Not sure when the interview was conducted, but the podcast was on 5/8/2017.
UPDATE: The Fenn Interview took place 4/27/2017. He just added the date right now.
www.ontheroadwithcharlie.org/podcast/2017/5/8/the-thrill-of-the-chaseSome interesting quotes (I did not want to take Rolltide's post off topic).
NOTE: Some of these we alaready knew, BUT look close and he added more detail! I tried to bold what I think is new or important. I will not comment on them here, but I might in a reply. If you have an important quote, tell me the timestamp and the exact quote, I will add it. Only quotes from this interview!
Oh yeah, these are exactly as said. For example he did say "what is that word really mean" when he probably meant "what does that word really mean", but I did not want to change anything or assume anything!!!
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TIMESTAMP: Quote
9:05: "
Nickels were magic when I was a kid. f"
Thanks Heidini!
13:00: "
Last time I was up there [West Yellowstone] was in 1950. f"
19:10: "[cancer donations] I was thinking mostly about kids [long pause] and to categorize it further Indian kids who have almost nothing. f"
24:00: "I know that [long pause] people have been within 200 feet, because they tell me exactly where they are [said previously].
I don't know that anyone was been closer than 200 feet and I don't think they have, but of course I don't know so many people don't tell me where they're searching but ah but the treasure's still out there. f"
Thanks Resa!
24:50: "But if you're gonna find the treasure, you've got to solve the
riddle that's in my poem, the
9 clues that are in my poem. Nobody is going to happen on that treasure chest. f"
30:30: "Every word is placed in there strategically, and
you can't ignore any of the nouns in that poem. f"
31:00: "But what puzzles people is that I've written ten books and in each one of my books I've made up words and I corrupt words. For instance in my Thrill of the Chase book I talk about courting my wife and I said, "Everybody knew she was too good for me, but tenacity was never one of my shortcomings." I mean its a terrible corruption on that word, but my point is if everybody knows exactly what you're saying..what you mean then who cares what the word is? And so
that thought permeates... manifests itself in the poem.
What is he... is he joke... what is that word really mean? Does it mean what he says it means? And so that puts a little desert on top of the cake. f"
32:00: "There's nothing in that poem that I... that would make you think that I am trying to fool you. I have never discouraged anybody from looking any place or lead them toward it, and I never will. There's no tomfoolery in that poem, it's straight forward. f"
NOTE: Keep that quote in mind when reading the previous one! Yes, I know the straight forward comment is old, but its here because he said it again, but its important given the context of the previous quote!
32:45: "You know to
an ant a mud puddle can be an ocean, so you have to keep things in context. f"
33:20: "How long is eventually? Yeah, somebody's going to find it. I'm confident of that, and I've said before that the person....(talks about the reaction to opening the chest for the first time"
Thanks Resa!
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Some general notes:
Lots of talk about pine trees. Sitting under them, dying under them, becoming fertalizer for them, ants climbing them, and turning over logs.
