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 Letterboxing Information |
Letterboxing |
What is Letterboxing? Letterboxing is a mix of treasure hunting, navigation, and exploring. It takes the custom of placing a rock cairn or a flag upon reaching the summit of a mountain to a new level. It began when a gentleman left his calling card in a bottle by a pool on the moors of Dartmoor, in England Planters Someone hides a waterproof box somewhere containing at least a logbook and a rubber stamp, and perhaps other goodies. The hider then writes directions to the box, which can be straight forward or cryptic. Often the clues involve map coordinates or compass bearings from landmarks, but they don't have to. The box will be hidden in a natural hiding place such as in hollowed out logs, under rocks, or in ledges. Hunters Hunters in possession of a clue will attempt to find the box. When the hunter finds the box he stamps the logbook in the box with his personal stamp, and stamps his logbook with the box's stamp. The box's logbook keeps a record of all its visitors, and hunters keep a record of all the boxes they have found in their personal logbooks. The hunter returns the box to its hiding place. |
North Mankato Clues! |
Letterbook Clues 1. In the North Mankato Taylor Library look above the circulation desk. Using the seal as a clock going clockwise from noon count the WORDS. What is the 3rd word? 2. Search the library catalog using the answer to question 1. 3. Locate the book published in 1993 4. Add the digits from the date on the seal above the circulation desk. Turn to that page in the book. 5. The image on the page is what you are looking for. Go toward the windows at the end of the bookshelf. Turn left. Take ten steps. Look to your right. On top of the bookshelf locate the county atlas of the county you are in. 6. Find the land owners directory. Look for the yellow pages! 7. Go to page 20 of the directory. Find the last name located in section 28. 8. Use the last name to locate the adult audio book with that name on the spine label. 9. Look inside! A treasure awaits! |
Letterbox Clues 1. Step out the front door of the North Mankato Taylor Library. 2. Head for the center of the oasis of grass in the cement jungle. 3. Go to the mailboxes-they are 25 paces from the center of the grassy oasis. 4. From the backside of the second mailbox take 85 paces. 5. Turn 90 degrees to the left. 6. Walk don't roll down to the stairs directly in front of you. 7. If sirens are wailing-stop! Fire engines and police cars may head out of the doors to your left. 8. Look for the limestone rock-23 paces from the bottom of the stairs. 9. Face the building. 10. Turn 45 degrees to your right. 11. Look down and follow the curved stone edging. 12. Follow the curved stone-count 10 of the edges. 13. Turn left 90 degrees. 14. Locate the limestone rock. 15. Look behind the rock. 16. Return the box after you have stamped your book and stamped ours! |
