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   From: joedoe3@gmail.com   
      
   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   
      
      
   --   
                               Now come ye all,   
   who have courage and hope!  My call harken   
   to flight, to freedom       in far places!   
                                         Lays of Beleriand   
      
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