Abandoned Iceland #10: Mount Esja

[@professorbatty6850]

Wonderful report. Let's have a big hand for Valgur, Poppy, Polly, and especially Art, who did it all backwards while holding a camera.

[@Kisuke94]

Start hiking --> starts to hail. Classic Iceland, right there.

[@nolagranolabar]

You two rock! What an incredible view! 👍🏻😁

[@PACstove]

I like how you stop for icelandic taco's inside of a cracked boulder.

[@adrienbiosseduplan9666]

Thanks a lot guys! Valur still a pleasure to follow you with Polly! And Poppy is cute as a button

[@wingertstrasse1]

Well done! Great video, great achievement.

[@wujBat]

Great video as always, funny description :)

[@xpiyrw2374]

Great videos & channel.. Greatly enjoy... Appreciate the toughness... Lol.. Hail in June, haven't seen that in years.... Iceland named for a reason.

[@M124M]

Excellent!

[@20houselover]

Great Sound Track in Report,The Best

[@karolw.5208]

The two of us tried to climb Esja two years ago. It was very muddy and dangerous, so we turned back and had coffee and cake at the 'stofa'. One day, perhaps, one day ....

[@nadeemakhtar4890]

Good job..camraman is really professional well done...

[@TheReykjavikGrapevine]

Thank you Nadeem

[@heartwings2517]

Baked beans & cheese on bread? Some things are just wrong! I take it Iceland has no food police? Y'all were good sports about the weather and made it an enjoyable trip nonetheless. The weather sucked, but thanks for sharing a great hike!

[@johnzuijdveld9585]

Just on the rise to Steinn L👀K at Poppy go! she's like a mountain goat. 🐐 😘 Beautiful view from up there, it probably would've been a great place for a lookout in the early yrs?

[@brunazardi]

Beautiful zone, full of flowers, green zone…

[@dorothydean8643]

What is flat, round disk at the top of the mountain? Compass? Sundial? Sun - in Iceland? Lol. Directions to nearest tree?

[@diez66]

The weather was so bad, that even your Cheese, in the pan, at the end had a sad face, 🙁😎

[@vancouverislander]

Sacrilege!!!! Gotta gave brown sauce on beans on toast 😂😂

[@cliffordhurst2564]

Poor old Poppy, she was not looking happy at the top!

[@speckgens]

..the girl looks a lot like Lauren Mayberry. Nice hike btw!

[@gonnabeok]

who cares.

[@thomza]

It's a real shame that Americans won't be allowed in when this was said: "Icelandic justice minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir has told RÚV Iceland will open to non-Schengen arrivals no later than 1st July, regardless of whether other countries in the zone do the same." Now it seems she is going to do exactly what EU does. So much money are flights, hotel, rental car, tours, making arrangements because of what she said. Now it's no more. Many people have limited time for a holiday and can't keep rescheduling. Don't trust Iceland government anymore and especially don't trust Icelandair.

[@kenzonabil1338]

Best contre in the world iths island

[@billd8949]

Tom, I'm on my 4th re-schedule for a trip this year and can't disagree with you regarding Icelandair as they were clearly selling tickets from airports in the US that they had no intention of flying from. Regarding the Icelandic government, however, the blame lies clearly with the US handling of the pandemic. I've followed everything that Grapevine and others have said over the last 3 months and I think Iceland and their response team have done a great job. I believe they were all sincere when they said July 1 no matter what, but our situation in the US over the past several weeks continues to decline. I can only hold out hope that August 1 may be the magic date, but our country has to do a lot better first before those borders will be open to us any time soon.

[@Kisuke94]

July 1st was the plan. Unfortunately, it was based on old data. Now the situation in the US is quite different and they can't risk to have new cases after all the good work they have done. However, there is no definitive plan so...

[@trojanpony]

We’re in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic dude. Have some perspective. Also, if you’re looking for a government to blame, blame the U.S. for completely botching our handling of it, not Iceland.