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> or it is in a place where an 85 year old man can carry a 40lb chest. I know some AT thru hikers that old, but I don't think their packs were that heavy, and t
by DashRattlesnake 10y ago
> or it is in a place where an 85 year old man can carry a 40lb chest. I know some AT thru hikers that old, but I don't think their packs were that heavy, and the load was better distributed/more ergonomic.
Say it's filled with coins: he could have carried the empty chest and its contents separately, distributing the load. He could have also made multiple trips.
- weaksauce 10y agoAccording to him he did just that. Two trips.
- elif 10y agoAh that makes sense. Still, off-trail in the Rockies with 20lb is difficult for me at 30. the CDT might be a good starting point.
- weaksauce 10y agoIt was two trips in the same afternoon too.
- takk309 10y agoDo you have a source for this statement?
- ghaff 10y agoIt's apparently a statement he's made a number of times, e.g. http://mysteriouswritings.com/questions-with-forrest-fenn-and-the-thrill-of-the-chase/questions-with-fenn-archive-1/ http://mysteriouswritings.com/questions-with-forrest-fenn-an...
- legohead 10y agoDoesn't that conflict with this hint: > Not far, but too far to walk. So he took a car to some area, and then drove a motorcycle (or snowmobile) twice to the spot? If you're taking a vehicle why do you need 2 trips, though.
- weaksauce 10y agoIt would conflict somewhat if it was a literal instruction that it's too far to walk. he's also alluded to the meaning in the opening of one of his books what "not far, but too far to walk" is and said in an interview that "it doesn't take a genius to see what he meant".
- frakr 10y agoAt the bottom of a lake? Could drive to where you put the boat in. Can't walk to the bottom of a lake.
- weaksauce 10y agoalso said it was wet and exposed to wildfire so I doubt it's at the bottom of a lake unless the lake is seasonal.
- olalonde 10y agoIf he is into mysteries, he might have picked the riverbank where D.B. Cooper's ransom cash was discovered in 1978 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper#Physical_evidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper#Physical_evidence).
- RugnirViking 10y agoIf he is into mysteries, its entirely possible that he didn't hide any money and is hoping people will find my cooper or his money instead :)
- Fezzik 10y agoI'm not familiar with the area, but he could have also carried the chest on a Pack Mule. Short of treacherous terrain they are quite sure-footed. Or was there some indication he carried the chest to the location himself? Other than the blurb on Old Sante Fe Trading Co webpage I didn't see anything saying as much. I didn't watch all the videos though. Theorizing is fun.