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The conditions were very harsh due to the sandstorms, hard mountain passes, blizzards, poisonous snakes, and worst of all, bandits. The bandits would ride out and steal all of your provisions, leaving you to die out in the desert. Water routes also contained many dangers, such as pirates, storms and no food or water between ports.

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