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Route: Iceland N-S Traverse (Iceland)

Location
Iceland
Distance
516.9 km
Description

Meredith Quinlan submitted this route:

The route starts at the Northern-most Lighthouse Hraunhafnartangi, which is metres off the Northern-most point in Iceland and travels through the wilderness finishing down at the Southern-most Light house, Dyrhólaey, also metres from the Southern-most point in Iceland. Its length is approx. 560 km. In principle this is an open course route from lighthouse to light house but we have a variation that follows the East-coast which is much longer.

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ICELAND FINAL COMBINED.gpx712.23 KB

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Comments

Flukey Dukey
Wed, 08/08/2018 - 04:29am

Incredible! Congratulations to you both on what must have been a truly epic adventure in some hectic conditions. The photos look awesome!

Alisa Geiser
Wed, 05/01/2019 - 06:16pm

Hi Guys! What awesome adventure! I'm planning a trip to Iceland this July to attempt a solo, unsupported fastpack of this route, and would love to chat with you about the logistics, nameably glacial run-off crossings & resupply. Please reach out if you have a minute. Thanks! alisa.geiser@gmail.com

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Louis-Philippe…
Mon, 10/31/2022 - 06:48pm

Did the first unsupported in 2010. Also my route is shorter but harder as I avoided sealed roads as much as possible. Mostly off track.
https://iceland-trek.blogspot.com/2010/08/path-debrief.html
My point are the most extreme North and South. The lighthouse is not the furthest north.

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Antoine Morell…
Mon, 06/12/2023 - 04:41am

Hello all, i will be attempting an unsuported traverse along the Quinlan Baker route, starting day will be the 7 or 8 of july

tortocnt
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 01:08am

Congrats to Christof for a new FKT crossing Iceland. Hear about his in our podcast :-)

/Torben

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