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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by p_l on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:00AM (#26055062)
The suggestion was that he visited it on a trip before WW1, possibly related to the Switzerland trip? And most importantly, it would be marked as Austro-Hungary territory at the time.
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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by KineticLensman on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:16AM (#26055155)
> The suggestion was that he visited it on a trip before WW1, possibly related to the Switzerland trip?

Again, I don't think so. I just re-read the relevant chapter in Humphrey Carpenter's biography of Tolkien. The 1911 Switzerland trip (when he was aged 19) was just that; and the group of 12 returned to England as soon as the walking was done.

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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by p_l on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:18AM (#26055169)
I guess that it can be marked as untrue tale then. Pity, because it really would fit ;)
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