Days 10-14

I spent the last few days in a hut with enough bunks for me and my classmates and a slew of other visitors to Þorsmörk, an old forest in the southern part of Iceland.

The ride there was extremely bumpy, as we had to travel on an off-road path in a large bus. I listened to David Byrne´s Everything That Will Happen Happens Today the entire way.

Our guides were Pali and Rosa, a husband and wife duo who knew their way through the wilderness. They helped us across cold rivers and showed us many caves.

We climbed a few mountains to the peak. The tallest two mountains were about 850 meters tall. On Steinsholtsjökul, I put on crampons to walk across a glacier. I sipped water that melted from the massive ice sheet.

Overall, we hiked 43 kilometers.