I have created a series of caches that are based on JRR Tolkien
trilogy the Lord of the rings. These caches do not have to be
completed in order; however you will need to collect clues in some
caches to complete other caches later in the series. There will be
six sub-series of caches one for each of the original six books. I
will try to incorporate an event or place from the books into each
cache. You will need do research or find clues in the books. Some
answers may be found in the movies. In each cache you will find a
clue that you will need in order to find the final cache for each
book. The final cache in each book will then provide a clue to a
master cache at the end of all six series. Be sure to write down
each clue. I have used three different references to collect the
facts for these caches, the movies, a three book paper back set and
the 50th Anniversary Edition both printed by Houghton Mifflin. Good
luck and have fun working on and completing these caches.
The other caches in Book one series
are:
LOTR #1 A Long-expected Party (
GCV6K4)
LOTR #2 The shadow of The Past(
GCV645)
LOTR #3 Three is Company
(GCV6JY)
LOTR #5 The Old Forest
(GCV7WJ)
LOTR #6 Tom Bombadil /The Fog on Barrow-Downs
(GCV7WK)
LOTR #7 At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
(GCV7WN)
LOTR #8 Strider
(GCV7WQ)
LOTR #9 A Knife in the Dark
(GCV7WT)
Book Two caches
LOTR 2-2 The Council Of Elrond (
GCW2CH)
After spending the night with the Elves Frodo, Sam and Pippin set
off for Bucklebury and decided to take a short cut through the
woods to avoid the Dark riders. They end off course and too far
south. However both Pippin and Frodo recognized they were in
Bamfurlong and near old Farmer Maggot’s land and set off to
Maggot’s farm .They spend the afternoon talking about the strange
goings on and dine with Farm Maggot family. In the evening farm
Maggot and his two sons take Frodo, Pippin and Sam to the ferry in
his wagon where they meet Merry who is out searching for them.
Meeting Merry they cross the Brandywine River via ferry and head
off to Frodo’s new home of Crickhollow where Frodo confess that he
has hidden the fact that he must leave the Shire. To Frodo surprise
he discovers that his trusted friends have conspired against him
and plan to follow Frodo on his quest.
To find the cache you must answer the qestion and then solve the
puzzle.
What was the name of the Conspirator that stayed behind to
conceal that Frodo has left Crickhollow?
Use your answer to determine which puzzle to use. Each letter in
the answer equals a color.
Example: Ball
A= red
B= Green
L= Blue.
Your answer would be Green Red Blue Blue.
= Puzzle Two
= Puzzle One
To figure out the coordinate you need figure out the correct
puzzle. The coordinate are in WGS 84 (NAD 83) datum. This will be a
very hard puzzle for some.
Treat each coordinate as a separate puzzle. There are two steps to
solving the puzzle; the first step is to determine the value of
each color. Only the row next the N or W will represent numbers.The
position of the squares in the top row tells you what to do with
the number or numbers below it, regardless of its color.
Puzzle One:
Puzzle two:
Chechsum = 59
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.