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Hike Destinations: Landmannalaugar Versus Tongariro

Bacon or chocolate” A pint of craft beer or a wedge of aged gouda” The family dog or cat”

Picking my favorite hike destination is … Read the rest

Published 6 November, 2012
Categorized as Adventures, featured, Fitness Tagged hike, Iceland, Landmannalaugar, lord of the rings, New Zealand, prometheus, tongariro, volcano

IcelandAir – Random Travel Photo

IcelandAir has a cool practice: It names its aircraft after Icelandic volcanoes. I took two flights on Hekla, to and from JFK airport in … Read the rest

Published 11 August, 2012
Categorized as Travel Tagged airlines, Grimsvotn, Hekla, Icelandair, travel, volcano

Vanuatu – Upcoming South Pacific Destination

Vanuatu wasn’t a destination I’d ever thought about until I read the Cash Peters book Naked in Dangerous Places. The author paints a very … Read the rest

Published 17 June, 2012
Categorized as Adventures Tagged Cash Peters, cheap holiday deals, John Frum, mount yasur, South Pacific, vanuatu, volcano

Inside the Volcano: Thrihnukagigur Tour

inside the volcano

The Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland just gave me another reason to visit again: a tour company that takes people down a 400-foot descent into a … Read the rest

Published 28 May, 2012
Categorized as Adventures Tagged caldera, empty magma chamber, Iceland, Inside the Volcano, Thrihnukagigur, tours, vent, volcano

The Iceland Epic – Hverir, Viti, Krafla

Glowing magma from horizon to horizon. A never-ending blanket of fire. I’m captivated just thinking about what this area looked like as recently as 1984

… Read the rest
Published 13 April, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged fissure, Hverir, Iceland, Krafla, Krafla fires, lava, magma, Myvatn Nature Baths, Reykjahliđ, Viti, volcano, wandering justin

Hiking Destination: Iceland’s Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar isn’t so much a place. It’s more of a rip in the space-time continuum.

Consider its summer: It’s hard to tell 3 a.m. from … Read the rest

Published 14 July, 2010
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged backpacking, hike, Iceland, Landmannalaugar, obsidian, scenery, travel, volcano

S.P. Crater – Cool Arizona Destination (With Video)

S.P. Crater
A summer hike near Flagstaff - a great place to beat the Arizona summer heat.

It’s easy to forget or to never even realize it – but much of northern Arizona’s landscape was shaped by fire. Or by lava, if … Read the rest

Published 29 May, 2009
Categorized as Adventures Tagged Arizona, flagstaff, Lava Flow, S.P. Crater, Sunset Crater, travel, volcano

Going to Flagstaff” Don’t Miss Sunset Crater & Wupatki

A few years ago, Sarah and I were riding in the Taylor House Century bike ride in the 60-mile group. I didn’t know much about … Read the rest

Published 1 January, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, blow hole, clerks, darth vader, flagstaff, keep the rubber side down, lava, shaoline soccer, star wars, sunset creater, taylor house century, the matrix, volcano, wupatki

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