Snow Volley, Part 1

We started east, ended up west, and found ourselves being subjected to more pressing, grading questions on every conceivable side of a compass. 

The 'shortcut' route I thought was wisest ended up being not so short after all. Turns out charging headfirst into crowded areas, you'd actually run into more people.

Like, who knew? 

Judges would just pop out of nowhere, catch us off-guard, that by the time I even manage to register their existence, half of whatever the hell they were asking would have already flown over my head. 

And they weren't your usual 1+1 inquiries either. Almost all of them revolved around very specific scenarios, hypotheticals, designed to trip you up with no clear answer. 

'If a family member or your partner were both helplessly trapped in a burning building about to cave, who'd you choose to save?'