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On my last day in Iceland, I went up the Esja, which is the mountain range north of Reykjavik. There are various trails there with a great view on the city. It is possible to get to the start of one of the trails using only Strætó buses:
- From the Hlemmur terminal, take the 15 to Háholt in Mosfellsbaer (the stop is in front of a KFC).
- From Háholt, take the 57 towards Akranes: Tell the driver you want to go to the Esja. He will drop you where you need to go.
The trail there goes to a peak called Þverfellshorn. Most of it is a steep but regular walk. The last part to get to the top is more challenging.
When I got there, at the edge of the mountain, the view on Reykjavik was great:
Further from the edge, there was a lot of fog and the landscape looked really strange:
I took many photos. Some of them are shown after the jump.
Last sunday I went for a hike in a place called the “Cirque du Fer à Cheval“, in Haute-Savoie. It is surrounded by mountains (unfortunately, I didn’t see much of them because of the fog) and has many waterfalls, that feed the torrent called Giffre. It is a very pleasant walk, almost flat, except at the end of the Cirque, that is known as the “End of the World” (“Bout du monde” in French) where the path becomes a bit steep. The view is worth it though.
I took many photos, some of them are shown after the jump.
I received some time ago a complimentary copy of the Canadian Alpine Journal where I had a (very) small contribution : a photo of the Diamir face of the Nanga Parbat that I took back in 2005. It is part of an article by alpinist Louis Rousseau giving an account of the Austro-Canadian attempt at the Nanga Parbat through a new route. I haven’t found the article online but there is another version on the American Alpine Journal blog.
Taken on my way to Bossy. The Mont-Blanc can be seen in the background.
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