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Post by heidini on May 1, 2018 18:03:19 GMT -5
Don't forget sagebrush too. Pinyon nuts and sagebrush together at 7,000 ft. Yes the tree line. But if anyone lives at lower elevations and seeks above 5,000 ft be careful! Make sure you read up on hypoxia. FF poem warns us I believe that "tarry scant" no place for the "meek". Altitude sickness. Don't mingle long and start descending down slowly. The highest elevation I have been at is 9,500 ft. in the White Mountains (Big Lake) camping. It took me three days to acclimate before I could take the boat out to fish. I could feel my rapid heartbeat in my neck at 10000 feet. I had an internal sense of panic. “Get off the mountain. Get off the mountain. Get off the mountain.” I had taken a tram from 6000ft to 10000ft. A 15 minute ascent. Way too much for me. I hiked 7 miles down. Half way down I realized I felt much better. |
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Post by rsomebody on May 2, 2018 0:35:16 GMT -5
I find it so funny that people find Yellowstone as the place to search. Yes, Forrest shares a lot of his memories about Yellowstone in his books but doesn't that, in of itself, make Yellowstone too obvious? What if Yellowstone is a hint/clue but not the place to search. Such as Yellowstone is a National Park and before that, Yellowstone was also a National Forest. Either way it is now, and has been, Federal Land. So what if it's just a clue/hint that the treasure chest is located on Federal Land? And that's it. Try to wrap your head around that. Yellowstone is a lovely National Park that provided Forrest with many memories but it's just a hint that the treasure chest is located on Federal Land. Are we not thinking deep enough as to what Yellowstone can mean other than Yellowstone? Or are we overthinking and everything else and Yellowstone is the place to search? I give Forrest more credit than to hide his treasure chest in the obvious place. But that's just my opinion. =)
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Post by Jenny on May 3, 2018 6:07:43 GMT -5
So the place mentioned was evidently 'Yellowstone'......
People have been searching there for the last 8 years......
Did they get within 200 feet there? or is it somewhere else? And Yellowstone is just a distraction?
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Post by voxpops on May 3, 2018 7:00:55 GMT -5
It's a serious distraction, IMO, with all sorts of potential pitfalls - legal and safety-related. This is a cut and paste of something I posted on another blog:
"Yellowstone is full of amazing natural wonders, but I don't think anyone can go alone in there these days. To be honest, I couldn't wait to be away from the crowds and lines of traffic. Yes, there are places that are less frequented within the Park, but there are also grizzlies and rangers (which are more of a concern are for you to decide). The potential legal ramifications of finding the treasure in YNP are considerable. That's not to say that a NP doesn't feature as part of the Chase, but personally I wouldn't stake my all on YNP.
FF grew up in a very different era, and was able to enjoy Yellowstone in a way that is inconceivable today. The fact that he reminisces about it does not make it a likely candidate IMO (more the reverse, if truth be told). I think it is very difficult to find corroboration in the poem for a Yellowstone WWWH. My very first search in 2013 used the Firehole/Gibbon/Madison confluence as the start point, but that was mainly due to jumping on a bandwagon, and using a very flimsy justification. It was after that that I came to the conclusion there had to be a precise method leading to precise points set out in the poem. When I first began to see how the poem worked (IMO), Yellowstone disappeared off my horizon."
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Post by nkown on May 3, 2018 7:45:52 GMT -5
ha! That's funny. I hope the reporter actually goes to yellowstone.
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Post by Jenny on May 3, 2018 10:02:16 GMT -5
We have a few different 'slips' by Forrest, one of the Pinyon Nuts which would likely exclude Yellowstone, and one which likely includes it.
The chest can't be hidden in both places.....
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Post by rahrah on May 3, 2018 11:30:34 GMT -5
The Yellowstone stories Fenn shares provide excellent examples of how to solve the clues; but IMO the treasure is NOT in Yellowstone
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Post by zaphod73491 on May 3, 2018 20:09:24 GMT -5
Hi Rahrah: the more people that search in Yellowstone and New Mexico, the happier and less nervous I am.
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Post by nkown on May 3, 2018 21:53:08 GMT -5
The pinyon 'slip up' is one of spelling not content.
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Post by rahrah on May 4, 2018 1:54:59 GMT -5
The pinyon 'slip up' is one of spelling not content. Shhhh |
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Post by rahrah on May 4, 2018 1:56:10 GMT -5
Hi Rahrah: the more people that search in Yellowstone and New Mexico, the happier and less nervous I am. I really should stop trying to deter folks from YS, huh? You’re right, each one is one less to worry about!!! |
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Post by deeepthkr on May 4, 2018 4:30:11 GMT -5
And what about the smelling of 'pinyon nuts'? n It's not a slip and you know it, the hint is at yon. Check out definition for nee, ere, hard, kar, hold, the Phoenix, St. Barnaby, by a barn TS, Barnard is Bold-bear. Which is brave-hard, bear is hold is halt is belay; belays is blaze is halt is brave is hard. If hew ar kar(2 trips..) then it's just K. In the wood is hard. "k in the hard, K in the ha rd, K in the hay rd. Can also get it to say hayden, barn, haystack, and what are we looking for but a needle in a haystack. Hayden is pretty evident in Colorado for all you Yellowstone searchers. If you haven't used the PT to confirm solve you are probably OK. Would you say that this explains the "alone in there"?, The needle I mean. But if you don't have wwwh and the "creek" then it won't help. Look quickly down, at where the photographer stood when a certain pic was taken and you would have encountered wwwh AGAIN. Don't know how many times I have encountered it in the solve, yes I do, twice. To within .1 meter I have the final mete in a small spot with where to go to see his K. Lochs, locks, loxs. Those L words don't involve solve. 6 days and counting till she grabs it. |
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Post by deeepthkr on May 4, 2018 4:31:19 GMT -5
Don't forget sagebrush too. Pinyon nuts and sagebrush together at 7,000 ft. Yes the tree line. But if anyone lives at lower elevations and seeks above 5,000 ft be careful! Make sure you read up on hypoxia. FF poem warns us I believe that "tarry scant" no place for the "meek". Altitude sickness. Don't mingle long and start descending down slowly. The highest elevation I have been at is 9,500 ft. in the White Mountains (Big Lake) camping. It took me three days to acclimate before I could take the boat out to fish. . Mora less |
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Post by zaphod73491 on May 4, 2018 16:37:07 GMT -5
And what about the smelling of 'pinyon nuts'? n It's not a slip and you know it, the hint is at yon. Check out definition for nee, ere, hard, kar, hold, the Phoenix, St. Barnaby, by a barn TS, Barnard is Bold-bear. Which is brave-hard, bear is hold is halt is belay; belays is blaze is halt is brave is hard. If hew ar kar(2 trips..) then it's just K. In the wood is hard. "k in the hard, K in the ha rd, K in the hay rd. Can also get it to say hayden, barn, haystack, and what are we looking for but a needle in a haystack. Hayden is pretty evident in Colorado for all you Yellowstone searchers. If you haven't used the PT to confirm solve you are probably OK. Would you say that this explains the "alone in there"?, The needle I mean. But if you don't have wwwh and the "creek" then it won't help. Look quickly down, at where the photographer stood when a certain pic was taken and you would have encountered wwwh AGAIN. Don't know how many times I have encountered it in the solve, yes I do, twice. To within .1 meter I have the final mete in a small spot with where to go to see his K. Lochs, locks, loxs. Those L words don't involve solve. 6 days and counting till she grabs it. Deeep: do a Google search on "word association football Python" -- that John Cleese sketch exactly describes your process. |
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Post by lookinup on May 6, 2018 21:44:17 GMT -5
We have a few different 'slips' by Forrest, one of the Pinyon Nuts which would likely exclude Yellowstone, and one which likely includes it. The chest can't be hidden in both places..... Perhaps, perhaps not. I think the concept of *it being hidden in 2 places is an excellent one, Jenny! Would it be prudent to dismiss the possibility that a key 'item' will be found in one location; while the 'physical' treasure sits in wait at another location...... in a different State?? |
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