> But if only you secret-area-finders have the answer, how could it NOT lead to the area?

Um, if the secret area was somewhere else, then we would know that it WASN'T down that path. Unless you believe that there are multiple secret areas. All I'm saying is that those of us who have been there know where it is, and in light of the fact that there is only one, we also know where it isn't (i.e., everywhere else.) In simpler words, I have told you nothing, and I still tell you nothing. Also, :-p.

> I'm also positive that the clue that the cracks look similar to ones you passed some time ago is meant to make you think you're going in circles and go back, but you aren't. It keeps sloping DOWN to the south, so you couldn't get back to an area that was HIGHER without going in the opposite direction.

Even before I started searching for the secret area in earnest (and yes, I will admit that I searched this hallway--who wouldn't?) I had assumed that the hallway was magical or something. In a game where you can teleport yourself with red gemstones, what would make you think that a given passageway would have to obey the standard laws of a non-magical universe?

> Si"going down the passageway"lon

Don "I hope I haven't helped you at all ;-)" Monkey