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HYPO: $5M to race Lewis and Clark to Fort Clatsop on the Pacific in 1804-05

You'll be transported to St. Louis, May 13, 1804. The next d...
shivering maniacal messiness lodge
  04/21/21
*sighs* *updates INTERESTS section on resume*
Arousing quadroon feces
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shivering maniacal messiness lodge
  04/22/21
experienced outdoorsmen vs balding bepaunched lawyers who sp...
Razzle-dazzle field french chef
  04/22/21
Were all tribes hostile? You can bring modern maps and firea...
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Charismatic bat shit crazy theatre
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dashing piazza
  04/22/21
I would accept. That’s less than 4 miles per day. Fi...
trip nursing home trump supporter
  04/22/21
Just a chill 4 mile/day hike for $5M. Would be 180. What ...
shivering maniacal messiness lodge
  04/22/21
No trails = realistically there's no way to get through a lo...
Razzle-dazzle field french chef
  04/22/21
You just have to try generally to avoid them. You can't join...
shivering maniacal messiness lodge
  04/22/21
There's a really good board game with this premise
henna racy whorehouse
  04/22/21
I played enough Oregon trail to know what to do
Charismatic bat shit crazy theatre
  04/22/21
Don't let your wagon tip over in a river and lose all your b...
shivering maniacal messiness lodge
  04/22/21
Not really sure how big that backpack is. You would only nee...
talking gaping
  04/22/21
You might be able to fit a tiny motor, but how are you power...
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:02 PM
Author: shivering maniacal messiness lodge

You'll be transported to St. Louis, May 13, 1804. The next day, Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery set out from Camp Dubois, about 20 miles north. If you can get to the site of Fort Clatsop on the Pacific Coast before they do on December 8, 1805, you get $5M and are transported back to the present.

If you don't beat them, you have to serve a sentence in a medium security NY prison upon your return to the present. Your sentence is one day for every mile short of the finish line you were on December 8, 1805.

Injuries, illness or death that befall you on the journey befall you IRL.

You can bring any modern books, maps, and equipment you are able to acquire in the present day, so long as everything you bring fits in a 75L backpack.

You must travel across the continent. You cannot head to New Orleans and sail to the Pacific.

You'll be given a map noting where the Corps of Discovery was each day. You must try to generally stay away from them.

You cannot hire any guides in 1804 or 1805. You can bring up to 10 IRL friends and family members, if you're able to convince them to go. You can't hire a modern hunting guide or the like to bring.

When you arrive in St. Louis, you'll get $1000. You can purchase provisions there or along the way. You can't sell or trade the modern equipment you bring back with you.

Do you accept? What's your strategy? Follow the Lewis and Clark path up the missouri? Head south through Spanish territory, then north up the coast?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42325163)



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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:04 PM
Author: Arousing quadroon feces

*sighs*

*updates INTERESTS section on resume*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42325171)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:06 AM
Author: shivering maniacal messiness lodge



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:13 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle field french chef

experienced outdoorsmen vs balding bepaunched lawyers who spend 17 hours a day in front of screens, what could go wrong? bring a printout of your latest redline to impress the hostile indian tribes, you'll get in everywhere you apply

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329237)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:28 AM
Author: shivering maniacal messiness lodge

Were all tribes hostile? You can bring modern maps and firearms and avoid them or defend yourself if needed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329350)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:31 AM
Author: Charismatic bat shit crazy theatre



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:32 AM
Author: dashing piazza



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:19 AM
Author: trip nursing home trump supporter

I would accept. That’s less than 4 miles per day. Figure there are some days you do better and other days, especially in the mountains, you might only get a mile or two, but on average 4 miles per day is doable if you have good maps from the future and know where the right passes are. Remember these fuckers were surveying shit along the way so they weren’t going for speed.

Would take handguns and ammo (hypo suggests everything has to fit in a backpack — if I can also take a hunting rifle great), stuff to purify water, and dress for extremely cold weather in layers. I would also bring 1,000 oxycodone pills to use to barter with natives as I cross their lands.

Edit: I forgot the provision where you can’t sell or barter modern stuff. I guess I’d use the $1,000 for goods that were compact but I could use to barter with the natives then and just use the oxy myself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329276)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:31 AM
Author: shivering maniacal messiness lodge

Just a chill 4 mile/day hike for $5M. Would be 180.

What would you do about no trails? Could you really tell what the right passes are? Would need some land marks or good map reading skills. I'd bring an inflatable kayak to get across rivers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329371)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:34 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle field french chef

No trails = realistically there's no way to get through a lot of the area with all the gear you need unless you're traveling on the rivers most of the way, which is what Lewis & Clark did. OP's premise of needing to avoid them is unrealistic because you'd need to take the same rivers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329393)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:38 AM
Author: shivering maniacal messiness lodge

You just have to try generally to avoid them. You can't join their party or anything. You can be on the same river, especially if you're a day ahead or behind.

There aren't marked trails, but there were Indians, trappers, and big game all getting around. You can hunt or fish to get food. What else do you need that you can't carry?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329412)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:21 AM
Author: henna racy whorehouse

There's a really good board game with this premise

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329298)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:31 AM
Author: Charismatic bat shit crazy theatre

I played enough Oregon trail to know what to do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329370)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:34 AM
Author: shivering maniacal messiness lodge

Don't let your wagon tip over in a river and lose all your bacon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329383)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 11:52 AM
Author: talking gaping

Not really sure how big that backpack is. You would only need a few things and just outsource carrying it or take turns. Or hire some Indian:

1. Inflatable raft

2. Largest modern propellor motor you can fit

3. Hunting rifle.

You can fly on rivers on the outboard motor. I’d go on the Missouri and you could cut the time basically in half and get through the mountains before winter. Tell local Indians they can split Buffalo with you as you massacre buffalos with your hunting rifle.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42329510)



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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:15 PM
Author: shivering maniacal messiness lodge

You might be able to fit a tiny motor, but how are you powering it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816630&forum_id=2#42332040)