Alex took Lynsay hiking for the first time in her life. He chose Mount Roberts in New Hampshire: majestic and "legit" enough to be rewarding, yet not so strenuous as to cause a problem for his not-so-outdoorsy partner. Lynsay suspected nothing.

At the first overlook, Alex stopped, got down on one knee, and said something pure and true and romantic. Lynsay, for her part, cupped her face and cried, "Ohmygod. Really?? Right now?? Like, RIGHT now?!?" Thankfully, she stopped sobbing and shrieking for long enough to say yes. They then hiked the rest of the mountain, under branches and over boulders, engaged and elated.

As for hiking, Alex has essentially tricked Lynsay into loving it for life, based on sentimentality and skewed understanding of what happens at the tops of mountains.

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