7/6/15

 

Good news! While I’ve been touristing, I’ve also been scheming how to salvage the most of my intended thru hike in the time I have left. So my new plan is a north to south sea-to-sea hike, starting tomorrow! The route will start on the Northern coast at the town of Blönduós and be mainly on dirt roads south to Hveravellir, then follow trail and cross country routes down to Landmannalauger and finish on the path originally intended. And, the timing has worked out for Wing It to join me. I totally just threw this route together, so it will be interesting to see how it goes!

Even if I don’t have service to update the blog everyday, you ca follow my progress by checking share.delorme.com/dropnroll

 

In other good news, I found a camera battery charger. So, I was able to post the days from hiking in Hornstrandir and will update when I have service from the long hike.

 

While I was majorly depressed the first day or two during the road trip detour,  I’ve turned it around and am happy with what I’ve gotten around to.

 

This includes climbing Hvannadalsnjukar, Iceland’s highest peak on July 4. It was good to work the legs and do some elevation gain and of course climbing crevasse laden volcanoes is always a exciting! It was actually my first time on a rope team and great practice for future climbs. The route was about 15 miles and 6800′ of gain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, here are some puffins I saw. How can you not be happy seeing at these ridiculous looking creatures?