/* Everest Caravans — About page first section
   Every rule is prefixed with .ev-story so theme styles can't leak in. */

.ev-story {
    --es-ink: #0E1330;
    --es-brand: #283895;
    --es-gold: #D9AE55;
    --es-text: #555A6E;
    --es-line: #E3E5EE;
    --es-tint: #EEF0FB;
    --es-font: "Poppins", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
    /* Headline face, matching the home page sections. Loaded in the layout head. */
    --es-display: var(--ev-display);
    --es-max: 1340px;
    --es-side: 40px;
    --es-radius: 5px;

    display: block;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 110px 0 120px;
    background: #fff;
    font-family: var(--es-font);
    color: var(--es-text);
    line-height: 1.7;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
.ev-story *, .ev-story *::before, .ev-story *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
.ev-story h2, .ev-story h3, .ev-story p, .ev-story ul, .ev-story li {
    margin: 0; padding: 0;
    font-family: var(--es-font);
    letter-spacing: normal;
    text-transform: none;
}
.ev-story ul { list-style: none; }
.ev-story img { max-width: none; border: 0; }
.ev-story svg { display: block; flex: none; }

.ev-story .ev-story__inner {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: var(--es-max);
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 var(--es-side);
}

/* ================= TOP ================= */
.ev-story .ev-story__top {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.1fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
    align-items: center;
    gap: 72px;
}

/* ---------- Image slider ---------- */
.ev-story .ev-story__slider {
    position: relative;
    aspect-ratio: 575 / 500;
    overflow: hidden;
    border-radius: var(--es-radius);
    background: var(--es-ink);
    box-shadow: 0 30px 60px -32px rgba(14, 19, 48, .5);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__slides { position: absolute; inset: 0; overflow: hidden; border-radius: var(--es-radius); }
.ev-story .ev-story__slide {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    margin: 0;
    opacity: 0;
    visibility: hidden;
    transition: opacity .8s ease, visibility 0s linear .8s;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__slide.is-active {
    z-index: 1;
    opacity: 1;
    visibility: visible;
    transition: opacity .8s ease, visibility 0s;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__slide img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    border-radius: var(--es-radius);
    transform: scale(1.06);
    transition: transform 6s ease-out;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__slide.is-active img { transform: scale(1); }   /* slow settle while showing */

/* Shade at the bottom so the caption and controls stay readable */
.ev-story .ev-story__slide::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(14, 19, 48, .78) 0%, rgba(14, 19, 48, 0) 42%);
    pointer-events: none;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__slide figcaption {
    position: absolute;
    left: 28px;
    right: 150px;
    bottom: 64px;
    z-index: 1;
    font-family: var(--es-display);
    font-size: clamp(18px, 1.6vw, 22px);
    font-weight: 600;
    line-height: 1.25;
    color: #fff;
}

/* Controls: dots bottom-left, arrows bottom-right */
.ev-story .ev-story__controls {
    position: absolute;
    left: 28px;
    right: 20px;
    bottom: 20px;
    z-index: 2;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__dots { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
.ev-story .ev-story__dot {
    width: 8px;
    height: 8px;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 4px;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .45);
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: width .35s ease, background-color .35s ease;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__dot.is-active { width: 28px; background: var(--es-gold); }
.ev-story .ev-story__dot:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #fff; outline-offset: 3px; }
.ev-story .ev-story__arrows { display: flex; gap: 8px; }
/* Round, frosted over the photo rather than solid white squares */
.ev-story .ev-story__arrow {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    width: 46px;
    height: 46px;
    padding: 0;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .34);
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
            backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
    color: #fff;
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: background-color .25s ease, color .25s ease, border-color .25s ease, transform .25s ease;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__arrow svg {
    fill: none;
    stroke: currentColor;
    stroke-width: 2;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__arrow:hover {
    background: #fff;
    border-color: #fff;
    color: var(--es-ink);
    transform: scale(1.06);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__arrow:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #fff; outline-offset: 3px; }

/* Story copy */
.ev-story .ev-story__title {
    font-family: var(--es-display);
    font-size: clamp(32px, 3.6vw, 52px);
    font-weight: 600;
    line-height: 1.1;
    letter-spacing: -.03em;
    color: var(--es-ink);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__title span { color: var(--es-brand); }

/* Short gold rule with two small dots, like the blueprint */
.ev-story .ev-story__rule {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 4px;
    margin: 24px 0 34px;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__rule::before {
    content: "";
    width: 44px;
    height: 3px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    background: var(--es-gold);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__rule i {
    width: 3px;
    height: 3px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: var(--es-gold);
}

.ev-story .ev-story__text, .ev-story .ev-story__text p {
    max-width: 58ch;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    font-size: 15.5px;
    line-height: 1.7;
    color: var(--es-text);
}

/* Primary CTA: pill with the arrow in its own chip. The chip is the svg
   itself — padding plus a round background — so the markup stays as it is. */
.ev-story .ev-story__btn {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 14px;
    height: 56px;
    margin-top: 16px;
    padding: 0 8px 0 28px;              /* tight on the right, the chip fills it */
    border-radius: 999px;
    background: var(--es-brand);
    font-size: 15px;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .01em;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
    box-shadow: 0 12px 26px -14px rgba(40, 56, 149, .75);
    transition: background-color .25s ease, box-shadow .25s ease, transform .25s ease;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__btn svg {
    box-sizing: content-box;            /* the section sets border-box, which
                                           would eat the padding below */
    width: 18px;
    height: 18px;
    padding: 11px;                      /* 18 + 22 = a 40px chip */
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16);
    fill: none;
    stroke: currentColor;
    stroke-width: 2;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    transition: background-color .25s ease, transform .25s cubic-bezier(.22, .7, .2, 1);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__btn:hover,
.ev-story .ev-story__btn:focus,
.ev-story .ev-story__btn:visited { color: #fff; text-decoration: none; }
.ev-story .ev-story__btn:hover {
    background: var(--es-ink);
    transform: translateY(-2px);
    box-shadow: 0 18px 32px -16px rgba(14, 19, 48, .8);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__btn:hover svg {
    background: var(--es-gold);
    stroke: var(--es-ink);
    transform: translateX(3px);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__btn:active { transform: translateY(0); }
.ev-story .ev-story__btn:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--es-brand); outline-offset: 3px; }

/* ================= BOTTOM: three columns with dividers ================= */
.ev-story .ev-story__cols {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
    margin-top: 96px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--es-line);
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--es-line);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__col {
    position: relative;
    padding: 44px 40px 48px;
    transition: background-color .3s ease;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__col:first-child { padding-left: 0; }
.ev-story .ev-story__col:last-child { padding-right: 0; }
/* Vertical divider between columns */
.ev-story .ev-story__col + .ev-story__col { border-left: 1px solid var(--es-line); }
/* Gold accent line that grows along the top divider on hover */
.ev-story .ev-story__col::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: -1px;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 2px;
    background: var(--es-gold);
    transform: scaleX(0);
    transform-origin: left;
    transition: transform .45s cubic-bezier(.22, .7, .2, 1);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__col:hover::before { transform: scaleX(1); }

/* Column head: bare icon on the left, big outlined numeral on the right,
   joined by a hairline. The rounded tinted tile and the tiny gold caption
   number are gone — the numeral carries the weight now, and the hairline
   speaks the same gold language as the rule under the section title. */
.ev-story .ev-story__col-head {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 18px;
    margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__icon {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    color: var(--es-brand);
    transition: color .3s ease, transform .3s ease;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__icon svg {
    width: 32px;
    height: 32px;
    fill: none;
    stroke: currentColor;
    stroke-width: 1.4;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__col:hover .ev-story__icon {
    color: var(--es-ink);
    transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.ev-story .ev-story__num {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 16px;
    margin-left: auto;
    font-family: var(--es-display);
    font-size: 46px;
    font-weight: 700;
    line-height: 1;
    letter-spacing: -.04em;
    color: var(--es-line);          /* solid fallback; outlined just below */
}
/* Hairline running into the numeral; extends and turns gold on hover */
.ev-story .ev-story__num::before {
    content: "";
    width: 40px;
    height: 2px;
    border-radius: 1px;
    background: var(--es-line);
    transition: width .45s cubic-bezier(.22, .7, .2, 1), background-color .3s ease;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__col:hover .ev-story__num::before {
    width: 64px;
    background: var(--es-gold);
}

/* Outlined numeral. Guarded, because the transparent fill it relies on
   would leave the number invisible anywhere text-stroke is unsupported. */
@supports (-webkit-text-stroke: 1px #000) {
    .ev-story .ev-story__num {
        color: transparent;
        -webkit-text-stroke: 1.5px var(--es-line);
        transition: -webkit-text-stroke-color .3s ease;
    }
    .ev-story .ev-story__col:hover .ev-story__num {
        -webkit-text-stroke-color: var(--es-gold);
    }
}

.ev-story .ev-story__col h3 {
    font-family: var(--es-display);
    margin-bottom: 14px;
    font-size: 22px;
    font-weight: 600;
    line-height: 1.2;
    letter-spacing: -.01em;
    color: var(--es-ink);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__col p {
    font-size: 15.5px;
    line-height: 1.75;
    color: var(--es-text);
}

/* Values: each item separated by a light line */
.ev-story .ev-story__values { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.ev-story .ev-story__values li {
    display: flex;
    align-items: flex-start;
    gap: 12px;
    padding: 11px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px dashed var(--es-line);
    font-size: 15.5px;
    font-weight: 500;
    line-height: 1.5;
    color: var(--es-ink);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__values li:first-child { padding-top: 0; }
.ev-story .ev-story__values li:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; border-bottom: 0; }
/* Caravan icon bullets */
.ev-story .ev-story__values svg {
    margin-top: 2px;
    fill: none;
    stroke: var(--es-gold);
    stroke-width: 1.6;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    transition: transform .3s ease;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__values li:hover svg { transform: translateX(3px); }

/* ---------- Responsive ---------- */
@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
    .ev-story { padding: 90px 0 100px; --es-side: 28px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__top { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 56px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__slider { max-width: 680px; width: 100%; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__cols { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; margin-top: 72px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__col { padding: 36px 28px 40px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__col:nth-child(2) { padding-right: 0; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__col:last-child { grid-column: 1 / -1; padding-left: 0; border-left: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--es-line); }
}
/* Round "go to contact" button, bottom right of each text column.
   The columns are stretched grid items, so making them flex and pushing the
   button with margin-top:auto lands both buttons on the same baseline even
   though the two paragraphs are different lengths. The media column is left
   out — its image fills the whole cell. */
.ev-story .ev-story__col:not(.ev-story__col--media) {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__go {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    width: 48px;
    height: 48px;
    margin-top: auto;              /* sits on the bottom of the column */
    align-self: flex-end;
    border: 1.5px solid var(--es-line);
    border-radius: 50%;
    color: var(--es-ink);
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: background-color .25s ease, border-color .25s ease, color .25s ease, transform .25s ease;
}
/* margin-top:auto collapses to zero once the text fills the column, so the
   gap under the paragraph is held by the paragraph itself and survives at
   every text length */
.ev-story .ev-story__col > p { margin-bottom: 5px; }
.ev-story .ev-story__go svg {
    width: 18px;
    height: 18px;
    fill: none;
    stroke: currentColor;
    stroke-width: 2;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    transform: rotate(-45deg);     /* points up and to the right at rest */
    transition: transform .35s cubic-bezier(.22, .7, .2, 1);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__go:hover,
.ev-story .ev-story__go:focus {
    background: var(--es-brand);
    border-color: var(--es-brand);
    color: #fff;
    transform: translateY(-2px);
}
.ev-story .ev-story__go:hover svg,
.ev-story .ev-story__go:focus svg { transform: rotate(0deg); }   /* straightens to horizontal */
.ev-story .ev-story__go:active { transform: translateY(0); }
.ev-story .ev-story__go:visited { color: var(--es-ink); }
.ev-story .ev-story__go:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--es-brand); outline-offset: 3px; }

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .ev-story .ev-story__col::before, .ev-story .ev-story__icon, .ev-story .ev-story__num::before,
    .ev-story .ev-story__values svg, .ev-story .ev-story__go, .ev-story .ev-story__go svg,
    .ev-story .ev-story__slide, .ev-story .ev-story__slide img, .ev-story .ev-story__dot { transition: none; }
}
@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
    .ev-story { padding: 72px 0 80px; --es-side: 20px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__slider { aspect-ratio: 4 / 3.6; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__slide figcaption { left: 18px; right: 18px; bottom: 70px; font-size: 17px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__controls { left: 18px; right: 14px; bottom: 14px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__arrow { width: 40px; height: 40px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__cols { grid-template-columns: 1fr; margin-top: 56px; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__col,
    .ev-story .ev-story__col:nth-child(2) { padding: 32px 0; }
    .ev-story .ev-story__col + .ev-story__col { border-left: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--es-line); }
}

/* ================= Third column: photo instead of text =================
   Placed after the responsive blocks on purpose. The padding resets below
   have the same specificity as the `:last-child` and the 575px `padding:
   32px 0` rules above, so source order is what settles them. */
.ev-story .ev-story__col--media {
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.ev-story .ev-story__col--media img {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    border-radius: var(--es-radius);
}

/* On wide screens the column is a stretched grid item, so its height comes
   from the two text columns beside it and height:100% has something to
   resolve against. Once it drops onto a row of its own that height is gone,
   so the ratio has to be stated or the image collapses to nothing. */
@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
    .ev-story .ev-story__col--media { aspect-ratio: 16 / 7; }
}
@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
    .ev-story .ev-story__col--media { aspect-ratio: 4 / 3; }
}