The Lord Of The Rings by JRRT Mystery Cache
The Lord Of The Rings by JRRT
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THE ABOVE COORDINATES ARE FALSE!! Cache is within 2 miles of these coordinates (as the bird flies) Actually parking area for pin exchange GCA5FA. Based on The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien. Fairly Steep Terrain- Length of hike depends on where you park. Short to Long. Feel free to email me to confirm coordinates! I may even throw in a closer parking area and a few more hints- if cacher wants 'em [:P]
I absolutely LOVE the LOTR- Books. While the movies were Great as movies themselves- awesome locations and effects, great cast, and costuming- I really wish they could have stayed more true to the story line- and more true to character's personalities and morals (Faramire for example). Just my opinion :)
Here's your puzzle:
Start N:
A) "Yes, He has only _ on the Black Hand, but they are enough, said Gollum shuddering. _
B) Then the Lady unbraided one of her long tresses, and cut off _ golden hairs and laid them in Gimli's hand. _
C) How many wolves did Frodo kill in The Old Forest? _
D)Pippin found that Shadowfax had been well housed and tended. For in the _ circle, outside the walls of the citadel, there were some fair stables where a few swift horses were kept... _
E) How much would Bill Ferney have charged for 5 Bills (ponies)? _ _ silver pennies. _ _
F) The Company of the Ring shall be _. _
Now W
a) How many times did Frodo visit Lothlorien after Aragorn was made King? _
b) How many toes does Treebeard have each of his feet? _
c) In their competition, Gimli killed _ more orc(s) than Legolas did. _
d) Year _ _ _ _. The Wise (the Istari and the chief Eldar) discover that an evil power has made a stronghold at Dol Guldur. It is thought to be one of the Nazgul.. _ _ _ _
e) It was Pippin who found _ small barrel(s), washed up out of some cellar or stone house, I suppose. When we opened them, we found they were filled with this: as fine a pipe-weed as you could wish for, and quite unspoilt. _
This puzzle has changed a little since it was first published due to a slight error (ok you'd be off by 3/4 of a mile). Hope everyone checks cache pages one last time before heading out to any caches 
The cache is filled with items you can associate with the books- Elf stones, red stones like in gandalf's ring, various farm animals, light- up toy sword, eagle patch,stars, foam castle, a notebook- cover picture reminds me of Rohan.
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king." JRRT
For FTF/STF/TTF:
A cool Lizard decoder coin with pin in pouch- trackable on geocaching.com- SEE PICS NOT ACTIVATED YET!!!
A Tick spoon
A flashlight-doesnt need batteries
----->FTF rjb43nh <----- Who chose to go on a quest which could have lead to unforseen perils...and came up a winner!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
1) Guvax bs Tnaqnys naq Zbevn- snyyvat vagb nolff.
2) U gerr (Uhbea?)- nyzbfg gurer- tb AJ n yvggyr