If you do decide to take that route, it's especially rewarding for a melee/unarmed character. You can pick up Chance's Knife as well as the unique Love and Hate spiked knuckles, which are both absurdly powerful. Especially if you use the weapon binding ritual and Rushing Water. Those two weapons alone can last you the whole game.

Cazadores and Deathclaws? Kiff, get the sexy laser gun and my crotchless power armor!

Oh, thanks for reminding me of that heart attack I had when one of these fuckers snuck up on me. Felt really clever watching a packt from afar before painting half of Nevada red.

That reminds me of this John Oliver video, transcript:

Normally the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, not through any black people who happen to be living nearby!

Me playing any stealth/don't set off alarms mission LMAO just gotta go in guns a blazing ~~sometimes~~ all the time

If you're going for speed, the "hard" way isn't exactly difficult to sprint through. The deathclaws in Deathclaw Quarry are literally in the quarry and would require going out of your way to the left of the road to encounter them.

Just watch out for RNG cazadore spawns at the narrowest part of the trail. 😬

That's great news! I'm a HUGE fan of chest hair.