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Even though this geocache was a very basic one and it did not require any talent, magic tricks or physical achievements, I feel like a hero because I finally found it. On my way home, I log my visit on the geocaching app: “At first I was searching in a bit wrong place but at the right place I found it easily. TFTC.” Thanks for the cache. I have now found 16 of the over 35 000 geocaches in Denmark. So many adventures left. GEOCACHING AS AN ADVENTURE For me geocaching is a way to go on adventures nearby and even in places that I already know. It opens new perspectives to the world around us. The geocaches can be seen as a hidden layer of this world we live in. You do not need to travel around the world to find adventures. They can also be here. By geocaching I have found amazing places in my home town and I doubt I would have found those oth-
erwise. I have admired a foggy scene from a bird tower, climbed underneath so many bridges and billboards, found beautiful abandoned buildings, opened fake drain covers, electrical boxes, dog poops and “do not smoke” signs. My relatives and sisters have climbed up on huge trees, landed and crawled into a rainwater drains, and climbed on top the structures of big bridges. Sometimes the places are amazing, sometimes the best part is the way the cache is made, and sometimes the glory is in knowing that there is a secret hidden and most of the people passing by do not know about it. But sometimes it is just nice to spend time with my family. I have joked many times that geocachers would be very good at hiding drugs. I have heard people accidentally finding hidden drug stashes and once me and my friend found a hidden pipe that someone was clearly using for something illegal. But those were not hidden as well as many geocaches.