There are a variety of puzzles in this series that I hope are not too difficult for the average cacher to solve. Look for clues along the way – some of the log sheets will contain codes to help you find the final two bonus caches.
The cache is not located at the posted coordinates. The information on the missing coordinates is on this page.
N 41 30.8AB
W 88 47.7XY
The game of Chutes and Ladders itself consists of a square board made up of 100 squares. Interesting how many board games use a concept similar to this. To play, players roll a single die and advance their token the rolled number of spaces, with the arrival at the end of the board—the Hundredth Square—being the ultimate goal. At its most basic level, Chutes and Ladders is fairly uncomplicated. However, academic interpretation is in near-total agreement as to the game’s larger, symbolic meaning: Chutes and Ladders is a metaphor for life. The older and more established school of thought on the “chutes” and “ladders” in Chutes and Ladders holds that “ups” and “downs” of the game represent moral choices and their consequence: good deeds being a “ladder” and bad deeds being a “chute.”
Leave it up to scholars to figure out how a kid's game relates to life! I wonder how it might be interpreted with today's Common Core (No Common Sense needed) ideologies. At any rate, all you need to do now is figure out how to get the coordinates to find the cache - which is all you really cared about anyhow.
