My first interloper run: a review

Spawned in TWM. This would be my first time even in the region, so I made use of walkthroughs and online maps to help me out. Regardless I was pretty lost off the spawn despite it being sunny and midday, so I took a very non traditional route to mountaineers by navigating the mountain like a goat (see clip). Ended up making it, started a fire, and got settled for the night. Through one of the walkthroughs I watched, I knew that there was a hacksaw on the summit given there wasn’t a hammer in the fishing hut, and no hacksaw in the mountaineers hut. I also decided to make my way through ash canyon where I could get crampons and technical backpack. The next day I decided on that and made my through echo ravine, into ash canyon with no problem. Making use of more maps, I made my way to anglers den. On the way I got used to how to deal with wolves in interloper and no guns, picking up cattails along the way. I slept at AD, then made my way to the cave dealt with the wolf den along the way. I decided to loot miners folly and foreman’s retreat, being wary of the bear that lurks there. I then decided to transfer as much loot to homesteaders respite and making my way back down to anglers den, with the intention to come back later for it all. This is where I mess up really badly though; choosing to save on matches, I neglected to light a torch before heading out back to the cave. When I approached the wolf den though and crested the hill, I was immediately within charge range of the wolf and got into a struggle which ruined almost every piece of clothing I was wearing. I was then within agro range of a 2nd wolf, which I then decided to leave the game and come back to that situation later knowing the game saved after the first struggle. When I came back though, for some reason there was a blizzard right away. I thought something went wrong with my save file somehow when I left, but after checking everything I realized I was at the right place. And remember when my clothes got ruined? That blizzard was about the worst thing that could happen immediately afterwards. I carried on though. Thankfully no wolves, but I almost would’ve preferred dealing with them instead. Anyway though, I got into the cave again and made my way to the goldmine, hoping that I would find stuff there or along the way which would help. I needed hats, gloves, shoes, socks, pants, jackets, about the only thing I had was 2 shirts and 1 pants. I did end up making it to the goldmine and found gloves but nothing else. At this point I knew my run was over. I had made it to the gold mine and got crampons and technical backpack, but it cost me too much to carry on. I still tried to go to TWM, but the cold at this point was too much. I was getting hypothermia risk within a couple of minutes, and I knew I needed to sleep before I tried to summit. It would’ve been a miracle if I survived, but I didn’t even wanna deal with the chances so I started a new run. Lesson learned about taking chances against wolves in an attempt to save a single match I suppose. Anyway, I started a new interloper run and got the same spawn as before luckily enough, only difference being it’s evening. I made my way back to mountaineers hut using a more traditional route, finding much more loot to start in the 3 way cave and everything else along the way. Just slept through my first night am about to reenter ash canyon with the same plan as before, this time without taking a chance at saving a match. Wish me luck