Extreme hiking in Iceland: the Laugavegur trail

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Extreme hiking in Iceland: the Laugavegur trail

July 12th, 2013 • David Leffman

Article • 5 min read

In an adventure only for the bravest hikers, David Leffman tackles the rhyolite hills, black sand deserts and the icy glacier caps of the 55km trail from Landmannalaugar to Skógar. Whiteout. Five hours into a five-day hike and I was already stuck in a blizzard, barely able to see my feet through the stinging wind-driven…
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Top 10 hot pools in Iceland to take a dip

July 4th, 2013 • David Leffman

Article • 6 min read

An outdoor soak is an essential part of the Icelandic experience – a surreal way to spend a dark winter’s day, or to unkink those muscles after a long day’s hiking. In fact, the Icelandic tradition of bathing outdoors in volcanically heated pools dates right back to Viking times. A few of these old pools…
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