Olivia loves a challenge. It's why she lifts heavy weights and likes complicated recipes.

But for booking her trip to Paris, Olivia chose the easy way with Expedia.

She bundled her flight with a hotel to save more.

Of course, she still climbed all 674 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

You were made to take the easy route. We were made to easily package your

trip. Expedia, made to travel. Flight inclusive packages are at all protected.

I'm writing this two days after getting discharged from Flagstaff Medical Center.

Triage recorded my core temperature at 94.7 degrees Fahrenheit, and taped my left wrist for a sprain.

I filed a report with Coconino County search and rescue, and they hiked up the next day to recover my tent.

If Ahmad needs the date, I can provide it, along with

my plate that's on the trailhead register. This wasn't a Chase Views and Vibes trip. I was

doing a cold weather shakedown before committing to longer winter weekends. I signed the kiosk

at Lockett Meadow, around 2.10 p.m. solo, one night, inner basin two to three miles,

and wrote my contact number. Forecast from the National Weather Service called for a hard

freeze, clear sky, light evening breeze. Gear for the skeptics, 20-degree downbag, closed-cell

foam pad under an insulated inflatable,

combined R-value around 4. MSR Pocket Rocket 2 on an 8-ounce isopro canister,

toke 750-millimeter pot, bear spray in the side pocket, black diamond headlamp rated 350 lumens and a tiny 0.7 ounce plastic mirror

in my repair kit. No music, no fire, no substances, just a yellow two-person tint in a notebook

with times. The inner basin trail starts off mellow and climbs into white trunks and deadfall.

Late October meant the aspen leaves were mostly down, the ground a mix of slick gold

mats and patches of thin old snow tucked in shade.

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