Hvannadalshnukur and being an Icelander!

Two days ago I guided the highest summit in Iceland, “Hvannadalshnukur”! Yeah you can climb it but can you say it? It’s a big mountain. You start at just above sea level and climb up to 2100m over a distance of ten km. That’s a 20 km round trip with half of it on snow cover glaciers. Its pretty easy ground but challenging to guide when you have eight clients on the rope with you! We did not make the very summit as there was a high avalanche hazard for the final slopes. However it was still a 12 hour day. The neat thing about Iceland is that you don’t need torches when you start climbing at 4am.
Today I was the guide on a commercial the company is having made to be played on the plane to Iceland. I was chosen because I was the most Icelandic looking guide. Not that there are no hulking, blond Viking boys for Lou, just they weren’t working today.
Ben.