User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/Luck of the MC realms.../@comment-3076833-20140616210209/@comment-53539-20140617084224

I wasn't on-line yesturday due to being busy, but I did notice the fortress below us... It was a scary long way down and when I was last on-line, I didn't have time to make a safe route down there.

The nether is a difficult place to deal with due to its dangers, the ghasts being worst hen creepers at times. I kept getting knocked off while just throw up a cobblestone wall around the gate to stop Ghasts from knocking us off while we were at the gate. :-/

I set up another entrance to the nether in the overworld fortress, but due to the distance it connected with the first nether portal... I think nether portals have to be set up in the nether to make them work better it seems or they just link up with the close to their approx destination in the nether if you set them up in the real world. The nether is a pain... A useful pain... But a pain...

The next goal is to take animals to the nether though, somehow... Its difficult and dangerous, but essential if you want to use the nether on a long term basis due to the limitations for overworld resources. You can't grow crops without water... Aside from sheep who currently don't give food when kill (and can't regrow their wool in the nether), Cows, chickens and pigs therefore become the prime food. :-/