News from the Arctic Circle! Two sore hip bones and one sore left knee have this to say thus far: After my wheels were fixed by a German cyclist, who by the way was very helpful even if he thinks he did not do anything to improve the wheel, I believe he tried hard enough so that I could believe it is fixed and I could go on my adventure with the right spirit. Yea, so if you lost me after that event it took me four days to get my sorry soul north so that I could begin my hike on -hopefully- the 29th of June. The bus rides was LONG, way to long for any sane bus service but long enough to see every tourist attraction in a long radius around the route it is traveling in. So in the end I did see a lot of things, but that was just stuff! And I just wanted to start my traverse. I met a couple of legit oaks on my way, one I will-hopefully- not forget. It went like this: I was sitting in the bus watching the fjords passing by at an extreme speed, when the guy next to me woke up from his deep long hibernation. He sat upright and looked at me at once. He wanted to talk... (To me it was apparent by now). He told me about how he tries to live his life more wildly like Bear Grylls. He asks me if I knew Bear Grylls, I said “yes’. He said he would like to explore nature more to do these “survival stuff” in the future. I blinked. After a while he said: “look, I went hiking on the biggest glazier yesterday, it was amazing. All my friends were like “WHAT!”…he added. “Look at the photo”. I looked at a selfie of him on a pretty awesome glazier. This conversation went on for a while when he asked me ´´what’s your story, you know Bear Grylls, “Yes...” So I told him I have done a few survival stuff in my last few years and so on. I also told him then I’m on my way north to hike alone through Iceland in the next month. He looked at me and stated´´Oooh ok and turned around and went back to sleep. I could not grin as I turned to look at the massive fiords outside my window. So yes, on the 29th I started my hike north and I stood on the northern point of Iceland where I took my photos and decided not to stay the night there but to continue, 3kms later I saw a sign that says something like It was for a long time believed that this is the northern most point of Iceland but that is not true...and so on... I was pretty angry at myself and my map but mostly the whole of the internet for spreading lies! I did find the real one and took one photo, and went on with my trip. Was in no mood for a photo-shoot! The following 3 days went pretty smoothly with a day where I did not have any water and a day of extreme wind from the front. But mostly smooth sailing. Another 3-4 days and I will arrive at the rest of my food at the cache. So I got that going for me. Thus far the hardest part is the long bright nights. I just can’t sleep! So far I have learned a few things in Iceland: 1. The terrain hates me. Also the rain, the smallest cloud will come over (just me) and start raining. 2. Every bird is a mocking bird! (I don’t know how one looks like but they do mock you) Every kind has their own way to attack, mock, swoop and most of all keep you AWAKE. 3. All the sheep in Iceland is in herds of 3, one mother and 2 babies. I realised that when I was eating the dad´s hind leg... 4. O everything is still expensive… sadly. So good night and thanks for all the likes, follows and messages! (Which I can’t read) Supertramp out and about!
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:33:03 +0000
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