THE HINTS- VITAL TO SUCCESS

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Many a searcher have had pause with that line in the book cause at some point they have figured out that Robert Redford has written a book in the '70's and there are some locations in his book which are in the Rocky Mountains.

Going back to your question. So this piece of information fits the bill of an aberration. It is something that could be a hint. A hint from the ttotc (in our example a hint with historic treks made) could help with a clue or clues in the poem but like f said it's not required to figure out the clues.

The Redford book reference is definitely a hint. The other books in Important Literature (Catcher in the Rye, For Whom the Bell Tolls, etc.) are in Fenn's imaginary "Borders Bookstore." Redford doesn't have any books in the store but there is a red (rusty) old Ford truck not far outside the bookstore. So the rusty Red-Ford can't be a book if it's not in the store, as it relates to Fenn's fictional story. Fenn's reference to Redford is really a hint that there is a rusty Ford truck near the final search area, which is the bookstore area.