Unfortunately, I didn't even have time
to snap photos the first few days, as things were hectic. We flew to Reykjavik
no problem, and then up to a small fishing village near the Arctic Circle
called Isafjordur. We flew up there to do a cross country ski race called
the Fossavatn. Things were sort of a blur, but we arrived in town, and we're
promptly driven around from hard ware stores to ski tuning rooms, trying
to figure out and apply the wax for the day, all after being up about 44
of the past 48 hours. Perhaps the lack of sleep had something to do with
it, but we butchered the wax. We used very warm Klister wax, but that night
a storm blew in from the North Pole, rendering the wax sticky like glue.
Not much to do though, so we went with it. The conditions were near whiteout
and the entire course was above timberline. I got throttled in the 50 km
race, but Suz did manage to take second in the women's 25 km race. Cool.
We were stoked to get the race over with, but wish we had a bit more time
to acclimate. Next time. Anyhow, this photo was shot the night after the
race (at around 9 p.m. or so) in front of our favorite eating establishment
in town.
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