I totally expected (look after show more for spoilers)
something at the end to royally mess up something at the beginning, and the location of 'go south' made it harder for me hahaha, but i did eventually get it :)
I naturally assumed that the path started by geniryvat njnl sebz gur ubhfr, rfcrpvnyyl fvapr vg jbhyqa'g znxr frafr sbe gur cngu gb tb yrsg be qbja, naq fur xvaqn uvagrq gung abegu zvtug abg or hc ba guvf znc. V zrffrq hc gur fgneg gubhtu, orpnhfr bs ubj gur fgneg cvrpr vf grpuavpnyyl n cngu raq naq abg n fgenvtug cvrpr, naq unq gb erqenj rirelguvat fb V pbhyq pbaarpg gur zbhagnvaf.