Saturday, 17 February 2024

Walker

I’ve arrived at the final challenge for my counting practice - the Supersized hiking trail at Hydra Mountain! 🏞️ 🏔️ The trail is divided into 50 short segments of roughly equal length, and pairs of signs along the path measure the distance from the trailhead. I have a few side trails I want to check out, but my main goal is to reach Fifty Point Peak in the northeast. I’ve heard the view is breathtaking! 🤩

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area with no loops (including 2x2s), that does not touch itself diagonally. Clued cells must be shaded, and are all of the shaded cells which are orthogonally adjacent to only one other. The shortest path along shaded cells from the “1” clue to another clue must occupy a number of cells equal to the value of that other clue, counting the clued cells themselves.

Interface Note: Feel free to use Number mode to mark some numbers along the path!

Example (by shye) (Penpa): https://tinyurl.com/23bb8ftd

Solve in 3:00 or under for a Speedy Sloth! 🦥
Complete in 6:00 or under for a Quick Crab! 🦀
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will earn a Hiking Hill Partridge! 🐦

Puzzle (Penpa): http://tinyurl.com/22dteq3p