Take the "Southern" route.
Jobsworth award.......FWIW, those rules from Robinson are a joke, and have gotten worse....... Back in 2005 I was back working in Florida and an R-22 needed picking up from the factory. At the time, I had in excess of 10,000 hours of which 3,000 was in R-22's at least 500 of it in mountainous terrain, and had completed about 5 or 6 flights across the US. Because I had not completed the factory course within the preceding 10 years, I was deemed not eligible, so a 300 hour pilot who met that requirement was sent instead.