Iceland Symposium

I arrived into a snowy Iceland on Wednesday afternoon. I have never visited Iceland before and have always been facinated since I studied some of its glaciers at University. After driving 3 hours north to Stykkisholmur, home to seakayak iceland and Steini, I quickly realised how amazing this country is. The symposium starts at the weekend and so 5 local paddlers took the oportunity to show me what paddling in Iceland is all about! After 7 hours of paddling into a force 6 headwind we were all shattered. We had a variety of snow and hail along the way to keep us happy. Only two days previous I had been running an intro course with shorts and T shirt on and so the cold hit me hard. During the day I gained even more respect for what Rotem achieved by completing a solo circumnavigation of this country. It is such a remote and spectacular landscape. We spent the night in a small remote house to shelter from the wind and cold. The paddle back took us half the time and we even had time to make a quick trip to the hot baths! The symposium starts in the morning and so an early night to prepare.