Hiking in Iceland

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Hiking the Laugavegur Trail: 7 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

Last Updated: August 25, 2024 On July 7th of 2014, I embarked on Iceland’s most famous multi-day trek, the Laugavegur Trail – four days of waterfalls, glaciers, and harsh, unearthly landscape. In short, I was unprepared and my hike was an unmitigated disaster. My situation went from bad to worse in a hurry, and I … Read more