...Memory Lane...

[Leeanda]

Congrats🌞

[ManicManiac]

@Leeanda
Thank you. 

Edited October 15, 2023 by ManicManiac

[xanna]

43 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

I've won the day... 
Not only have I defied the meme and did "Simply walk into Bleak Inlet" without any weapons of any kind, I've managed to explore the entire region undetected...   Now I've also successfully completed the Cannery Rush without getting spotted by any of the Timberwolves of the scripted incursion either.  🌞

Now it's a matter of camping out here and waiting for an Aurora.  


Now for the next challenge...  I have to try to search the Workshop itself and ideally not get into a struggle with Fluffy in the process.

You are the sneakiest. Real impressive!

[ManicManiac]

@xanna
Thank you.
It was a hard task, but I was glad I was able to pull it off.
I'm glad you've enjoyed reading along.   

Edited October 15, 2023 by ManicManiac

[Leeanda]

3 hours ago, ManicManiac said:

@Leeanda
Thank you. 

Meant to reply earlier...

I hope getting out of bleak is just as successful☺️

[ManicManiac]

@Leeanda
Thank you.

I think that as long as I can avoid being detected while I have to camp out at the door...
It ought to be an easier matter to get down to the ice and head the long way around to Long Bridge (keeping to the edge of the thin ice, I mean).  It should be a bit easier for me to slip away than it was to get in.  🤭

However, I take nothing for granted... and will still need to tread carefully.

[Leeanda]

3 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

@Leeanda
Thank you.

I think that as long as I can avoid being detected while I have to camp out at the door...
It ought to be an easier matter to get down to the ice and head the long way around to Long Bridge (keeping to the edge of the thin ice, I mean).  It should be a bit easier for me to slip away than it was to get in.  🤭

However, I take nothing for granted... and will still need to tread carefully.

Hopefully it'll be quiet for you.. are you going back via upper bleak,or the secret path and goat down to the forlorn cave?

[ManicManiac]

@Leeanda
Assuming that fluffy doesn't kill me.  
(and I do have a regular flare for the purpose of discouraging her)

The plan will be to work my back to the Washed-Out Trailers.  Pick up anything I'd like to carry out with me and slip out of the region by way of the Cave System leading to Forlorn Muskeg. 

[Leeanda]

4 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

@Leeanda
Assuming that fluffy doesn't kill me.  
(and I do have a regular flare for the purpose of discouraging her)

The plan will be to work my back to the Washed-Out Trailers.  Pick up anything I'd like to carry out with me and slip out of the region by way of the Cave System leading to Forlorn Muskeg. 

Well she might be a bit grumpy, she's been in there a long time with no food.

Oh I see.i forgot you had gear in there..   I hope the moose decides to keep away.

[ManicManiac]

@Leeanda
Well, I got a good bit of practice back in Desolation Point.  I was able to fully prospect the cave while the resident wolf was snarling angrily to get out its den.  Thankfully that situation proved that I could invade a wolf den and get out without harm to either myself or the wolf.

The trouble with the workshop, is (of course) that there is much less space.  I'm going to have either keep her at bay while always making sure I have a route around... or I'm going to have to get her to flee and hope I can stay close enough for her to stay spooked until I can search what I need to and leave.

That's the idea anyway.

 

Edited October 15, 2023 by ManicManiac

[Leeanda]

6 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

@Leeanda
Well, I got a good bit of practice back in Desolation Point.  I was able to fully prospect the cave while the resident wolf was snarling angrily to get out its den.  Thankfully that situation proved that I could invade a wolf den and get out without harm to either myself or the wolf.

The trouble with the workshop, is (of course) that there is much less space.  I'm going to have either keep her at bay while always making sure I have a route around... or I'm going to have to get her to flee and hope I can stay close enough for her to stay spooked until I can search what I need to and leave.

That's the idea anyway.

 

It does have some small spaces..  so I can understand your concerns.

I remember sleeping in the bathroom and waking up to find it in there with me,panicking..she wasn't the only ones,even though it was pilgrim it's still unnerving😁

[ManicManiac]

I've spent the day on the pier and carefully watching the Timberwolves prowl around the yard.

I decided I'd leave this all here for now and wait to pick it up on the way back out.

It looks like the pack has thinned out from the other day.  From the best I can tell... the others from the incursion have gone.  I managed to count four... but they are sly.  They were almost never all in sight at the same time.

Still hoping for an aurora... at least the weather looks promising.
I should have enough supplies with me to camp here for at most a week.
I need an aurora to hit before I run out of food and water.

Nothing to do now... but wait.

[ManicManiac]

Fortune smiles...

When the lights came on... the Timberwolves out in the yard were in a state of perpetual panic.  Yelping and scrambling in panic.  It was kind of nice to see the shoe on the other foot (as it were).

 

Unfortunately, the sound was bugged... and the yelping sounded like rapid high pitched sonar pings ...nonstop.
Submitting a support ticket.

 

I'm already rather tired, I'll sleep here tonight.  Tomorrow, I'll search the workshop.

Edited October 18, 2023 by ManicManiac

[ManicManiac]

This morning, I took the next step...  search the Cannery Workshop without getting mauled by Fluffy (and of course not harming Fluffy - as I still have no weapons of any kind with me).

Thankfully, the idea went to plan.
As soon as I'd slipped inside... Fluffy was already hunting for me.
I quickly popped a flare and threw it at her.  Thankfully she decided to flee (there are some cases if we are too close, that a wolf will charge when we don't have a flare in hand anymore).  I quickly recovered the flare, and tried to keep close to Fluffy while I rushed to search the workshop before she regained her nerve and decided to strike.

I managed to get the Cannery Workshop searched in the lifetime of that one flare.
I know she was upset and scared... but at least neither Fluffy or I came to harm.

I found a surprising amount of food, as well as many wires and various mechanical parts...  I haven't found a good use for them just yet, but I gathered them up.  I know they will be important to me later on. 🤭

To my surprise, I also came across this:

(neat, another recipe to try later)

 

All there is left for me to do here is to sneak back to the Washed-Out Trailers, do a final sort & stow, and sneak out of the region by way of the cave system leading out to Forlorn Muskeg.

Stats for any interested.

Day 110, and there's only Ash Canyon, Keeper's Pass (N&S), and Blackrock left to go before I can go further afield to finally visit the Far Territory.

The idea has been to keep my skills as low as possible.  The only reason cooking is as high as it is... is because I've been making and consuming coffee to finally earn my "Stright to the Heart" Merit Badge.  

So far, I've not spent more than two weeks exploring any one region.  Not a bad pace, I think. 🤭

So far, the entire run has been weaponless (not just Bleak Inlet). 
Also, no wildlife struggles (so far) 🤭

A little more food poisoning that I would have liked... and that bout of Hypothermia thanks to my blunder near the underside of the collapsed bridge at Costal Highway Terminus (Bleak Inlet).  

So... while not a perfect run... I'm pretty happy with it so far. 😋

[Leeanda]

@ManicManiac  those are impressive stats..   3 falls?   

And congrats on  getting through the cannery.😊

[ManicManiac]

@Leeanda

Thank you.
Now that the workshop is done... I feel pretty good about my chances of getting out of the region undetected as well. 🤭

7 minutes ago, Leeanda said:

3 falls?   

I don't remember exactly... but I imagine they were drop-downs or "goating accidents."  

Edited October 21, 2023 by ManicManiac

[Leeanda]

3 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

@Leeanda

Thank you.
Now that the workshop is done... I feel pretty good about my chances of getting out of the region undetected as well. 🤭

I don't remember exactly... but I imagine they were drop-downs or "goating accidents."  

It should,in theory be easier to get out but this game does lopike throwing things at us😁 

 

Ah those kind of falls...    I had  a lot more than that this morning....My poor snow pants.😁

[ManicManiac]

Sneaking away from the Cannery... and of course, a blizzard hits.

Managed to get down from the pier while remaining couched (without hurting myself even 🤭).
Already it was threatening a blizzard.

By the time I got close to Long Bridge... the blizzard was raging in full force.  I'm committed to trying to get around underneath the bridge...  There's not going to be time to go back around the long way.  It's getting brutally cold.

[ManicManiac]

I'm hungry... I'm thirsty... I'm freezing to death... EVERYTHING'S FINE!

[Tracy Bonham ‎– Mother Mother - YouTube]
 

Edited October 21, 2023 by ManicManiac

[ManicManiac]

It was bitterly cold having to slowly crawl away from the Cannery with more than 45kg of gear and supplies in my pack.

 

I was already freezing, by the time I made it to the underside of Long Bridge.
Also, sprained an ankle while having to keep on the slope to avoid the thin ice that pushed right up to the shoreline below... so that slowed me down even more.

I had to keep low until I was well away from the Cannery on the opposite side of the road... I had to keep close to the shore to make sure I didn't get turned around... or worse stuck crawling on out on thin ice).

But I made it back in one piece. 

I'll spend the rest of the day doing my final sort & stow.
I'll get a full and warm night's sleep.
I'll head out for Forlorn Muskeg tomorrow.

[ManicManiac]

The weather was looking a bit threatening, but I pressed on anyway....

There it is... the cave to Forlorn Muskeg just ahead.

[ManicManiac]

Weaponless Bleak Inlet... confirmed possible.  

 

[Leeanda]

2 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

Weaponless Bleak Inlet... confirmed possible.  

 

Congrats😁

[ManicManiac]

@Leeanda

Thank you.
It was a tense struggle... but I'm glad to demonstrate that it can be done. 😁

Edited October 21, 2023 by ManicManiac

[Leeanda]

4 minutes ago, ManicManiac said:

@Leeanda

Thank you.
It was a tense struggle... but I'm glad to demonstrate that it can be done.

It certainly is a tough challenge.. and with those winds torches aren't much use.