This is looking towards the west at the islands of Borday, Kunoy and Kalsoy. After some pondering in the warm sun I got to thinking that the Faroes and Glacier Park look a lot alike if you sawed off the top 1/4 of the Park, removed the glaciers and plopped it into the North Sea. Same kind of look and feel.

On the way back down the weather started to clear as forecast, just a little later than expected. My obligatory selfie.

This was the view, from between the peaks, looking down. Somewhere straight down there...and I do mean straight down judging by the imperceptible spaces between contour lines, is the North Sea. 2,500 feet...that's half a mile. Every so often a tourist tries to take a look...well they end up with a very good view for 2,500 divided by 33 feet per second. I felt like the sun was trying to burn through and hung around for 45mins. It's so high here you can't hear the...

When I arrived at the village of Við Garð the weather was looking pretty grim. Rain and fog/clouds. But, I checked the weather earlier and it forecast morning rain, afternoon sun and later rain. So, there I go. I met a French couple from Lyon who decided the weather was too tough to go. However, after I geared up they decided to also try it and followed me up. The picture is from the first plateau about 3/4 of the way up. The trail up was straight and steep. O...

Up at 5 today for a slow and relaxing start to the day. I found the Faroese equivalent of granola, which seems to be teasing my palette better than the common, and bland, muesli. The clothes were almost dried hanging outside, but a lite mist forced me to hang them by the radiator for a bit. Shoes were still not dry. Today I'm heading to the island of Viðoy, one of the northern set and home to the mighty mountain peaks of Villingadalsfjall and Nakkurin (norðar...