Living the Life in the Great Outdoors
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After a more restful night I sneak out of the bunk room, go down the stairs of the hut and head outside. There are no views of the nearby mountains due to the low cloud ceiling but the nearby birds have already launched into action for the day. I spot some of the smaller birds …
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After a restless night, mainly due to us all being so close together on mattresses on the bunks in the small mountain hut, I head outside early to look at the surrounding scenery. The cloud ceiling has dropped again overnight so the views are limited, but one added bonus is that it feels slightly warmer. …
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I am up early because basically it is daylight, and there are the dulcet tones of snoring reverberating around the hut. So I head out to the shower block and find that I am not alone in having a quick face wash etc at the sink. It is cloudy and the wind is blowing but …
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Sleep is to prove elusive due to the snoring in the bunk chamber through the so called night which has also rendered my head lamp redundant for this trip. A trip to the latrines is made in what seems daylight but as the thick cloud continues to obscure the sky it is hard to tell …
We head on towards another valley as the weather is holding – ie there is no rain! This involves crossing over snow fields including on ridge sides. The wind is blowing and it feels cooler as we are now at a higher elevation. The snow is not always clean and white courtesy of the wind …
Full of anticipation, and a breakfast of coffee, cereal, bread and cheese (it is best to fuel up for a day of trekking, well okay on this occasion maybe half a day), I prepare to rendezvous with a number of other group members and our local guide from Icelandic Mountain Guides. Three months of training …
Living the Life in the Great Outdoors