Who is Flydad and why a tribute?
Well, Flydad is my very good geocaching friend from
Washington DC, US.
We met each other on e-mail after I found and logged one of his
caches, Li'l Dyrholaey 2 (GCW1X4) placed out on Iceland
earlier this summer.
Flydad and I e-mailed each other several times the week I came
home from Iceland, because I was the first person to log a find on
that cache on the web. We had a lot of Icelandic caching to talk
about. I had also looked for another Flydad cache near the airport,
but ended up with DNF.
Ok, after a couple of days he started to be very interested in
Norway and Oslo. He had never been "over there" before and he was
excited about all the caches around and in Oslo city. So, then,
suddenly, on Thursday the same week, he decided to come for a
visit. A visit? We talked some more on e-mail about this
idea and then, just out of the blue, he was standing in front of me
on Gardermoen Airport (OSL) on Saturday morning. Uhps, I was very
much exited, because I didn't know anything about him, except for
the interest in Geocaching.
Flydad came over to me with a broad smile on his face and was
ready for the thrill of caching in Norway :-) We went out of the
airport and started at once to look for a cache near by OSL. We
found it! Flydad's first cache in Norway, found 15 min after
arriving. Well done!
We had a very nice day in Oslo with a lot of caching around. In
the afternoon we visited my family in our summer house on Nesodden
and had a nice dinner there. Before we went to bed that night, back
at my house, we also had the time to place out a Flydad cache in
Oslo. The Tveita Trog (GCX98X).
To prove that I was first to log
GCW1X4 on Iceland he gave me a beautiful coin/plaque from National
Reconnaissance Office, US.
The next morning, I drove him back to the airport and he went
back home to the US again.
Woha, what a man...!!!
I think I will remember this visit from The States for ever.
Since then we have been talking daily on e-mail and now he has
helped me a lot with my first geocache.
Thank you Flydad.
You are just a little bit crazy and just a little bit
obsessed... ;-)
The cache
The cache is located in the very beautiful area in Oslo called
Godlia, very close to my home where Flydad stayed over night. The
hiding place is of course a secret, but it is close to houses and
gardens and a little forest, so look out for local muggles.
However, the nearest neighbor, who you will see if he is
outside his house, is cacher friendly. He knows about the
cache and has observed many of you hunters. He has even helped out
with some hints. Flydad told me not to tell to much about the
cache. Not even that there is no need for searching near or in the
neighbors garden. It is possible to find the cache without being
to much exposed, but the closest neighbor might see you if he is at
home. If you find it, place it back exactly as it was and
remember to bring your own pen for the log. The cache has no room
for trades, but that is classified information I think...