Welcome to The Elven Wood
Here lies my most ambitious, most difficult, and largest-scale hide yet!
This cache will take you on an adventure like no other, as you search for well-camouflaged containers, gather their secrets, and use the collected clues to finally access the final treasure!
The individual locations need not be done in order, but the recommended order is Doriath, Rivendell, Fangorn, Oromë, Ithilien, then Lothlórien, as it will lead you on a counter-clockwise loop to the final container, ending near where you started. The Adventure Awaits waypoint is your trailhead/parking area, and The Elven Wood waypoint is your final destination.
Accessing the final container will require two different codes - one numerical, one lexical - and will require nine bits of information total. You may want to bring a pen and notepad, or keep notes on your phone to avoid backtracking once reaching the final step.
Please be gentle with the containers, and leave the tops in place when and where possible. Please don't overtighten tops on the smallest containers. You can often see the information inside without removing it. Please try to keep the final container as dry as possible! Great lengths have been taken to help ensure that it does already, but please avoid opening in the rain. To open the shackle lock, pinch the flexible shackles inward after trying a code
If you find yourself stuck, I’m happy to help, and am generally very responsive to messages! I wanted this to be quite challenging, but not impossible.
“Little by little, one travels far”
Congrats to comtg on the FTF!!