Geocaching leads adventures on high-tech hunt
An increasingly popular game of grown-up hide-and-seek is leading adventurers around the country on high-tech hunts for hidden treasures.
It's called geocaching, and all you need to play is a portable Global Positioning System, access to the Internet and a sense of adventure.
Players enter coordinates in longitude and latitude from a Web site into their GPS, and the hunt is on. Geocachers follow the navigation signal and a list of clues that take them through cemeteries, caves, forests and even historic homesteads.
At the end of hunt is a treasure -- some kind of trinket or toy -- stashed in an airtight container, although sometimes there is only a logbook for players to sign.
Sound easy?
Sometimes it is -- and sometimes it's maddeningly frustrating, said Nicki Sage, 49, of Springfield. In geocaching circles she is know as "Jeepers2," a tribute to the two vehicles that have transported her to myriad sites where she has found over 600 caches and placed 17 more for others to find.
