Ever had one of those friends who buys every gadget under the sun but never uses them? My buddy Mike is that guy. He bought a laser level two years ago for a shelf project, used it once, then it sat in his garage. Last month his wife finally made him hang a whole wall of pictures and he dragged that thing out. He texted me a photo of perfectly straight frames saying he finally understood why I nagged him about getting one. Now he won't shut up about it, which is funny because he used to call it my fancy toy.

Ditch the fancy notebook and just write the dates on a sticky note stuck to your monitor. Cheaper and it falls off when you're done ignoring it, which is basically the same system I use.

We bailed off the Inca Trail in 2016 with hail the size of golf balls at Dead Woman's Pass, so I feel your pain. Snow on the Salkantay in May is rare but it happens, the weather up there just does whatever it wants. Our guide said the same thing, worst freak storm he'd seen in a decade, so it's not like you picked a bad month on purpose. Honestly, you made the right call turning back early, that pass is no joke when it's whiteed out.