Dec 5 New attempt. Did not complete the previous.

 And... I'm ok with that.  right???

New world.  Found hoglin stables straight south of portal.  Traded a bit already, got two fire res.  I just was killed there, in front of the middle rampart, by hoglins.  Should be able to recover well.

Did it.  Exploring the bastion.  Cant find middle staircase.  And dead again.  in the bottom middle, i think.

Can't get it back.  Resetting.

Dec 5 Effort #2.

Lots of desert near spawn.  Two desert temples, and a village near a lava pool beside a shipwreck.  Not far from a buried treasure.

If I fail now...

fortress at 172,79,-372.  pos/neg

I'll look in next quad:  pos/pos..........nope, its a fortress.

I'm seeing a fortress at -144,,-344 , west of me.

How about neg/pos:..............  I tried getting to a good neg/pos position but it's kind of blocked up with netherrack in high banks and walls to the roof.  I guess I could dig through, but it's probably a waste of time.  Plus I keep dying.