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ICELAND, NICELAND – LAND OF ICE<br />
THE NAME ICELAND – LAND OF ICE – AWAKENS THE URGE IN ANY ICE CLIMBING<br />
ENTHUSIAST TO PAY THIS NORTHERLY ISLAND A VISIT SOME TIME.<br />
GUÐ GU G MUND MUNDUR UR T TTÓMAS<br />
ÓMAS ÓMA SON<br />
However, getting up close and personal with the Icelandic weather conditions<br />
should be part of any trip. In the middle of winter you can experience proper winter<br />
conditions or more summer-like weather; it all depends on the position and severity<br />
of the Icelandic low-pressure system.<br />
Some old friends from Iceland got in touch, sent me some amazing pictures<br />
and wrote a line that immediately made me sit up and take notice: “Hey Albert –<br />
conditions are the best they’ve ever been.” The idea was simply brilliant. We were<br />
looking forward to the next chapter in our adventure anthology.<br />
ALPINIST JACKET<br />
GORE-TEX® PRO PRODUCTS 3L<br />
SPRING GLOVE<br />
FLIGHT PANT<br />
GORE-TEX® PRO PRODUCTS 3L<br />
By Albert Leichtfried<br />
We were more than surprised to step off the plane in Reykjavik into a distinctly<br />
spring-like setting – the air felt pleasantly warm as we breathed it in, and the<br />
thermometer read +5°C. Not exactly ideal temperatures for ice climbing. It became<br />
clear that we would have to postpone our coastal ice climbing and head to higher<br />
ground to escape this sudden onset of warm weather.<br />
Some 700 kilometers away from Reykjavik, after an endless drive through bizarre<br />
lava, volcanic and glacial landscapes, we reached our objective in the southeast of<br />
the island on the outskirts of the village of Eskifjördur, right on the East Fjords. We<br />
immediately felt at ease and the ice climbing possibilities high up above the Fjord<br />
looked promising too.
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