Utterly Mad

I've tried DUST on the recommendations of utterly mad and especially Wilson. Can I say without being judged too harshly, that I don't like it? I like the difficulty, thats great. I was having a hell of a fun time until I realized that I'd walked all the way to the strip and couldn't fast travel my inconveniently small inventory back to my wasteland defense base at the abandoned farmstead in the south. Most of my 45 units of space were taken by my one weapon, my clothing, and the food/water that was supposed to be rare as hell. I can see the appeal, but just not for me.

Is their anything to raise the difficulty without being tedious? I want MISERY mod level difficulty.