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Some things
Here are some things
Mercy Buckets - live
My brother, playing with his band Mercy Buckets.
A dip in Hell
Last spring I went on an huge ‘road’ trip across the biggest glacier in Europe (Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland). On what became an epic last leg, which lasted for about 36 hours, we stopped to take a bath. Our spot, a volcanic crater next to the volcano Askja called Víti. Víti is icelandic for, well, Hell. So we bathed in Hell. Which was nice.
Fishing
Going to Hell
This is the way to Hell, literally. This is a lake in an old volcanic crater near Krafla Volcano in Iceland. The water is normally warm because of the geothermal powers that created this beatiful place but we were there in the spring while there was still alot of cold water that had melted from snow on the slopes of the crater.
But still. We went to Hell. And then we bathed there…
Went fishing with my dad recently. The river is Laxá in Aðaldalur, Iceland. Mostly trout but a small chance of salmon as well. Very, very, very beautiful scenery. Nature and surrounding farmlife at its best.
BBQ-ing at 1700 meters (about 5600 feet) above see level in Grímsvötn, Vatnajökull glacier, which is an active volcano.
On a trip over Vatnajökull glacier that I went on recently we stopped at a cabin at Grímsvötn, where there was a huge volcanic eruption last year. We had to shovel our way into the cabin as you can see. Its located at 1700 meters (about 5600 feet) above sea level.
Deflating the tyres on the trucks. This helps them ‘float’ over the snow so they don’t track as deep and decreases the likelyhood of the trucks getting stuck.
You can see two of the other trucks in the distance.
A view from a glacier
We stopped when we had driven a few minutes on Vatnajökullglacier to deflate the tyres on the trucks (which helps them ‘float’ on the snow).
This gives you some idea about the amount of ash that was spewed out in last years volcanic eruption in Grímsvötn (wich by the way was considerably less than in the big one in Eyjafjallajökull two years ago). At the roots of Vatnajökull glacier (on wich Grímsvötn is located) it hasn’t snowed as much as higher up on the glacier so there was more thawing. But here the ash had formed a sort of protective layer for the ice. So basically, this is how thick the ash was here after the eruption.
Wow.
