Despite the harsh realities of the Zone, many stalkers still believe in mythical Klondikes: safe havens for humans, brimming with artifacts. Grim statistics show that most of these romantics either die searching for them or eventually give up hope of finding their coveted Klondike. But as the old-timers at the Drunken Geiger say, no one ever found Pathfinder—the most famous Klondike seeker of them all—dead.