Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The furthest north I have ever been
Gulffoss waterfall, Iceland 64°19′34″N 20°07′16″W
(28th June 2011)
Most tourists to Iceland take the Golden Circle tour. It stops off at Þingvellir, the volcanic rift valley where Iceland's parliament first met, which is the third furthest north I've ever been. It stops off at Geysir, the whooshing geothermal fountain from which the word 'geyser' is drawn, which is the second furthest north I've ever been. And it stops off at Gulffoss, the double cataract on the Hvítá river, where a raging torrent drops 10m and then another 20m into a deep gorge. Coachloads of tourists disembark to follow the track to the waterfall's edge, held back by nothing more than a blue rope, or nip up onto the cliff beyond for a spectacular overview. I did that, and that's the furthest north on the planet's surface I have ever been. How about you?
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