forrest fenn surprise wordsA polite-like email from Kristie, who admits to being a desk person, prompts me to say that if you are walking long distances in search of the treasure, you’re walking too far. f

 

 

Best of luck with the Thrill of the Chase and all that you seek!  Treasure the Adventure!

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    1. It shant be more than a few miles (” Ron, your question sounds like a ..travelogue .be that bold. But I will say that I walked less than a few miles if that will help. ” f ). That would be for two round tripe, if I got that right.

      The Count (per below), I’d favor having all the clues, and relating them to the path you’ll follow, before you leave home.

      astree

  1. Think about this: If google updates show vehicle tracks that Mr. Fenn can see in the update, or a road is near. Wouldn’t that be them telling him where they have been. He makes a comment about the email then says they tell me where they have been. hmmm.

    C.M.R.
        1. But now you shall, for a brief respite
          Return to earth once more
          To bid ideu to friends tonight
          And join your friends of yore

          Then we again shall meet you
          You will not cross alone
          Your warmest friends shall greet you
          And guide you safely home

          hope you are there.

          Going Dark
                1. I guess I would have to agree. Apparently without some cryptographic key only Fenn knows, chasing this may go on for 1,000 years and it may be that nobody ever knows for sure. Unless he gets his bracelet back I don’t see how even he can know if it is still out there. Six years some people have been chasing this, it’s not like someone can solve it in 2 weeks. I’m beginning to think the boards are a waste of time. I think I’m going to go fishing instead.

                  Going Dark
  2. Forrest, Thank you for the surprize!!

    Jenny, Thanks again for this wonderful site (it can’t be said enough)!

    Forrest, Is the term “desk person” a politically correct euphemism for “couch potato”?? 🙂

    locolobo
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  4. I find this interesting as well. When looking up desk I see drawer.

    A drawer. ” is a boxlike container in a space of furniture; made so as to slide in and out.”

    A desk is also a table to do drawings. And in the last paragraph of TTOTC Forrest says paraphrase , that he would like to meet at the great banquet Table of history.

    Banco, seat, table, desk,chair,chaise???? Hmmm.

    Thanks for the surprise Forrest and Jenny

    DPT
  5. Thank you Jenny for bringing us these Surprise Words and thank you Forrest for keeping us surprised. I’m not sure how long “long distances” are but I have a feeling they’re longer for a desk person than they are for an adventurer.

    Ramona
  6. The poem to me is a gallery. “Walking too far” I get t f walker which leads me to the collection of TF Walker which includes a painting by Thomas Faed entitled “Taking Rest”. The painting portrays exactly how i felt after my most recent walk. Also Further further research reveals tf walker mentioned in vol. 22 of Agricultural Journal of Cape of Good Hope..Turbit a type of pigeon. Turbit..turbinated..spiral, whirling on an axis. Yes Mr. Fenn I have seen the banco and thought what a mighty throne. I have seen the rune in stone. I heard the sound of cannon and thought the world might burn. But Im here by the river. Safe.I am drawn to the place as a moth circles the light. I did not cross. Yet. There’s a jabberwocky yet to slay. I’ve walked these steps before. In another life. My feet are red and my mother cried 22 tears the day I was born.

    lifesablaze
    1. Thank you lifesablaze…I enjoyed reading about the Thomas Faed painting “Taking Rest”. After looking at the painting, I also understood how important it is to “rest” but not ignore that which is just at your feet. I recently “rested” at a spot and should have enjoyed not only the sounds and sights (amazing views)…but understood that the place that I was resting was actually what I was seeking. I understand. Thank you.

      Ellen
  7. . . . Another “non-clue” from Forrest, in my opinion. The word “long” is quite subjective.
    He has said, however, that he went “less than a few miles” on foot to hide the treasure.
    It’s not clear to me whether that distance is for A) One-way, carrying the first “part” of
    the total treasure, or B) One-way (away from his vehicle) in, carrying the first “part”,
    followed by a return to the vehicle, followed by one-way, carrying the second “part”
    away from his vehicle, or C) All 4 treks . . . in w/first “part”, back to vehicle to get
    second “part”, in w/second “part”, final return to vehicle.

    I think that he drove to a place within about a thousand feet of the hidey space. That
    would make his total trekking distance less than a mile or so at most. This would be
    doable for a man of 79 or 80 years old if reasonably healthy.

    Having said that, though, I don’t suggest that any searcher expect or plan to drive as
    close to the hidey spot as Forrest (probably, in my opinion) did. I think that a more
    realistic trekking distance is close to 2 miles each way. This is based on my solve
    and BOTG experience, in which I am very confident . . . especially based on what I
    have learned by actually being there . . . it’s a lot different that what I saw online.

    The above is just my opinion. Yours may differ. Please keep safety a high priority.

    Andrew Jef

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