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Skaftafell National ParkIceland September 2011
Skaftafellsjökull, the glacier after which the park is named. Just one glacial tongue of the vast ice cap, Vatnajökull.
Bölti Farm perched high above the sandur – my home in Skaftafell
View of the sandur (glacial flood plain) from Bölti.  The family rents out bunkhouses to hikers in the summer.
The Ring Road runs through the sandur, always at risk for being washed away in a massive jökulhlaup – a powerful flash flood of glacial melt water unleashed by eruptions beneath the ice cap. A few weeks before my trip, a jökulhlaup washed out the highway near Vík.
Looking towards Skeiðarárjökull. Backpacking 101 – hand wash clothes to save money.
The backpacker’s kitchen – a traditional turf house.
Road from Bölti into the park.
Mountains of Vatnajökull Ice Cap
Fields of angelica
Hundafoss
Þjófafoss
Campsite at Skaftafell
Hike to Skaftafellsjökull
The glacier face, black with dirt. The hikers at far left hint at the scale.
I brace myself against the wind – hot in the sun, but cold in the shade!
Bölti at sunset
My moment of euphoria – one of the most amazing sunsets of my life.
Fellow hiker Kai shares the joy of the spectacular display of light.
Kai of Germany
Early morning fog rolls in quickly –within five minutes a total white-out
Svartifoss
Day Hike to Kristínatindar
Our goal – the summit of Kristínatindar – mountain on the far left
Kai surveys the Skaftafellsheiði
Kai attempts to tape the sole back on his boot
Always keep an eye on the rapidly changing weather – Kristínatindar begins to cloud in
Switching into sneakers – a loss of pride for the mighty hiking boot.
Vatnajökull
Lunch break overlooking Morsárdalur
Kristínatindar
We begin the hike to the summit of Kristínatindar
Skaftafellsjökull far below
Kai reaches the summit
A highlight of my life – summit of Kristínatindar
Morsárjökull
As the weather begins to shift rapidly, we begin our hike off the mountain…..
Last view of Skaftafellsjökull

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