Meh. That area's not too bad. Both in difficulty and # of deaths by you. I mean, look at people playing some of the harder games out there.
No kidding. Just watch DeceasedCrab doing
in his first Let's Play of La-Mulana.
Your deaths in Zepsi are nothing compared to that.
(well, okay, DC rarely ever
died in there, but he sure did suffer serious setbacks)