'Planet' Quest

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--CACHE MONEY ''Apes'' props secreted inside hidden caches can be sold to movie-memorabilia collectors

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Buy a handheld GPS navigator. Magellan and Garmin both manufacture units that retail between $100 and $200. Get some extra batteries and a compass for backup.

Log on to ProjectApe.com or Geocaching.com. Enter your zip code to see a list of caches in your area. The locations are ranked by level of difficulty from 1 (an easy hike with the kids) to 5 (which includes a scuba-diving cache on a sunken tugboat in the Red Sea).

Don't loot the cache. There are only three rules: Take an item, leave an item, and write in the logbook. Each entry on the website includes a description of what kind of treasure you'll find. In Connecticut, there's a DVD library, and someone in Indiana started a CD-trading ''Share the Music'' cache in response to the recent court decision against Napster. There are also theme caches like those tied to ''Apes'' or the one near Dracula's castle in Romania -- which includes a mirror and a logbook pencil that doubles as a wooden stake.

While Fox is the first to turn Geocaching into a marketing tool, it's not likely to be the last. Jeremy Irish, the 28-year-old webmaster of Geocaching.com, has already been approached by other entertainment companies interested in creating prizewinning caches. But for most players, having an excuse to tromp through the forest like a high-tech ape is reward enough.

Originally posted Jul 27, 2001

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