Ylva
One half of the duo. [Home base / what she does.] She's drawn to long days on foot in big, empty landscapes — black-sand deserts, glacial rivers and total quiet are exactly the kind of place she likes to disappear into.
@yllevi →4 July – 10 August 2026 · Iceland
One unbroken line,
coast to coast.
Most people circle Iceland by road. We're walking straight through the middle of it instead — from the harbour at Höfn, across the volcanic interior, to the cliffs of Hornstrandir.
- Total distance
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- Elevation gain
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- Highest point
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- Days on foot
- 38
Tap a numbered point to read that day from the trail. Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics · Leaflet
No dispatches yet — the walk hasn't started.
01 — The Route
Hamn to Horn is a single unbroken line drawn across Iceland — from one coast, through the wild centre of the island, to the other. Most people who come to Iceland circle it by road; we wanted to walk straight through the middle of it instead.
The route climbs off the coast and into the highlands, where the maps empty out: black volcanic deserts, braided glacial rivers to ford, steaming geothermal ground, and mountains in colours that don't look real. For days there are no roads, no towns, and often no one else — just the two of us, what we can carry, and the next valley.
We chose it because [the honest reason — e.g. we wanted somewhere genuinely remote, and a goal big enough to be a little frightening]. Five and a half weeks, coast to coast, on foot.
02 — The Profile
Every metre of up and down
03 — The Crew
Jocke
The other half. [Home base / what he does.] A true coast-to-coast line through Iceland's highlands — carrying everything, fording rivers, no roads for days — was too good to pass up.
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