Clue #1

[blazer]

Where warm waters halt.



This would be the Boiling River bathing area parking lot below Mammoth Hot Springs in north Yellowstone.

You will see a small square on Google Earth here.

This location lies on the border of Wyoming and Montana, and that border line is also visible on GE.

Halt is a word used at border crossings. (You are also very close to the Yellowstone Park boundary and the Roosevelt Arch portal.)



“Those who solve the first clue are more than half way to the treasure, metaphorically speaking.”



Forrest loves to use double and even triple entendre when he gives hints. This is a prime example.



This point is very close to the 45th Parallel - halfway between the equator and the north pole. Also, there is a more specific meaning to this statement regarding being halfway to the the treasure that will be apparent when you get to Clue #4.



As always, IMHO



LS (BT)

[minotaurmoreno]

Jun 18, 2020 20:58:13 GMT -5 blazer said:

Where warm waters halt.



This would be the Boiling River bathing area parking lot below Mammoth Hot Springs in north Yellowstone.

You will see a small square on Google Earth here.

This location lies on the border of Wyoming and Montana, and that border line is also visible on GE.

Halt is a word used at border crossings. (You are also very close to the Yellowstone Park boundary and the Roosevelt Arch portal.)



“Those who solve the first clue are more than half way to the treasure, metaphorically speaking.”



Forrest loves to use double and even triple entendre when he gives hints. This is a prime example.



This point is very close to the 45th Parallel - halfway between the equator and the north pole. Also, there is a more specific meaning to this statement regarding being halfway to the the treasure that will be apparent when you get to Clue #4.



As always, IMHO



LS (BT)

That’s definitely a Top-10 WWWH possibility, IMO.

[49 dollers]

I don't really think it's was a guessing game finding wwwh, the first step i believe is the same as if I told you (remember it's a puzzle)

Begin it where leaves halt.... Not the ground...it's a puzzle......leaves halts at the s....

The answer(s) I already know.

You can't find a box that size in an area the size of the Rockies without step by step instructions, it's spelled out in the poem for all to see. There are no metaphors, simple as following directions using Google maps. It's just takes a long time to go through every possible word and geographical location that starts with wwwhs(s) was I correct who knows for sure

[seannm]

All,

I had said it several times in both video and on forums that "Begin it where warm waters halt" may have been an oversimplification of the entire clue. And because Forrest had said that there are many places in the Rocky Mountains where warm waters halt, it was therefore moot in trying to figure out what warm waters halt was, but if all the information to figure out the correct starting point was in fact in the poem then the where of the where warm waters halt, was. So it was plausible that the definitive geographic noun, that being "canyon" of take it in "the canyon" down was part of the information we needed to figure out that correct starting point. So for me it was easy to deduce that warm waters halt could simply be a point along a waterway where its waters transitioned or halted from being calm, comfortable, and or meandering waters into faster moving riffles and or rapids as they descended into a canyon. And this transition cannot be definitively isolated as it is somewhat subjective and thus potentially not important in figuring out the correct starting point. It was always "the canyon" and most overlooked this because they may have been too focused on figuring out "where warm waters halt" as an isolated starting point.

Warm waters halt is not the first clue, where is. youtu.be/j-Jwc9its0c
 

Seannm

[edgewalker]

The starting point may not be near the ending point. If I was to ask Where do warm waters halt to someone unaware of the chase the likely response would be at the ocean.

[annie]

WWWH could most definitely be a Border line. As suggested. My solve says STILLWATER and PARK border where Star Lake points the way.

[49 dollers]

Jun 19, 2020 8:38:38 GMT -5 49 dollers said:

I don't really think it's was a guessing game finding wwwh, the first step i believe is the same as if I told you (remember it's a puzzle)

Begin it where leaves halt.... Not the ground...it's a puzzle......leaves halts at the s....

The answer(s) I already know.

You can't find a box that size in an area the size of the Rockies without step by step instructions, it's spelled out in the poem for all to see. There are no metaphors, simple as following directions using Google maps. It's just takes a long time to go through every possible word and geographical location that starts with wwwhs(s) was I correct who knows for sure

Begin it where warm waters halt, at the s as I pointed out above,

I found that the 1st stanza of the poem has 25 words, next 2 stanzas 27 words, last 3, 29 words. So pattern wise I have a group 1 2 3, easy as 1,2,3 (lol)

So if I take the s to the next line...

S and take it in the canyon down

I can take those first 8 letters and spell snake in the correct order.

Snake canyon down.

[jdiggins]

I asked my 10 year old granddaughter, "where do warm waters halt"? She shrugged, and after a pause she said, "hmmm, I dont know...the equator?"

[49 dollers]

Jun 22, 2020 9:58:25 GMT -5 jdiggins said:

I asked my 10 year old granddaughter, "where do warm waters halt"? She shrugged, and after a pause she said, "hmmm, I dont know...the equator?"

Kind of reminds be of all my Dad jokes, bet you cant spell a state without an a or e . Lol. Sometimes the answer is so simple.

[annie]

Blazer - how is BOILING RIVER and MAMOTH HOT SPRINGS warm? They both sound very hot. Just me trying to find logic. Maybe if they were mixed with some cold water?