I've never seen the point of deliberately dying just so you can get across a region. Why not try sneaking it first; If you die, you go to the respawn point anyway so you have nothing to lose, and you might gain some valuable skills or at least see some scenery you would otherwise have missed.
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It's bad luck to be superstitious . . .Palta e decata, nan nec ilne matala.
When one goes on a journey it is not the scenery that changes, but the traveller