Bekki
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After we decided to check out the area around Fagradalsfjall and Sundhnúkur volcanos, we went back to our hostel near Reykjavik and finished the day with a perfect vegan menu at the Loving Vegan in Hafnarfjörður. 5/5, if you ever make your way to Reykjavik broader area it is soooo worth the trip
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The flat lava dike was built there to direct the lava away from the blue lagoon. It was all a very surreal experience, the smell, the colors mixed in the rich black of the cold lava, and overall the knowledge that all this came up and out of the earth suddenly within hours some months ago
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We did no really expect that the road towards Grindavik went through the lavafield of the very recent eruptions of the Sundhnúksgígar crater row. Here is a short video I took after we stopped there to look around. This was basically fresh lava.
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In hindsight, I would rate the climb down to be more dangerous than up.

After we reached the foot of the volcano at 3.30 pm, we still had to hike back to our car. For some reason we still had adventurism in us, so we drove towards Grindavik, to scout the area we wanted to visit the following day.
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While we carefully always tried to keep the backpack aimed towards the mountain, to never loose balance downhill, we lost balance quite a few times but towards the mountain, leading to short slides. You can not believe how much dirt and stones I had to shake out of my shoes
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After resting for half an hour in the warm sun, we made our way down again. We choose a path downwards the south flank of Keilir, which was a bit shorter but also even steeper than the climb up.
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I find it really tragic that the final blow to this species was started by museums, which, trying to collect and preserve the skins of this bird, made it valuable to hunters, which inevitably resulted in the extinction of the species.
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Eldey is an absolutely ridiculous island. Just look at this picture from wikipedia: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

It is home to thousands of birds, and was the last retreat of the flightless bird species Great Auk. The last of this species was killed on Eldey in June 1844.
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To the south-east, one can see the clouds of evaporated water over the blue lagoon, and by looking even farther beyond the coast line, the tiny island of Eldey. I tried to mark it with a red box in the picture here, hope it is not lost in compression.
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To the east lies Litli-Keilir, which is a cute tiny volcano right next to Keilir
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To the north-west one can see the peninsula Snæfellsnes with Snæfellsjökull being the most visible landmark there. The distance from Snæfellsnes to Reykjavik is around 120km, so the view on this day was quite amazing.
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Some minutes later, we finally reached the summit at an approx. height of 380 m. At least, that was what the compass app on my phone said.
From up there, quite a number of landmarks are visible. Towards the Keilisbörn hills at the foot of Keilir, one can see Reykjavik in the north-east
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Somewhere on the way up, I turned around to look at what we accomplished already, which was not disappointing. The path through the greener part of the lava field is roughly the same we took, meaning there is slowly but surely and established way to Keilir!
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One really important lesson learned was to bring special gloves next time, as the stones we tried to hold on to were quite sharp.
Quite fascinating to see were the tiny dust blows everywhere. This is a testament to dryness and bareness of the entire area.
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The hard part about this climb was the combination of steepness and loose ground. Every step we took, we also slid a little bit down again. We leaned forward as much as possible, and also tried to help with grabbing every lug available.
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Well I finally found time to write again so here we go, continuing.
After we decided to check out the area around Fagradalsfjall and Sundhnúkur volcanos, we went back to our hostel near Reykjavik and finished the day with a perfect vegan menu at the Loving Vegan in Hafnarfjörður. 5/5, if you ever make your way to Reykjavik broader area it is soooo worth the trip
The flat lava dike was built there to direct the lava away from the blue lagoon. It was all a very surreal experience, the smell, the colors mixed in the rich black of the cold lava, and overall the knowledge that all this came up and out of the earth suddenly within hours some months ago
We did no really expect that the road towards Grindavik went through the lavafield of the very recent eruptions of the Sundhnúksgígar crater row. Here is a short video I took after we stopped there to look around. This was basically fresh lava.
In hindsight, I would rate the climb down to be more dangerous than up.

After we reached the foot of the volcano at 3.30 pm, we still had to hike back to our car. For some reason we still had adventurism in us, so we drove towards Grindavik, to scout the area we wanted to visit the following day.
While we carefully always tried to keep the backpack aimed towards the mountain, to never loose balance downhill, we lost balance quite a few times but towards the mountain, leading to short slides. You can not believe how much dirt and stones I had to shake out of my shoes
After resting for half an hour in the warm sun, we made our way down again. We choose a path downwards the south flank of Keilir, which was a bit shorter but also even steeper than the climb up.
I find it really tragic that the final blow to this species was started by museums, which, trying to collect and preserve the skins of this bird, made it valuable to hunters, which inevitably resulted in the extinction of the species.