Tom takes a walk up a hill

It's time to right a wrong. ■ With thanks to, uh, the nation of Iceland, I guess.
The Technical Difficulties are:
🟥 TOM SCOTT: tomscott.com - / tomscott - / tomscottgo
🟨 GARY BRANNAN: / garybrannan - / brannersatlarge
🟩 CHRIS JOEL: / christhewrongun - / christhewrongun
🟦 MATT GRAY: mattg.co.uk - / mattgrayyes - / mattgrayyes
Editor: Elliot Gough
Location producer: Jacob Trueman
Audio mix: Graham Haerther
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[@techdif]

No, Tom didn't get food poisoning afterwards. Not this time, anyway.

[@erictheepic5019]

There's always next year!

[@loyisbinnell2399]

That’s a shame

[@context_required]

next time get tom to cook bacon on lava that will give him food poisoning

[@PH4RX]

Alright, waiting for next year's video of "I missed the volcano by only 24 hours!"

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

I can only imagine him going "how can I get some German engineering into my food? Oh, I know, Rittersport!"

[@DragonslayerProd]

Tom has the most innocent childlike fantasies. Drive a zamboni See a volcano Meet an owl

[@kala_asi]

He's just picking up bits of flavour content after completing all major side quests

[@GuyNamedSean]

@@kala_asiSeriously, feels like this man is on the DLC and we're still in the tutorial.

[@IzzyIkigai]

What make these things "childlike fantasies" to you? Just because boomers gave up on their dreams in their 20s doesn't mean Millenials like Tom have to. If anything, more people should be like Tom.

[@DyslecticAttack]

@@IzzyIkigai "childlike" isn't negative, it's to enhance the dreams/fantasies, which you can take away from the "innocent". It's a testamant to how curious they are in nature, and how honest they are. Most people reign in their fantasies to be more realistic and practical (which happens to every generation while growing up), but Tom fully checked in to his inner wonderous child for the purpose of these goals. The only person who decided to be negative about it was you, and then since clearly this was an excuse to vent frustrations, you had to make it about age groups and stereotypes. -sincerely from someone who is millennial/gen Z edge range.

[@theswaff699]

Attempt to see a volcano

[@Tyranzor64]

Tom missing the SAME volcano TWICE by less than a DAY each time is absolutely hilarious

[@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2]

Not technically the same, but still this is hilarious

[@cheetahman79]

@@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2and by more than a day this time

[@TheAbyssalStorm]

@@cheetahman79 Still, hilarious. Though if he was there a few hours after the eruption stopped, he could probably still have seen lava.

[@isjaki8940]

@@whyiseverysinglehandletaken2 We in iceland consider that the same volcano cause the lave is coming from the same source, its just a separate eruption.

[@thecrazything95]

TONIGHT, ON THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! Matt flies a HELICOPTER! Tom walks up AN ANGRY HILL

[@munjee2]

*formerly angery hill

[@thecrazything95]

@@munjee2 The Hill formerly known as angry

[@stevelknievel4183]

@@munjee2 *sulking hill

[@feha92]

@@stevelknievel4183 Pouting* You could still see its inflated cheek mocking tom

[@simonro9168]

Angry Tom walks down a hill that is no longer angry, it turns out.

[@HermanVonPetri]

"The solidified lava appreciation society" Gary, I believe that's just called a geology department.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Yeah, I bet half those tourists are geologists.

[@sanches2]

baaahahaha

[@elenap15227]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@scootergrant8683]

To answer in a way only Matt would, "Ew just no."

[@AgentTasmania]

If they have a specialty in igneous rocks, yes

[@rge9992]

I just imagine someone in Iceland seeing Tom at the airport and being like „he‘s coming! Shut down the volcano!“

[@Trek001]

Read that shout in Gary's voice

[@rge9992]

Hand-crank wheel motion commences

[@stephenlee5929]

He's leaving, turn on number 3.

[@alystair]

"Open the volcano a little bit!"

[@rolfs2165]

Imagine visiting Iceland and seeing Tom at the airport. "Well, shucks, there goes our plan of seeing a volcano."

[@WhoIsSirChasm]

Looking forward to "Chris has a cheese toastie" and "Gary takes a nice nap".

[@eekee6034]

They would lack the sublime pathos of Tom at the top of the hill.

[@dysr]

Honestly though, Chris is so mysterious that I wouldn’t be surprised if he did do something seemingly mundane.

[@WyvernYT]

And there's "Matt grins and giggles for fifteen minutes."

[@nat3007]

Well that would be a great way to cheer everyone up.

[@GenericAnimeBoy]

Tonight on Top Gear....

[@CatWasTaken2]

Tom should just go on mundane activities for this. "Tom goes on a hiking trail" and "Tom takes a drive downtown" come to mind

[@ragnkja]

As they pointed out, most of the things he still hasn’t had a chance to do are pretty mundane.

[@peterclarke7240]

"Tom sits on his couch and doesn't go on an adventure"

[@theswaff699]

"Tom takes a pleasant nap on his couch."

[@monicaenns9967]

Tom did go for a drive, as a physical example of the difference between a million and a billion. It was quite soothing

[@commandrogyne]

Tom goes grocery shopping, the thrilling sequel

[@tom9571]

I think we now know why Iceland is doing so well at tourism... They just turn off the volcanos when lots of tourists go there so they feel the need to go back!

[@nitehawk86]

Same for the Aurora.

[@advanceringnewholder]

tinfoil hat

[@anttibjorklund1869]

@@advanceringnewholder "Tinfoil cat?"

[@advanceringnewholder]

@@anttibjorklund1869 is this a reference to acoustic kitty

[@anttibjorklund1869]

@@advanceringnewholder I think that's the one, yes.

[@markblacket8900]

It's actually a prank by Tom's contact in Iceland, who was the volcano valve operator all along

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

They specifically didn't want Tom to mention their name as their work as the volcano valve operator is top secret.

[@professorhipponiex2754]

If you think about it, it's even more on-brand for Tom to finally get to see lava at an obscure but fascinating local attraction than at an actual volcano. The perfect epilogue.

[@CableFlame]

Esp. because when he was presenting it, his speech patterns clearly went into presentation/"video"/work mode. I almost thought that maybe he had shot that, intending to do a Monday video about it someday but decided to use it in TechDif instead. (Although, to be fair, there's no reason he couldn't use it in both. I wonder if that's what next Monday's video will be?)

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

There's quite a high chance that he once had a plan for a video titled "The museum where they create fresh lava", scrapped the idea, and then remembered it again just now.

[@empath69]

"If you can't find free-range lava, store-bought is fine."

[@namenamename390]

So this is Tom's plan after he's done with KZbin. Hike up active volcanoes to protect nearby places from potential eruptions

[@ragnkja]

Tom has found his true calling.

[@gavin5410]

It's like the rain god guy from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

[@myladycasagrande863]

@@gavin5410 yes, but reversed; the reluctant rain god attracted precipitation, while Tom repels volcanic eruptions.

[@JonesNate]

Reminds me of that line in Hercules. "Have you ever stopped a natural disaster?"

[@almach6279]

Like with a hail cannon, I suspect Tom might have some trouble proving and marketing his services

[@flyingsheep567]

I really want Gary’s episode to be “cooking bacon on molten lava”

[@Kafaldsbylur]

It's the exact same, except he came by two days before

[@caffeinateddesign]

@@Kafaldsbylur In a helicopter. Partially piloted by Matt.

[@monicaenns9967]

He should visit the Azores. Rare Earth visited a town there famous for their earth cooked stews

[@chiralvandal]

Gary would probably do something involving a goose and a train though

[@coryman125]

@@Kafaldsbylur That would be so beautiful, I think I would die laughing

[@Kummahndough]

At 14:42 you can feel the tension as Tom sees nothing there, and the fact that a censored swear is the only thing that breaks the silence is pure comedy.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

Even better because I could probably count on one hand the number of times Tom has cursed on camera

[@johnkeefer8760]

This feels like watching an actual Tom Scott video with the Technical Difficulties commentary track turned on. To be honest I would love to see them do commentary to Tom’s existing videos

[@weaverofbrokenthreads]

Yes, I need them to do a commentary track for alllllll the videos for the DVD special please

[@AnnaNicole.]

MST3k style? Could be fun!

[@piccolomaniac]

Mystery Biscuit Theatre 3000

[@B_Skizzle]

YES

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

He filmed it in one take, but it's missing the interview with an eccentric expert.

[@TheAlps36]

"Back at base camp..." "Car Park" Chris just dishing out helpings of reality

[@NotJustBikes]

Oh man, this brings back memories. I recognized Iceland even before Tom said it. This walk reminds me so much of the time my wife and I walked from the Krafla volcano all the way back to Reykjahlíð across a jagged lava field. I love Iceland.

[@chersegems2315]

Genuinely, is there anywhere that you haven't gone? Love your work BTW

[@isjaki8940]

You are welcome back anytime, I also love your work to make streets safer

[@Indecisiveness-1553]

As for the whole “don’t get wet, get dead” thing, it must be said that you can go to Yellowstone and do both.

[@chrisjohnson7929]

I'm waiting for the t-shirt.

[@Rishnai]

@@chrisjohnson7929 Especially if it reads “I did not get wet, nor get dead, but all I got was this stupid t-shirt” for the throwback

[@jacikat]

This had a more gripping emotional plot arc than I expected from the title.

[@HamishW27]

I have a sneaking suspicion that at about the 7:50 mark, Tom had to cut about 10 minutes of an argument about whether raisins belong in a flapjack

[@orkellSigvaldason]

Matt needs some kind of certificate for his pronunciation of "Eyjafjallajökull", it's by far the best pronunciation by a non-native Icelandic speaker I've heard yet. It still sounds a bit non-Icelandic, but other than that it is very good. I'm Icelandic with over 40 years experience of speaking the language.

[@sophierobinson2738]

I kin of want to immigrate to Iceland. Then I saw I would have to be able to speak the language. At 70, don’t think I have enough time to.

[@humblenoob7631]

Time stamp?

[@orkellSigvaldason]

@@humblenoob7631 3:40

[@hairyairey]

@@sophierobinson2738 Plenty of time, you could live to 100 if you live healthily!

[@FishfaceTheDestroyer]

@@sophierobinson2738 Notable Iceland fact: it has the highest proportion of fluent English speakers of any country in which English is not the dominant language. Something like three quarters of the population speak it.

[@ncc74656m]

I have to say I just felt so bad for Tom, you can see this heartbroken look on his face as he turns to leave.

[@SayonR]

Matt flies a helicopter, Mr. Global resident walks 12 km in hilly terrain... What a series this is happening!

[@ParadoxProblems]

The Solidified Lava Appreceation Society (SLAS) appreciates Tom Scott's efforts around the world to increase the speed at which people can see solidified lava.

[@beth12svist]

So far only in Iceland. He welcomes invitations elsewhere, I'm sure. :D

[@MiseFreisin]

They would've had to camp out in the car park and wait, possibly for weeks if Tom hadn't showed up

[@Thoughtsmith]

Tom: Well, I don't need a walking stick. Tom: Well, I don't need sturdy hiking shoes. Tom: Well, I don't need to check the volcano forecast before I take this walk...

[@OwlRTA]

Tom: I know a lot about Finland...

[@niklaskoskinen123]

Yeah, it's kinda impressive that the incandescent lava can light up a room. But realizing that, makes it even more impressive that a tiny tungsten filament can do better still.

[@eekee6034]

Yes indeed!

[@tylisirn]

The tungsten filament is much hotter than lava and radiative flux is proportional to the fourth power of temperature. In fact, lava is relatively cool, that's why it's red and orange. 900 to 1400 kelvin, not even hot enough to melt iron. The filament in a typical incandescent bulb is about 2500 - 2700 K, two to three times as hot as lava. Up to 81 times as emissive per unit area (plus more of the photons will be visible light as opposed to infra red, so it'll look even more brighter still).

[@a.d.t.mapping8792]

and an LED can do even better too

[@cabe_bedlam]

"Tonight on TechDiff. Matt attempts to show off his language skills, Chris and Gary take the piss, and Tom gets trolled by a volcano.... again."

[@edwinkjellzahn]

I mean he did surprisingly well aside form some of the vowels.

[@rofljohn23]

Tom walks up an angry hill and then down a hill angry 😂

[@empath69]

that's the thing - when they say "angry hill" they don't mean the hill itself is angry, but that the hill makes people angry - the hill embodies anger and ire and installs it in people that get in close proximity...

[@MajorTanya]

Loving the fact Tom brought up the Iceland in Iceland (with photographic evidence!), a joke Gary once made on Citation Needed ("Can you imagine the recursive nature if they had an Iceland in Iceland?") Wish I remembered which episode that was exactly, but that definitely happened

[@travisscavoni369]

It was The Ice Block Expedition and Chainsaw Licenses

[@MajorTanya]

@@travisscavoni369 OMG Thank you so much for the episode title, I was genuinely planning to re-watch everything (again) to find it (I'll probably do that anyway but now it's already answered 😅)

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@MajorTanya It's always good to have an excuse to rewatch the entirety of Citation Needed.

[@travisscavoni369]

@@MajorTanya it just so happens that I rewatched that episode a couple of days ago

[@OwlRTA]

I once tweeted at Gary that Iceland had two Icelands. He did reply. I guess he forgot in the few years.

[@adamplace1414]

Tom is currently on a 20 hour flight to Oahu to either a) finally see a volcanic eruption, or b) put his anti-eruption superpower to use.

[@Phroggster]

Hope he brought a proper mask, as I heard that the vog is fairly insufferable around the islands recently.

[@jefflanam]

Sicily is closer and Mount Etna is erupting. I don't know if you can get close enough to see the eruption though.

[@sarar4901]

I live on Oahu and you did me a spook until I realized you were talking about the airport being here, not the volcano. 🤣 Like "WTF, they told me this island wasn't the explodey one?!"

[@CableFlame]

@@Phroggster Vog is real? Apparently, I'm an idiot; I thought vog was something they made up for Death Stranding (the word, not the stuff itself.)

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@Phroggster Don't worry, his volcano-stopping superpower works on vog as well

[@cyberpigeon]

14:26 "and we've got two drums, and we've got a cymbal..."

[@dbseamz]

"And there are shoes! And there are boxes!"

[@ragnkja]

So you’ve seen a volcano, and you’ve seen lava, but you’ve still not seen a volcano spewing lava.

[@shavranotheferanox7809]

I genuinely feel bad for tom

[@ragnkja]

On the bright side, he’s discovered his superpower.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@ragnkja Anti-Volcano man

[@ragnkja]

@@richardmillhousenixon The Lava-Stopper

[@OpinionatedSkink]

For reference, just how common are the lava eruptions there? Like if it's a once a year thing, that's nothing really to be disappointed about...

[@Vinemaple]

I kind of feel like I've seen into his soul... I've never seen Tom as out-of-character as on that hike.

[@robertlinke2666]

the iceland in iceland thing was a thing on citation needed these shows are just one giant self-referential injoke fest at this point, and i love it

[@coryman125]

"There's a new, what's it called... Blow-y up bit" It's weird seeing Tom in his element, but still talking like the Technical Difficulties crew

[@nikkiofthevalley]

That's because he usually has a script with all the proper wording and such beforehand. Here, he doesn't, so you see how he probably talks outside of videos.

[@demolisherinfinite8606]

Finally, an episode of The Technical Difficulties that lives up to it’s name!

[@ragnkja]

It’s happened at least once before, when they got their name, according yo how Tom tells the story.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

This volcano is experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by.

[@mikdavfle]

Smash cut to two years from now, Tom is in Las Vegas for a video and he decides to go see the volcano only to find that it's being taken down because the hotel has new owners that are remodeling it (not a joke! That volcano Gary mentions is going away in a year or two).

[@markwright3161]

You know how Tom mentioned he has planned 18 months ahead for videos on his main channel, and was looking for ideas, etc? What are the chances he has just planned a video about it for then... :) Here's the Las Vegas volcano... [pans camera] ...that is no longer here... :)

[@jasonremy1627]

I seriously think we have the makings of a new mini-series "Tom doesn't see volcanoes erupting"

[@tbrooke3016]

The instantaneous ripping shows the age of their collective friendship 😅😅

[@quintessenceSL]

Yeah, was thinking listening to them "these are people very comfortable with each other". And they're English.

[@leonhughes9014]

limited ladies interaction with these lads

[@CDCHexaku]

@@leonhughes9014 excuse you gary and the wifey are still owed their bacon

[@leonhughes9014]

@@CDCHexaku stop drinking bruh

[@mirjanbouma]

​​@@leonhughes9014they're right though. Gary and his wife, intentional phrasing, are due a flitch of bacon.

[@DoesThisWork888]

You know you've made it in life when you're spending your day off watching Tom walk up the hill.

[@vagisha9306]

Not if you're trying to procastinate.

[@harrytodhunter5078]

the collective "Oooh, Ritter Sport!" was great!

[@Dasyati]

as soon as he held it up something in the back of my brain went "is that Ritter Sport?" and before it could register they all said it too

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

@@Dasyati It's universal, then, as I had the same thought.

[@dominicallen1300]

As someone who lives near Ellesmere port, I find it hard to believe Iceland could possibly smell even half as bad

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Is there a landfill nearby or something?

[@dominicallen1300]

@@lawrencecalablaster568 I don't really know what it is, maybe just industry stuff in the area because there's a fair bit of that. But it is pretty bad

[@ArtyI]

Tom is not known to swear. I felt that censored swear.

[@Aniaas1]

I really wanted them to do the gag where the subtitles just say "Oh bother"

[@twojuiceman]

Tom is known not to swear ON CAMERA.

[@peterclarke7240]

"How interesting." 😂

[@hugobouma]

@@Aniaas1 Tom is also known for very detailed and accurate captions, unlikely he'd use them for joke purposes.

[@Aniaas1]

@@hugobouma Oh I know, but it's still a good opportunity

[@xoblyxanier]

When you realize one premium flight and helicopter trip would have been cheaper than 3 (realistically for Tom 6-7) flights and hikes to see an active volcano.

[@myladycasagrande863]

Yes, but he has to stick to the same budget as the other guys for this series. He should allow himself a "just drop everything and spend what it takes" next time someone tells him there's an active eruption, though.

[@kltbird182]

Someday, when Tom does finally make it in time, I cannot wait to see the utter excitement and relief on his face. Every time he misses it, it will just make that time in the future all the more rewarding and emotional

[@markwright3161]

Or he'll be driven to save up enough for a private jet to be on standby to take him anywhere on the globe at a moments notice, and do so, just as the last volcano goes extinct. :)

[@Airbournjack]

It was interesting that the show guy mentioned the filament not lasting there. I know on Hawaii, volcano hair can actually turn into little glass tumbleweeds around the flows. Also Tom.. maybe try Hawaii. Atleast then you can take a boat to go look at a cooled flow on 1 of the smaller islands instead of walking 12 km

[@HaloInverse]

Different rock chemistry in Hawai'i, maybe? Some mineral combination that makes the cooled strands a little less brittle?

[@05Matz]

@@HaloInverse Maybe also something to do with it (typically) being warmer in Hawaii, so the strands cool more slowly?

[@dbseamz]

Hawaii's volcanoes haven't been very cooperative about showy eruptions in the last few years either.

[@jordansean18]

When Tom preps and films a video that flops, but he's obligated to post it instead of burying it 😅 poor guy

[@ragnkja]

He didn’t have the budget for a contingency plan.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@ragnkja He could have just gone to the Iceland in Iceland!

[@ItsMeKriqu]

Tom Scott's volcano dealer had gotta be one of the best job titles of all time

[@tbrooke3016]

"see that hill, going up that hill" channelling his inner Chris Hadfield from the Arctic expedition years ago 😅

[@Atlessa]

Is that the same Chris Hadfield who was on the ISS?

[@KamenracerX]

@@Atlessa Yes, Tom and Chris Hadfield, the astronaut, are acquaintances because of a trip to the Arctic Circle on a Russian nuclear icebreaker. He talked about the trip on his other channel with Matt, Matt and Tom.

[@KamenracerX]

The phrase "going up that hill" brings to mind a Kate Bush song, "Cloudbuster" IIRC.

[@CableFlame]

@@KamenracerX Yup, they bunked together!

[@KamenracerX]

@@CableFlame Shh, that's a spoiler! 🤫🤫🤫

[@DrZaius3141]

One of the reasons why you shouldn't poke or throw things into the lava is that you might break the relatively stiff surface which could allow the really hot inside to come bubbling out - which might get unsafe. Also, the framing of "volcanoes hate him" is a bit off, because those eruptions simply don't last as long. If you flip two coins and neither goes your way, that's annoying, but it's still not too uncommon.

[@skyclaw]

To achieve the same effect with much less personal risk, poke a baked Camembert with a chopstick.

[@ChickenEatsBear]

Tom getting shittier as he climbs is sending me 😭 The lava show was bloody brilliant. What a cool, safe way to educate people

[@Excludos]

Please tell me there's going to be a part 3 of this some day. I need to know Tom finally gets his volcano!

[@Ghiaman1334]

Well done, Tom, not only did you exhaust yourself walking up a slightly smokey hill, you've also shown the entire internet the Icelandic Lava Show so they don't need to go and see it themselves

[@hayuseen6683]

Not really the same issit.

[@HaloInverse]

I suspect that the lava show may have a _bit_ more impact in-person.

[@markwright3161]

@@hayuseen6683 A domesticated lava zoo isn't that different besides being able to schedule a viewing.

[@Erhannis]

I mean...now that I know it exists, I think I'm more likely to go and see it, if the option ever arises.

[@mirjanbouma]

​@@Erhannisyeah same!

[@Flati36]

Highly impressive. As an Icelander I have never heard a foreigner pronounce Eyjafjallajökull as well as Matt just did.

[@1pcfred]

Larry Wall never meant for Perl to be a spoken tongue. You people need to get a real language.

[@Ramonatho]

Tom can arrange for someone to strap him onto the top of a plane and flip around, but can't arrange someone to tell him when the volcano is happening on time. Life can be humbling in that way sometimes.

[@woodrobin]

The bit with the fellow talking about hair-like filaments of lave reminded me of some of the news from Hawaii. There are concerns about the current eruption at Mauna Loa because there is a lot of Pele's Hair (which is what they call that type of formation in Hawaii, after the volcano goddess Pele), and as it fragments into very small, very sharp little bits of glass, it's getting carried aloft by hot air currents. You *really* don't want to breathe bits of that in, apparently (glass + lungs = bad).

[@swiftlymurmurs1825]

I actually happened to be in Iceland at that exact time and walked up to the volcano on the second or third day of the eruption. The exact same trail! Very peeved I didn't run into you, we may have been there on the same day

[@swiftlymurmurs1825]

Ah, nevermind, I was definitely there earlier, seeing as the lava was still flowing quite a lot. Sorry you had to miss it, it was a great sight

[@MiseFreisin]

@@swiftlymurmurs1825 oof, way to rub his face in it 🤣

[@DumbMuscle]

"Icelandic mexican fusion cuisine" sounds like an answer someone would give on Citation Needed

[@Ribiveer]

I'm fully expecing Tom to commit to the bit and try to see the lava every time there is an eruption. I hope you succeed one day, Tom!

[@__Albin__]

Tom starting the hike with saying he did not check the forecast sure was a bit of foreshadowing. I do find it interesting that having missed it last time he this time choose to go in blind and hoping for the best.

[@chdn]

I'd like to think the volcano was just so flabbergasted from meeting Tom that it forgot what it was doing

[@FoxyPKO]

As someone that lives in Ellesmere Port, and has done for the last 20 years, I can confirm it does regularly smell pretty bad due to all the chemical plants in the area.

[@johnhammond3056]

Toms reaction to cresting that hill was just the best. even if it does suck

[@rin_etoware_2989]

the title isn't surprisingly underwhelming, it's actually surprisingly _overwhelming_

[@qwertyTRiG]

Well, Tom's walk up a hill in the Lake District is one of his best videos.

[@myladycasagrande863]

Yup, the hill is more sulky than angry.

[@BleuSquid]

I predict a volcanologist will see this, reach out to Tom, and we'll have a new video on his main channel some time in April.

[@legowerewolf]

At this point, Tom's just the dude they call in to stop the eruption. (I'd like to clarify: I made that joke before I got to the point of the video where they did.)

[@ragnkja]

He’s found his superpower.

[@danculbert6349]

I would genuinely love a video from Tom entitled ''I don't drink Alcohol, I try getting shitfaced''

[@JaxMerrick]

That has to be a Tom Scott Plus video with someone like How to Drink or Educated Barfly.

[@pesboi.]

OMG YES PLEASE

[@TheAlps36]

I try being a mixologist

[@Angharan]

Maybe after he goes back to Iceland a third time and STILL DOESN'T SEE A VOLCANO!.

[@CableFlame]

...okay, is the angle he drinks, or is the angle he can do anything to get some kind of shitfaced EXCEPT drink alcohol? (pro mode: no drugs of any kind allowed; must change consciousness with other means) Because the latter I could totally see Tom doing, and it would be interesting as hell. (The former, okay, I'd probably watch that too. :D)

[@msclrhd]

When Tom arrived, the volcano was having technical difficulties!

[@TotoDG]

There's no supermarket chain called 'England', but there's one in the American South called 'Ingles', which is a sort-of homograph of the Spanish word, 'inglés', which means, well... 'English'. As a Spanish speaker, it's already intrinsically hilarious, but the idea that Tom's analogy could (sort of) come true if they open an Ingles in England makes it even better.

[@cuteypetz]

Tom takes a walk up a hill a.k.a. the technical difficulties roast Tom for 21 minutes and 58 seconds

[@winnipeginstinct]

Man, tom really did try to embody the "technical difficulties"

[@BSideWasTaken]

I want to give Tom the biggest hug. If there's one person that deserves to have his very reasonable childhood fantasy fulfilled it's the MVP of KZbin.

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

Tom has now taken revenge against the caves and the volcanoes. What's left? Are any of us safe? Edit: never mind XD

[@BananaWasTaken]

So far it’s 2-0 to the volcano

[@munjee2]

Seeing the comment get edited live was amazing

[@nat3007]

The sea is left I don't think he's done surfing or kayaking yet but it's possible I missed it.

[@trevormckay677]

You tricked me into watching tom hike for 20 minutes, well done

[@MemTMCR]

love matt trying to pronounce eyjafjellajökull and somehow finding a t

[@waveuponwave3672]

That's actually the correct pronounciation

[@Doomsdaymanx]

My heart goes out to Tom in the moment he crested that ridge and saw the cone with no activity. Hopefully you'll see your volcanoe one of these days Tom! It's a sight worth a couple disappointing hikes.

[@eloquentlyemma]

So, every time Tom leaves the uk to go on a filming trip, we are all at risk of getting a bad case of ‘volcanos’.

[@LucasL512]

Ah Tom's face of disappointment is very real :(

[@tvdan1043]

"The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Dormant Volcano" coming to theatres this Christmas!

[@chriskigen]

20:11 at this point nobody has the heart to make fun of him any more.

[@mountnstream]

With Tom's newfound ability, for the sake of humanity, he has to live in Yellowstone for the rest of his life.

[@dbseamz]

Which is a much more convenient location to fly to Hawaii from in case they ever need to borrow him for a similar purpose.

[@norrambyhero7867]

'Why do they need an Iceland in Iceland??' 'They still...buy frozen stuff.' 'Yeah I s'pose.' Logic is a lovely thing.

[@davidsalisbury1688]

17:35 perhaps it wasn't the heart to tell them, perhaps it was the schadenfreude of if I have to walk the 6K and not see anything so do they.

[@dbseamz]

I can relate to the disappointment. My family were planning a trip to Hawaii when I graduated high school, and the years-long eruption of Kilauea stopped that spring.

[@damientonkin]

I love that Tom is like "I've got flapjacks and chocolate, what could go wrong?" And meanwhile CGP Grey puts up a video about all the survival gear he has to keep in his car because of all of the times he's almost died filming videos.

[@Jake28]

Really?

[@biancamlf288]

I love how this is what follows the helicopter.

[@GrandBlaarg]

The comic timing of that F*** was just spot on😂

[@kuroroedamame]

Gary, matt and chris simultaneously making fun of tom 😭😂 under prepared tourist with stick selfie lmaooo

[@hlynurjensson]

Perfect pronunciation on Eyjafjallajökull and Reykjanes

[@bacul165]

9:11 Tom obviously missed the fact that walking is waaaay cooler than using a helicopter. As proven by Boromir himself.

[@alexrowaan7326]

I was in Iceland a month ago and I climbed that volcano and I went to that lava show!!! Amazing to see Tom retracing my steps (or I guess I was retracing his but didn't know it yet) I 100% recommend the lava show, and the soup they sell afterwards

[@XenosInfinity]

Well, if you can't see the lava in the wild, why shouldn't you be able to see it in captivity?

[@GryphonBrokewing]

I'd buy a "don't get wet, get dead" t-shirt. Great line!

[@caltheuntitled8021]

Now we know that if we ever want to stop a volcanic eruption, all we have to do is invite Tom to come see it

[@callum8184]

This is one of the most heartbreaking videos I’ve watched. Devastating.

[@Hrafnskald]

In twenty years, we will look back on this as the moment when Tom's "Build an Evil Drill to the Center of the Earth to finally see Lava" mastermind plan was born... ;)

[@richardvasquez9960]

the look of heartbreak on poor Tom's face after cresting the hill

[@MazeFrame]

19:40 Matt misses an important point: Since Iceland has a lot of Geothermal power, that Lava may be made using Vulcanos, but with extra steps.

[@ragnkja]

That’s a good point

[@peterclarke7240]

Plot twist: that volcano has actually been inactive for years. They just announce it's erupting every now and then when tourism numbers dip.

[@lauchpferd2108]

I love your videos anyway but all of them being subtitled is the cherry on top. Thanks for taking the time!