Jolan

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  1. A transcript would be awesome, I can hear it I turn the volume way up, but not everyone has that option. Plus it would make translation much easier for folks who don't speak English.
  2. Its a lot like being slightly drunk - you're dumb and you know you're dumb so you think you're compensating by being extra smart, but basically, you're dumb as rocks. The only reason we survived that huge cloud burst and freeze is luck and the fact that we did actually know what we were doing. And tended to go out over prepared for the day. As an example for a day hike in summer I had two sets of matches, mittens, a wool hat, a poncho, a wool sweater, food for two days, a space blanket and a tarp. Along with the usual stuff - compass, jackknife, chocolate, binoculars, etc. That mountain kills a lot of people, we got lucky.
  3. On a day hike stuck in a sleet storm on a mountain, soaked, freezing, little to no visibility, and rocks are icy. Stay in the rock crevace sliding into hypothermia and hope it doesn't get colder? Try to make it to better shelter and hope you don't slip and fall or slide too far into hypothermia? We had 3 people in the group and we couldn't decide. So 2 stayed in the crevase and the 1 convinced walking would be best set out. The walking one got down to below the trees, found a lean-to, made a fire, dried out a little, made soup and then hauled the soup back up to the 2 in the rocks (following the trail of random items dropped because borderline hypothermia makes you think things like this are smart). Everyone then stumbled back down to the lean-to and somehow managed to live to agree to never tell a living soul - in particular the parents. Good times, good times. Also, the soup was stone cold by the time it got back up to the rocks, but not a drop was spilled - so that counts for something, right?
  4. I'd never noticed what a great hunting perch this tree makes - er, that guy was there when I got here, I swear!
  5. Crows flee the wind Borealis screams in rage Shelter warm indoors
  6. My problem is the fact that some of the place make zero sense to hang out for that many days. As an example, why would I set up in the Crossroads store when one of the buildings with a bed makes more sense. etc I was thinking the nomad challenge would be about moving rather than staying put. Maybe keep the challenge of staying in one place for a few days with sub challenges of finding other landmarks in the area. Or accomplishing some sort of task specific to the area.
  7. My stupidest death was when Pumpkin Pie shot a deer (badly) with a bow. It ran off, with me in hot pursuit. Then I hear a wolf! A Wolf!!! eating my deer. Jumped the wolf, didn't see the other wolves. So final score deer zero, human zero, wolves 2. Bye, bye Pumpkin Pie, you were fun while you lasted.
  8. me too! and it wasn't even at the really scary part!
  9. fluffy seems a wee bit tougher than previously. I was attacked 3 times by her. or perhaps it was 3 different wolves.
  10. there's some in the Ravine, a whole bunch in pleasant valley, and a few here and there else where. I think I saw one or two in Coastal
  11. wolves are enough of a navigational hazard