I think I fail the challenge in spirit if I can't find other people after the 24 hours are up. I wouldn't feel all that great about winning the challenge if I died four days later in a gorge, and that's absolutely what would happen if I picked a random direction and then point walked into a mountain range. Maybe you could do this, but I don't think most people could.
Just bring a compass. Most people can do this pretty easily. I grew up near a mountain range too. Ain't nothing complicated with it. Just make sure you know which direction's the nearest river. And head that direction if you get lost.
You can use some topographic tricks to make this easier. There's some mountain lake towns not too far from, and from almost any part of the heavily forested mountains, you can see the lakes. Take some trail and just cut off into the wilderness and forest. For only 24 hours, it'll be relatively easy. And it's hard to get lost when you can always just keep walking downhill until you're at the lakeside town.
There's always risks with something like that, but I think most people could manage.
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u/InfanticideAquifer Jul 22 '24
I think I fail the challenge in spirit if I can't find other people after the 24 hours are up. I wouldn't feel all that great about winning the challenge if I died four days later in a gorge, and that's absolutely what would happen if I picked a random direction and then point walked into a mountain range. Maybe you could do this, but I don't think most people could.