I know Karen Klein personally - she is a successful fashion designer.
Cannot say it any other way. She is heroic.
So we didn't go there and returned home safely.
True story. The winter is a great time to see the canyon however. No crowds.
I have some severe doubts about their “holiday”. When the North Rim closes during the first week or so of October there are warning signs everywhere. Roads are blocked off and marked with signs.
I know from personal experience from travel there at the end of Sept. a few years ago. We stayed a day and left with the snowstorm following us down and out.
Note to self: Don’t vacation on north rim of Grand Canyon in December without a Jeep, a satellite phone, a winch, and a very athletic woman.
Ben, the stupid in the nation is starting to burn.
I don’t care if this woman is Bruce Jenner. Charge them for every dime including the window.
Down at the Buckskin Bar in Fredonia AZ the talk was about the same as reported here.
Fredonia AZ bump.
Not very bright though.
They had to work hard to get in that predicament.
Stay with the vehicle and build a fire. Period.
She’s a runner . . . . and a gambler.
Solutions-oriented....except she admitted her plan was not fully "investigated." Bad planning, bad execution, nonexistent contingency plan. Not a good leader.
And now, the rest of the story.
The Northampton Community College professor who survived more than a day exposed to Grand Canyon snow and freezing temperatures made it in part by eating pine tree twigs and drinking her urine. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Lehigh-Valley-woman-ate-twigs-drank-urine-to-survive.html
I guess Expedia was too complicated to use?
Somewhere way down my lists of winter activities (#1 is Stay Home), is to remember to bring fire-making tools so that if I find myself lost in the woods, I can start a forest fire.
People who would not leave the house to look for me will come running for a forest fire.
This plan may have some flaws, but I’m sticking with it.