The world without fortresses

After hours of exploration and not a single Nether Fortress in the
Nether I decided to cheat a little and use AMIDST to get the
coordinates of the nearest one, 600 blocks (in the nether, ~5000 in the
overworld, insane, I would have never find it) inside a mountain behind
my spawn. Since I cheated already why not embrace the force completely?
Switched to creative for ten minutes to check a convenient path to get
to the fortress: none.

Ok, I'm going to start digging now, let's see each other next year when
I'll be done with this.