vibeup
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Post by vibeup on Jan 28, 2019 12:58:48 GMT -5
I agree with both Drifter and zaphod. If there's "10 billion" blazes out there that that must mean the blaze is a very common geographical feature. The correct blaze should be obvious because once you follow the proceeding clues to the blaze, it will be the only one in your search area.
Let's say the blaze is a prominent hill. There are small hills in every square mile of the Rockies, but if you follow the clues and end up at a single hill in your search area then you've "found" (or recognized) the correct blaze.
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Post by rahrah on Jan 28, 2019 20:24:13 GMT -5
Don't mean to quibble, but to someone searching for the chest, there's really no difference in the two phrases: "finding" the blaze, and "recognizing" the blaze. The subsequent rationale is contradicted by Forrest Fenn himself, when he said the blaze is something that "stands out". So if the searcher is in the right area there isn't going to be "10 billion blazes out there"; there's going to be one object that stands out as the blaze. As such, it won't be "hiding in anonymity". Searchers tend to conflate his verbal comments into some generalized super rule that's applicable to all searches. Which is why I have never understood why searchers take everything that Forrest says at face value. Or in your case, zaphod, since you have been in the chase for so long, you assume that the reader will know exactly what you mean, and therefore in your explanations you conclude that it's unnecessary to be precise.  The distinction I was trying to make was between someone staring at maps of all four states looking for the blaze vs. a very focused location that you've been brought to because you solved a half-dozen clues or more. If you've only got WWWH, then that's not nearly good enough. The blaze is likely not the most "stand out" feature within a 5-mile radius or perhaps even a 1-mile radius. If it was, two-clue solvers would have had it five years ago. The clue has duality....you "found" the blaze and you know where it is already at that point. I'm not even sure how I said that makes sense, but it makes sense to me, LOL. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 20:58:25 GMT -5
I agree with both Drifter and zaphod. If there's "10 billion" blazes out there that that must mean the blaze is a very common geographical feature. The correct blaze should be obvious because once you follow the proceeding clues to the blaze, it will be the only one in your search area. Let's say the blaze is a prominent hill. There are small hills in every square mile of the Rockies, but if you follow the clues and end up at a single hill in your search area then you've "found" (or recognized) the correct blaze. The same if you was walking up a creek. There's be no paddle up your creek. The poem doesn't take you out of the creek it takes you to the blaze. |
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