Interactive Geocaching Treasure Hunt Showing 1,601-1,650 of 1,958

[Karen ♐]

I'll take Longitude 3 with - 373 pgs

[Andrea]

I’ll take the last 2 with The Maid of Ballymacool by Jennifer Deibel, 352 pgs.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thank you Barb, Karen & Andrea!

[♞ Pat]

Under the Whispering Door
373 pages

Completed ~ 4.14.23

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Pat!

[♞ Pat]

I can take the last Longitude 0.

The World Played Chess ~ 400 pages

[Jan, Moderator]

Great Pat! All the numbers are now claimed.

[Barb]

Finished longitude 6

Clouds in My Coffee (Country Club Murders #3), by Julie Mulhern, finished 4/14 ★★★★

[Jennifer]

I finished Longitude 4 with As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes, published 2014, finished April 15, 2023.

What a fun book! If you are a fan of The Princess Bride, it's a must!

[♞ Pat]

♞ Pat wrote: "I can take the last Longitude 0.

The World Played Chess ~ 400 pages"

Completed ~ 4.17.23


And this one is finished. It was an easy read (finished it in one sitting), but it was also a brutal read. I wrote a review, and I'm trying to find something light and happy to read next. It may take me a bit.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks for all the updates!!

As You Wish is a fun book Jennifer!! Glad you enjoyed it.

Sorry about the heavy book Pat! Those are sometimes hard to recover from.

[Andrea]

Jan, may I change my book to A Veiled Reflection by Tracie Peterson, 285 pgs? I’ll likely get it done faster than Ballymacool, as the Peterson is an audio.

[Jan, Moderator]

Sure Andrea!

[Andrea]

Thanks!

[Karen ♐]

Karen ♐ wrote: "I'll take Longitude 3 with - 373 pgs"

Finished 4/18/23 - 5 stars

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Karen!

[Book Concierge]

Book Concierge wrote: "I'll take LONGitude 7 .... Published 2007 - The Opposite House"

Finished ✔ - 21Apr 23 - 2** (grudgingly giving that second star)

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks for the update BC!

[Andrea]

Finished A Veiled Reflection, 4/26/23.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks for the update Andrea! Looks like we've completed our hunt.

[Jan, Moderator]

Here's what we found!


Treasure #26
Latitude: -12.071173658324943
Longitude: -77.07094360741682

Quipu of Caral
Museo Larco, Lima, Peru

One of the great mysteries of ancient Peru is that the Inca did not have a system of writing. Nonetheless, as this hunt's treasure shows, they learned to communicate with a unique system called quipu, which translates to "knot" in Quechua. Dating back to 2600 BCE, this intricate system of knotted strings of various colors, typically made of cotton or alpaca/llama hair,was used to store and convey both numerical and non-numerical information, much like we would use a spreadsheet or even a computer. Sometimes referred to as “talking knots,” they actually served as their writing system and their portability made is easy to transfer information over distances and time.

The Incas considered the task of creating, deciphering, and maintaining quipus a specialized skill, and they allowed only a class of people known as Quipucamayocs to perform this task. When the Spanish came to the Inca Empire, they wanted to learn the secret of quipus with the hope of finding treasure, but the Incas refused tp share the secret, even at the threat of death. So the knowledge to completely decipher these complicated knots was lost forever.

There are about 300 quipus now available in museums and academic institutions. Our treasure above is one of the most beautiful and is on display at Museo Larco in Lima, Peru. If you would like to learn more about this fascinating knot system, check out the Wikipedia page found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu.

[Jan, Moderator]

New coordinates have been posted :)

[Karen ♐]

I'll take Latitude 6 with - 346 pgs

[Book Concierge]

I'll take LATitude 5 with The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - 215 pg

[Barb]

Oh that is very cool!

I can take one of the latitude 1s with Lola's Secret, published in 2011.

[Jennifer]

I can take one of the Longitude 3s with A Woman of Consequence, Book 3 in the Dido Kent Series

[Jan, Moderator]

Have Karen, Barb, BC & Jennifer all updated.

[♞ Pat]

I can take a LATITUDE 9

How to Sell a Haunted House
419 pages

[Jennifer]

I finished Longitude 3 (Thanks Dewey's 24-hour readathon :)) with A Woman of Consequence, Book 3 in the Dido Kent Series.

I can take one of the Latitude 1s with Dead and Breakfast, Book 1 in the Merry Ghost Inn Mystery Series

[Meg, Contributor]

I will take latitude 4 with The Codebook Murders, #4 in series

[Andrea]

I'll take Latitude 2 with Crossed by Death by ACF Bookens, 220 pages.

[Book Concierge]

Book Concierge wrote: "I'll take LATitude 5 with The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - 215 pg"

✔ Completed - 29Apr23

[Book Concierge]

I'll take LATitude 5 again, with The Thursday Murder Club - 355 pg

✔ Completed

[Jan, Moderator]

Everyone should be updated! Thank you :)

[Barb]

Finished latitude 1

Lola’s Secret, by Monica McInerney, finished 4/30 ★★★.5

[Barb]

I'll take one of the longitude 6s. Blueberry Blunder has 336 pages.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Barb!

[Meg, Contributor]

Latitude 4 is done with The Codebook Murders 04/30

I'll take Longtitude 4 with No Vow Broken, #14 in series, if it's allowed.

[Jan, Moderator]

That work Meg!

[Barb]

Finished longitude 6

Blueberry Blunder (Amish Candy Shop #8), by Amanda Flower, finished 5/2 ★★★★

[Barb]

I can take latitude 7 Dead and Berried was published in 2017.

[♞ Pat]

♞ Pat wrote: "I can take a LATITUDE 9

How to Sell a Haunted House
419 pages"

I need to switch books -- Tower Teams has started! Egads.

Switching to The Cartographers ~ 392 pages
So still claimed for Latitude 9, just a title swap.

[Karen ♐]

Karen ♐ wrote: "I'll take Latitude 6 with - 346 pgs"

Finished 5/3/23 - 5 stars

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Barb & Pat! You are both updated.

[Karen ♐]

I'll take Longitude 2 with - #2 in series

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Karen! We were posting at the same time...lol.

[Meg, Contributor]

Longtitude 4 is done with No Vow Broken done 05/02.

I'll take longtitude 3 - Danger on the Atlantic #3 in series

[Barb]

Finished latitude 7

Dead and Berried (Cranberry Cove #3), by Peg Cochran, finished 5/4 ★★★.5

[Barb]

I'll take latitude 5 for the 531 pages in All the Light We Cannot See

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Meg & Barb!