We woke up without alarm at 08:30 and felt slower than usual while packing our stuff together. The sky was cloudy but the absence of wind gave us the chance to stop more frequently for breaks.

We admired the strangely shaped mountain called “unicorn”… we couldn’t help but thinking it was shaped like a hand giving us the middle finger :)

We cooked delicious tortellini for lunch, and slowly continued walking through dark landscapes. Another river crossing appeared in front of us towards the end of the stage… we were not mentally prepared for it.

As we arrived at Langidalur in Þórsmörk, wefirst took a short break…

…and then decided to push for 2 more km to Básar.

We then set up camp and asked for the weather forecast for the next day, because the next stage was tough and the trail was going between two glaciers at higher altitudes. It didn’t look promising at all… rain rain rain and strong wind! We had a crisis and didn’t know what to do… push it through a storm or give up and catch a bus to Reykjavík?

To be continued in the next episode…