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updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:13:44AM

Hu? Mordor is a real place? o0

"Their taking Tatiana to Eisengar!"

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This is great! Good luck .

Hmmm. Very intriguing. When do you start? (Contemplating number of trunks to be packed for 2-year trip)

LOL - I'm not going without a fight!

More likely, I'll be hiding behind some rocks so that they won't be able to find me

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Thanks!!

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I'mgoing tohave things organized this weekend (at least the initial cut which will be tweaked as things progress).

I'm thinking that it would be best to set this up so that people can join at any time, especially since it is going to take two years. This means that you can start from the very beginning (Hobbiton) and record your times against those that have gone before or you can start wherever the group happens to be and go from there. We'll see how this goes.

I've actually been recording my miles since the end of February so I'm going to use those & just keep going. Right now I'm just past Rivendell and heading for Moria - lol.

I'll post again when I have the initial journal setup. Suggestions are welcome

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I've got the Walking to Mordor Journal started with a basic outline of the Estimated-Travel-Time (ETT) & Estimated-Time-of-Arrival (ETA) for major & minor milestones of the trip from Hobbiton to Mordor.

Also added some colour commentary related to the journey & will be adding more along the way. This should help us visualize our surroundings as we walk

Get your walking shoes & pedometer dusted off - it's 135 miles between Hobbiton & Bree and there's a Dark Rider on our trail!

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Aww this is so cute & great Illustrations. Wow that's a long walk!

It is a long walk but since I'm walking every day anyway I'm hoping this "gamification" will help move me along a bit faster

I've always been a big LOTR fan, first the books & then the movies but I never really looked online for content. Wow!! There is a lot of beautiful LOTRs related content on the web!! I'm hoping to share some of it through this adventure.

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this looks like fun.... i could print out the map and peg my trail on the cork board....

Yes, that's a great idea

For each of the four stages between Hobbiton to Mordor I will also be posting a more detailed map created by zooming in on the big map. I should get the first one (Hobbiton to Rivendell) up later this week.

Get those walking shoes dusted off!

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Frodo Baggins and his fellow Hobbits set out from Bag End heading for The Prancing Pony in Bree. Excitement is mixed with trepidation as they set out on this journey especially since Hobbits (with the exception of the "eccentric" Bilbo Baggins) are not exactly know for their adventurous spirits.

The very first stage of the journeyhas been posted! It covers 135 miles; ETT: 30 days.

See: Hobbiton to Bree

Next up Bree to Weathertop with the aid of the Ranger Strider. This stage is a bit shorter at 105 miles; ETT: 24 days but as LOTRs fans know there's danger surrounding Weathertop.

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I've created a Pinterest board Walking to Mordor to record our journey visually. Thanks to Evie for this great suggestion!

This is a group board so please contact me if you would like to be added as another pinner.

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Oh its real..or at least it was inspired by a real place.

Read number 6

6 Fictional Places You Didnt Know Actually Existed

Very cool! Thanks Sophia

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I'm delighted to report that we currently have 7 or 8 members of this fitness Fellowship!

This is a challenge where you go at your own pace so it's never to late to join in.

Here's an example of a Pinterest Board setup by Evie Alchemi who using it to track her own progress as well as participating in the group board: http://pinterest.com/eviealchemi/walking-to-mordor-challenge/

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