Post by seannm on Aug 3, 2018 10:06:45 GMT -5
All,
And here is the complete Q & A:
mysteriouswritings.com/featured-question-with-forrest-fenn-and-the-thrill-of-the-chase-treasure-hunt-toponymy-or-geography/
Someone unfamiliar with your poem receives a message that says “meet me where warm waters halt, somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe”. Would they be able to work out where to go? If they can’t, would they need the whole poem, another stanza, or just a line or word to help them on their way? ~Phil Bayman
There are a few words in the poem that are not useful in finding the treasure Phil, but it is risky to discount any of them. You over simplify the clues. There are many places in the Rocky Mountains where warm waters halt, and nearly all of them are north of Santa Fe. Look at the big picture, there are no short cuts. f
So as Forrest had pointed out, Phil over simplified the clue, he simply said "meet me where warm waters halt" and, in my opinion, that is not the entire clue, he may have left out key information e.g. the rest of the sentence or clue.
And the definition of over simplify is: simplify (something) so much that a distorted impression of it is given.
So to over simplify is to distort or change the intended outcome, and that may have been the problem with Phil Bayman's question, in my opinion. He simply over simplified the clue.
And maybe Forrest answered Phil's second question: If they can’t, would they need the whole poem, another stanza, or just a line or word to help them on their way? By stating: Look at the big picture, there are no short cuts.
Now I cannot say with any level of certainty that this theory is correct, it just appears more plausible than believing that the nine clues only exist between begin and cease, or other theories that are out there.
Again nobody is wrong until one of us is right.
Seannm
And here is the complete Q & A:
mysteriouswritings.com/featured-question-with-forrest-fenn-and-the-thrill-of-the-chase-treasure-hunt-toponymy-or-geography/
Someone unfamiliar with your poem receives a message that says “meet me where warm waters halt, somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe”. Would they be able to work out where to go? If they can’t, would they need the whole poem, another stanza, or just a line or word to help them on their way? ~Phil Bayman
There are a few words in the poem that are not useful in finding the treasure Phil, but it is risky to discount any of them. You over simplify the clues. There are many places in the Rocky Mountains where warm waters halt, and nearly all of them are north of Santa Fe. Look at the big picture, there are no short cuts. f
So as Forrest had pointed out, Phil over simplified the clue, he simply said "meet me where warm waters halt" and, in my opinion, that is not the entire clue, he may have left out key information e.g. the rest of the sentence or clue.
And the definition of over simplify is: simplify (something) so much that a distorted impression of it is given.
So to over simplify is to distort or change the intended outcome, and that may have been the problem with Phil Bayman's question, in my opinion. He simply over simplified the clue.
And maybe Forrest answered Phil's second question: If they can’t, would they need the whole poem, another stanza, or just a line or word to help them on their way? By stating: Look at the big picture, there are no short cuts.
Now I cannot say with any level of certainty that this theory is correct, it just appears more plausible than believing that the nine clues only exist between begin and cease, or other theories that are out there.
Again nobody is wrong until one of us is right.
Seannm
