats

• Expeditions - 13
  • Successful - 11
  • Unsuccessful - 2
• Posted Achievement - 2/100
• Unique graticules visited - 5
• Virgin graticules - 1
• Longest Distances
  • to reach a single hash
    • by bike - 22.76 miles (45.68 miles round trip)
    • by car - 77.0 Miles
  • Multi-hash expedition - 134.6 Miles

Achievements

Goals

Minesweeper - Ah, the nostalgia of playing on Win 3.1
Virgin Graticule - Might pick up one or two if I'm successful on the Minesweeper or am traveling. 2014-09-07
The Hobbit - I love walking around bare-foot and who doesn't love a picnic. Will have to pick this one carefully though. A good opportunity could be when the hash lands in Allegany State Park.
Border hash - shouldn't be too hard since Canada is so close.
Move the Buffalo Graticule up the list of active areas into the top 50.
Win the most active graticule for the month for the Buffalo Graticule.

Ribbons

Pedalpusher earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-08-08.

Pedalpusher earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-08-08.

Pedalpusher achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Buffalo, New York and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Pedalpusher earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-08-17.

Pedalpusher earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (42, -79) geohash on 2014-08-24.

Pedalpusher earned the Admit One Achievement

by paying $7 to access the (42, -78) geohash at Allegany State Park on 2014-09-01.

Pedalpusher earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his wife within 0.13 miles to the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-09-01.

Pedalpusher earned the Holy hash achievement by reaching the sacred (42, -78) location, which is Mt. Prospect Cemetery, on 2014-09-18.

Pedalpusher certifies that Margaret J Stearns almost earned the Coffin Potato Achievement

by occupying a coffin at the (42, -78) geohash on 2014-09-18.