Yesterday we went for an ‘easy walk’.
Well, it was meant to be an easy walk until my hosts — my guides – forgot where exactly where we were going.
<Whispers>
‘It’s just over the next rise…’
‘No, I’m sure it’s over there…’
‘Well, let’s just go all over the mountains. I’m sure Seb will be fine… Look at him, he’s all big and strong and…’
<They think I can’t hear them. But my hearing is heightened in extreme circumstances…>
“Hey guys, what’s happening? My legs are like jelly — they still haven’t recovered after our warm up mountain climb yesterday — and my heart is suggesting in no uncertain terms that to continue would be akin to harakiri. You keep saying our destination is ‘just over there’… it’s been two hours, three chasms, four moraines and a handful of waterfalls…”
‘It is just over here! Come on!’
… (Something tells me they’re enjoying this way too much)…
In the end, it turned out that we’d climbed about a kilometer above our actual destination. But I did get to sit beside a waterfall and watch the fog slowly blow in and lazily fold its way over the hills. Visibility got down to about 5 meters and then… it just blew away. Magical!
Two photos for you this morning — one from about half way up the hill, one from the bottom. I have a bunch of ‘snaps’ that I’ll probably share at the end of the trip. Me looking like death, me sprawled out on a rock, me skinny dipping in a pool beneath a waterfall — that kind of thing.
In other news, I’m still not sleeping more than 2 or 3 hours each night. We’re going to try hanging black bags over the windows, see if that helps. I had fish pie last night and it was lovely. Still no whale, still no puffin — but I’ll try to rectify that in the next few days.
Oh, and there’s a wet t-shirt context next Wednesday! I thought those had been outlawed by feminists around the world… obviously not in the Faroes. Yay!
pinkjellybaby
Jul 16, 2009
hehehehehehehehe (that was at the wet t-shirt competition!)
sebastian
Jul 16, 2009
I am agonising over whether I should take photos or not.
I’m sure people will judge me if I do…
pinkjellybaby
Jul 16, 2009
oh please do! I want to see what they look like!
sebastian
Jul 16, 2009
Well, I almost posted a picture, but I thought the feminists out there might get their granny panties in a twist…
Click here, if you dare… (they’re rather cute)
pinkjellybaby
Jul 16, 2009
they certainly look like they’re enjoying it!
Art
Jul 16, 2009
The photos looks great. I hope you survive long enough to take some more
Andhari
Jul 16, 2009
Who needs sleep when you have all those views to enjoy and capture?
Now where is this pic of you skinny dipping? I vote you should sell it at your etsy.
Jaime
Jul 16, 2009
Does “sexy” follow Look at him, he’s all big and strong and…?
Just wondering. ^^
I don’t understand why you aren’t getting much sleep.
Kevin
Jul 16, 2009
Your journey sounds like one I took some friends on last fall to Harpers Ferry, WVa. The walk, now referred to by those who took part as “The Uphill Death March,” was totally worth it. The view, while not as spectacular as yours (although close), was described by Thomas Jefferson as one worth crossing an ocean for.
Nice contest pic, too. Glad to see the trip isn’t all huffing and puffing up and down hills and such.
Sarah
Jul 16, 2009
Jaime, I’m guessing he’s not getting much sleep because he’s so far north that the sun doesn’t set for very long before rising again. Sebastian, it looks like a beautiful place!
sebastian
Jul 17, 2009
Sarah’s right — the sun doesn’t set up here. Well, it goes below the horizon (I think, though the clouds prevent me from confirming this…) but it’s never truly DARK. It got fairly dark last night though and thus I slept for three hours! Yay!
As always Kevin, these things are usually worth it. In hindsight. Looking back over a span of days or weeks or years or… well, as long as it will take for my muscles to return to their usual shape.
I’m going to be ‘ripped’ after this ‘holiday’.
I’m not as pretty when naked, Andhari… trust me on this one
Hezabelle
Jul 17, 2009
I want to see a picture of the waterfall!
Eleni
Jul 18, 2009
Ooh, I love the fog on the hills. The grass even in the second photo is pretty, and the layers of rock on the hills are cool.