Day 556:<\/p>\n
I’m practicing building staircases up steep hills, like the one to the south, so that I know how to handle them when I get to the big mountain.<\/p>\n
It’s important to build something that won’t just become a giant mud slip zone, or a knot of roots with ankle-breakers in between, or something with loose stones that will slip out of place and take me with it down the side of a mountain.<\/p>\n
Plus, I have a ton of leftover stone, and my ability to give a duck about whether I’m spotted died a violent death when I realized that a few days ago I passed 550 days here, which is ridiculous.<\/p>\n
SOMEBODY GET ME OFF THIS ROCK.<\/p>\n
So yes, climbing \u00a0small mountains in practice for big ones, putting stairs down, lighting torches at the top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Day 556: I’m practicing building staircases up steep hills, like the one to the south, so that I know how to handle them when I get to the big mountain. It’s important to build something that won’t just become a giant mud slip zone, or a knot of roots with ankle-breakers in between, or something … <\/p>\n