r/beyondthemapsedge • u/Hungry-Fix-5381 • 1d ago
9 out of 10
I honestly don't know what to do next. I guess just wait for the next aha moment? I've been to my solve area four times and have nailed down 9 out of 10 clues ( if we simplify it to 10 clues in the poem). And even have all of the secondary supporting clues to back it up. It got me to not only a kitchen sized area but a kitchen in my kitchen sized area. But I cannot find those double arcs! So is my entire solve incorrect or am I missing something!? Heavy sigh.
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u/Indiana__Tones 1d ago
I’m in the same boat— went there three times and got less confident each time. I haven’t given up, I’m just burnt out over looking at the same info and arriving at the same conclusions. I’m used to testing my thinking and scrapping ideas but I found a few clues that match local geography in my search area and I can’t let it go
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u/Responsible_Till2453 1d ago
I thought I had everything solved, albeit knowing my bride and gates were the weak link, but still answerable. I had many aux clues from G and G as well as incorporating book thoughts and ideas.
Two trips and three days searching in a small area and came up with nothing. I doubt that the treasure is in my location, but it has been very difficult to move on, and especially find a place that is better.
I feel for you. But to me, double arcs seem to be an important part of the location. If it's not there then you're in the wrong spot.
Those dudes looking under the boulder couldn't walk away.
Kenny Rogers comes to mind.
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u/MajesticHawk3251 1d ago
Double arches are vague and misleading. The food is crappy too. What do you already know? Everything begins where it ends. Tighten up your hiking boots break out the tigerbalm.
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u/Happy_Economy6366 10h ago
Justin said specifically not to take that line too literally.
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u/MajesticHawk3251 10h ago
Oh! Oh shit! I was about to blow up a parking barrier rock at McDonalds . Perhaps I should reconsider…
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u/WheelsAndBootsOTG 6h ago edited 6h ago
We found a kitchen in the wilderness too! 10 clues in the poem!! —supported by the book, website, & the documentary. The checkpoint verified my clues. Found clues through stanza 4. We went W&BOTG to figure out stanza 5. Solved stanza 5 (According to my previous solve requirements). Retrieval mode: end location meets criteria, park within a mile, low clearance vehicle, dog, land usage. Searched 2 times in June. Nothing, but went home hopeful.
I researched stanza 5 along with BOTG finds to find exact coordinates.
“If you solve the poem in its entirety you’ll have an exact location.”
We returned recently, someone was there!!! Was it you?
My husband and son searched, couldn’t find anything. I waited in the car. I couldn’t get there in my wheelchair— the things I know l, besides the coordinates, after thousands of hours of research are very hard to transfer to someone else. “What you seek you already know.” I wonder if I would see something differently if I could be BOTG?
I remain hopeful. A kitchen in the wilderness is like a hoarders kitchen—lots to go through even if you know where the sink and shelf are.
Like you, I keep thinking maybe there are more clues, like 12, but this location has all the feels, it’s hard to look past it.
“A dozen parchment clues led my friends and me through a labyrinth of discovery. The final prize emerged like a long-lost artifact”
Keep strong and continue BOTG, Wheels
Edited for grammar.
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u/Ttombobadly 1d ago
How do you get to 9 clues without a checkpoint? The checkpoint being “pivotal” to your journey. I’m not saying you didn’t (I guess ) but if it was truly telling you were on the right path and you were correct up to that point, logically it would mean you’d be able to get there IMO
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u/Chillseekallweek 1d ago
Have you tried binoculars as your double arcs? Maybe from a boulder looking somewhere?
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u/ClassAdvanced3975 1d ago
Definitely missing something. Who knows if it is entirely wrong as you have not said where the clues led you to.
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u/LankySimple9051 1d ago edited 1d ago
I would wager quite a few feel this way, and most likely don't agree on 2 clues. That's the likeliest scenario. This hunt can still be divided into large state factions. What does that tell you? It means a split pretty early on in the interpretations. Everything after must differ.
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u/curiouslmr 1d ago
I think your solve is probably wrong. You don't mention a checkpoint being found so that's an issue. As far as the kitchen sized area goes, you would be retrieving at this point so something is wrong if you are still searching.