Mr. Fenn, You have said to read the poem and read TTOTC to help solve for the 9 clues. We all know there are many options to choose from regarding, Brown, hoB, wwh,and blaze hinted at in the book.

My question is, “In the book, do you also, in a more subtle way, tell which is the correct answer to one or all of the above?” ~BW

No I don’t madam, sorry. f

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  2. So does “subtle way” not equal “a hint” to the correct answer of what the blaze is, for example? Maybe in a subtle way something alludes to or describes what the blaze may symbolize or look like, but not exactly what it is physically in the wilds.

    -Steve

    1. It is my opinion that FF did mention the Blaze 2 times in TFTW. He did not “in a more subtle way, TELL which is the correct answer to one or all of the above?” But he did leave a hint, twice, as to what the Blaze IS. In my opinion. Also, in my opinion, he directed us to that hint in video interview recently. On purpose. He will never admit it though.

      Garrett

    2. Tom, let’s suppose that the Blaze is a trail in the Rockies, as you suggest. The poem says
      “If you’ve been wise and found the blaze,
      Look quickly down, your quest to cease,”

      Does this mean that as soon as you find that trail in the Rockies that you should look quickly down?
      If so, would it make any difference whether you are at the end of that trail (i.e., a trailhead with a sign
      that identifies the trail), or just happening on the trail as you are walking in the mountains?

      I don’t imagine this is what FF had in mind, as a typical hiking trail is generally rather unspectacular.
      If I was out in the wilderness and found an existing trail that led generally to the left or to the right,
      I wouldn’t figure it as being significant, unless I suddenly saw something else that was more
      memorable . . . such as a peek at a majestic mountaintop, or waterfall, or other geological formation.
      And in that case, it might as well have that mountaintop/waterfall/other geological formation as the
      Blaze.

      If I found the trail at its end, and the sign said something like “Sunrise Trail”, then I might seriously
      consider it, because of its name. In one of my earlier sessions of brainstorming, I considered a
      creek with the name Sunrise. I have since decided that that area is not the one that FF hid the
      treasure in.

      The above is just my opinion . . . thanks for posting. And good luck in your search. Please stay safe.

      Andrew Jef

  6. At least we can count on him giving us some straight answers, this is not one of them. So why read the book and then the poem if we can’t differentiate what hoB is or wwh?

    MAY 2014
    Many searchers have thought that warm waters halt at a dam because water being released through flues near the bottom of the dam is much colder than water on the surface of the lake. I have discussed around that subject with several people in the last few days and am concerned that not all searchers are aware of what has been said. So to level the playing field to give everyone an equal chance I will say now that WWWH is not related to any dam. ff

    Sharon

    1. I think the answer is clear.

      “No I don’t,” …tell which is the correct answer to…

      And why would he tell us? Why folks think this answer rules out anything from the book is just too funny.
      The answer he gave imo is, We need to find the correct information… he’s not going to tell us what is or is not the correct information from the book or anyplace else. That’s the whole point of the challenge, is it not?

      Seeker

  9. What a relief, then I’m not sharing the picture of me in a headlamp with a magnifying glass trying to analyze page 99 of TTOTC book.

    Did anyone else do that after Diggin’ Gypsy shared her story through Mindy’s creative outlet the Fenn Hot Spot?

    I found a mandrake though. Check it out on page 12 of Seventeen Dollars a Square Inch “Mandrake Fenn looking for Woman Drake”

    Mandrake
    Womandrake

    MW, Double Omega and Double Rainbows

    23kachinas

  11. so Forrest answers ‘no’ to a being ‘subtle’ in the book. this answer doesn’t rule out that he may have been more ‘direct’ in the book.

    also, this q&a fits with the ‘relative’ theme of this chase

    subtle, direct, cold, warm, quickly, brave & too far to walk are all relative and different for everyone

    Rich

    1. That is true. You can in my opinion know some of the clues though but what FF said is you won’t know for sure till you find the TC. Tell you what. I’ll give you the first three.

      1) Where the warm waters halt? Madison Junction
      2) Take it in the canyon down? Madison Canyon
      3) Put in below the home of brown? 7 Mile Bridge

      How do I know. Read the beginning of to far to walk. The Prologue. Where he talks about a 3 day fishing trip walking the Madison River and how now for him it is “to far to walk”

      He came right out and told us it was on the Madison in Yellowstone.
      “Not far, but to far to walk” from the poem
      “for me not it is just to far to walk” from the prologue.

      Also it will be extremely difficult to know what the Blaze IS without TFTW.

      Of course all of this is my opinion.

      Garrett

    1. sumbuddy – I think you are very smart. You do realize that he just used that same word “Madam” in his last scrapbook at dal’s ………. here is how

      “Several years ago Madam Nature exercised her prerogative in our space without forewarning nor even offering a reason why, and countless trees in my little forest perished.” f

      I thought it was Mother nature………. 🙂

      into

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  16. Are we misreading what the answer is relating to? Maybe I’m off on this one… when did fenn say hints from the book will solve “9” clues?
    “There are nine clues in the poem, but if you read the book (TTOTC) …there are a couple of good hints and there are a couple of aberrations that live out on the edge.”

    “You have **said** to read the poem and read TTOTC to **help solve for the 9 clues.**”

    “No I don’t madam, sorry. f”

    food for thought.

    Seeker

    1. No doubt Dampenedmyth,…there are so many revelations that await us in it’s unfolding. 129

      “Your testimonies are wonderful;
      Therefore my soul observes them.

      The unfolding of Your words gives light;
      It gives understanding to the simple.”

      Psalms119:129-130

      Rise and Shine!

      tomtom

  20. You have to tie them all together to work according to the poem. If you have just one, you really don’t have anything yet. If you get two of them (WWWH, HOB, and the Blaze) you still have to be able to link them according to the poem’s structure. In the end, you have to have all 9 clues linked together …what was the word? “Contiguous?” Basically in order of the poem and somehow touching each other. As in linked together, I take it. Like the links part of the measurements brought up by Forrest in his comment about “north of Santa Fe”, which is an example of such a link. Just saying that it’s a distance and “north of” a point is a link, by example. So can be “side by side”, that’a’way, or anything else. But it has to be provided by the poem and or the books, Scrapbooks, “Words” in their various forms, etc.
    And in the end, we still have to find the treasure, or we can’t be 100% certain.
    That’s how I see it, anyways.

    Cocoa nut

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