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   From: fred@fred.com   
      
   Geza Giedke  wrote:   
      
   > Morgoth's Curse  schrieb am   
   > 07/28/2014 06:58 AM:   
   > > Did Gandalf ever explore Mordor? According to Appendix B, nearly a   
   > > thousand years passed between the arrival of the Istari in   
   > > Middle-earth and the conquest of Minas Ithil by the Nazgul which   
   > > closed the last easy access route to Mordor. In consideration of the   
   > > fact that Gandalf was the enemy of Sauron, intimate knowledge of   
   > > Mordor would have been vital however distasteful it would have been to   
   > > acquire it.   
   >   
   >   
   > i don't recall any mention of it - and if he had intimate knowledge of   
   > Mordor, it would have been prudent to share it with the Fellowship (or   
   > at least Aragorn and Frodo.   
   > also, Gandalf indicates that he hasn't: "Olorin I was in my youth in the   
   > West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to   
   > the East I go not."   
   > Maybe the reason is that Gandalf's mission was to encourage and support   
   > others in their resistance to Sauron, thus he stayed mainly in the West   
   > among the people most likely to be help.   
   >   
   > regards   
   >  Geza   
      
   IDHTBIFOMATM, but doesn't Frodo mention at some point on the way to   
   Mordor that Gandalf had only been in Sauron's lesser fortress of Dol   
   Guldur?   
      
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