Too Many Secrets
Marleen's 40th birthday puzzle hunt
My sister made me this amazing birthday gift - least I could do was to write a report on it and make it look kinda of awesome to do the experience justice. So that's what I did. I didn't have time, however, to create a version that displays beautifully on small screens. So this report is only available on tablets, laptops, desktop PCs and TVs.
You can try turning your mobile device sideways (for landscape mode) - or otherwise, find a slightly larger screen and then come back!
Thank you.
- Marleen
Tool Kit
The Map
The Practice Room
This was the new URL I have been given:
Difficulty level: approachable! If you feel like puzzling, this is a good candidate!
This puzzle was a lot easier than the last, and after feeling like I was failing at having a birthday, I kind of needed a win!
The sheet music was written for drums, but didn't make too much sense (for example on the snare drum, a quarter note plus a quarter rest sounds the exact same as a half note)... long story short, if you can read both sheet music and morse, it is easy to put two and two together. And if you're not fluent in morse, you can use this:
A few dots and dashes later...
- BURPEE x5
- LUNGE x18
- CRUNCH x15
- MAD MINUTE x2 (kickboxing)
... and if this sounds suspiciously like something Trainer Dave would cook up, that is because he did. Dave definitely knows morse. Dave also definitely loves to make me do lunges. And also this explains what Dave's face was doing on the map!
So my next step was to call him. I ended up doing the workout above for him on zoom, and he had to send screenshots to my sister as proof.
At the end, I got two new URLs to add to my notebook:
