As a solo woman touring cyclist, I can honestly say I have felt all those emotions you shared. So nice to hear someone say it out loud. Well done...on your journey both geographically and emotionally.
1. Long live that pink helmet 2. Cinematography is a 10/10 3. Mollie is a true one 4. Thanks Jenna for sharing parts of your life, easy or hard. It’s been fun to grow up along side you through high school into adulthood. You’ve come so far and I’m proud of you and this incredible journey through Iceland! Much love from your neighbor in Minnesota 🫶🏼
This is such a sweet comment, thankyou 😭♥️ it’s wild to me that we are able to connect over the internet like this and “grow up” together. Weird but wonderful! Thankyou for watching and for your kind words ♥️
"grow up along side you through high school into adulthood"? is this a secondary channel or something? i saw she's only been uploading videos for the past year or so.
@@artxangels6666oh no, she’s been posting for like a decade or more, she just deleted/privated all of her old videos and started fresh with content that pertains to her current life
As someone who makes silent films of my adventuers I've only just discovered you, thank you so much for taking us on this journey with you and sharing your insights. The "Why do I like the things I like?" monologue is one I've had with myself after every multi-day wild camp hiking with 16kg on my back, but I wouldn't have it any other way. You're a beautiful badass, please continue to have and film these epic adventures!
I've accepted that I do things for the story you earn by completing it, battle scars, near death experiences and all. Nothing is more satisfying than testing and exceeding your percieved limits. And on your 'being present' monologue, I purposefully don't listen to anything to force myself to be mindful and experience my emotions. When you've hiked 30km on your (birthday) second day of three with no signal and just your thoughts, you get to know yourself very well haha
As a bikepacker myself, this is one of the best cycling videos I have seen on RUclips. What a stunning, inspiring experience and adventure. Thanks for sharing.
I understand what you say about feeling alive. I live in the mountains in Switzerland 🇨🇭 and during rides I actually hate cycling downhill, I'm always really focused and scared to fall. I mostly feel alive during a climb, I feel thankful what my body is allowing me to live ! Thank you for having documented your trip !
As an Icelander it's fun to see one's own country through foreign eyes, you even cycled close to my families summer house - I must admit I don't think I would have the energy or will to cycle the ring road, Iceland has a such a tendency to be cold, windy and rainy.
This made me so happy to read! I live in the Canadian Rockies and I get the same feeling seeing people come from all over the world to enjoy the natural beauty of the area! Reminds me to appreciate the nature around me! thanks for watching, It definitely was windy cold and rainy but all part of the adventure :)
I remember first following you years and years ago for your journal flip thrus and hair dye vids and to watch you get to this point in your life has been beautiful ty for sharing
🥺🥺🥹thankyou for watching (then and now). Crazy to me that you even remember those old videos! That’s such a trip to think about and like So crazy to think that lil version of me had no idea I might end up here lol I hope you’re doing well!! Thankyou again
🙏 Beautiful, thank you. I was in Iceland in 1988 and I recently I saw some youtube-video’s from photograhers viciting Iceland. But your video is far more real to me. The landscapes and the bugs, the wheather and the struggles. The joy and the emotions. So thanks for your impressions. 🙏🦋❤️🦋🙏
i just started watching you at the end of 2024. i can't believe i haven't found your channel sooner. i love your cinematography and i love how you edit your videos. it calms my soul & makes me feel so big inside. i know we're physically small, but i know we're part of something so much bigger
Jenna, what a stellar accomplishment! Writing from Hamilton Ontario here. Thanks for taking us with you! When camping in New Brunswick, we had relentless wind. I found that I couldn't sleep. I can't imagine how you coped with that for days! Thanks too for keeping it real, showing us the whole spectrum of emotions! I particularly liked the honest self reflections that prompted me to think about distractions/ diversions. You have a lot to be proud of and huge life lessons/experience that no one can take from you! Absolutely loved your front bike rack hack!! Improvisation on the fly is what it's all about when you are in the middle of nowhere. I'm subscribed now.True grit indeed! Lael Wilcox would be proud too!
I was cycling there last year and tomorrow I am returning with my bike. Last 11 months I have been watching this video:) Thanks much! Greetings from Poland!
You're literally living my dream. I've been in love with Iceland since I was a kid, now I'm 30 but unfortunately never visited it... yet! Love those landscapes, it's Mother Earth in its most revealing state.
Wow, just wow! What a beautiful story in beautiful landscapes. You’re truly talented. Iceland is one of my number one places to go. Thank you for sharing this and here’s to being in the present.
I never thought I'd be the guy that writes a long, personal, sentimental comment under a random youtube video, but here we are. After I visited Iceland in march of last year, I said something to the effect of "Iceland is definitely the most unbelievable chunk of land on the entire earth, but I could never live here." It's too cold, the skies are always grey, it's cut off from the rest of the world, and god, do I hate the wind. There's no way I could ever wake up every morning for years and years and think, "I'm happy I woke up in Iceland, again." After having been removed from Iceland for a little more than a year now, and having watched this video, I think back on that sentiment and laugh at how ridiculous it is. I miss Iceland every day. I've avoided watching videos on Iceland since my visit because I wanted my experience there to remain special and unique to me. When this video popped up, I hesitated, but clicked anyway. I reasoned that this video is different because you experienced Iceland in a completely different way than me. I went near the end of spring, when the snow had halfway melted and the lambs were still cuddled up in their heated barns. There was still plenty of greenery, but the snow gifted the landscape an otherworldly feeling. Watching this video showed me a totally different Iceland. The fog and rain and wind were all still there, but the colors were more vibrant, and the world felt more alive. Being able to recognize some of the places I saw and seeing them for how they look without a pile of snow was surreal. About halfway through, you went to a lake, with a white fence near the water and a house on a hill above. I might've stood in the exact same spot as you, but my view was a little different(a lot different). The lake was frozen over and a fresh layer of snow sat on top of the ice. If not for the road behind and the mountains in the back, I might've gotten lost in all the whiteness. But in your video, it's completely unrecognizable, if not for the house and fence. I don't think it was any more or less beautiful than when I went, but it was definitely a different brand of beauty. Snow can make an unassuming landscape look dreamy, and what it does to Iceland's landscape can hardly be described. But here, the skies are blue and the hills are green. There are sheep grazing the plains, and the water is not only unfrozen, but a spectacular shade. In the summer, it genuinely looks like a perfect painting. I realize now because of this video that I want to be in Iceland when the sheep roam. I definitely cried a couple times while watching. I just want to go back so bad. I almost want to train every day so I can bike it like you did, just to get to experience it in a different way. Which, by the way, it's nothing short of incredible what you did with this video. Biking like 100 km every day and sleeping in impossible conditions for three weeks is complete insanity, and you did it. And you filmed it, and made an incredible documentary out of it. Huge props and congratulations. This video seriously moved me, so I just wanted to say thanks. I fell in love with Iceland again.
tbh i am also someone who hates grey skies, isolated places, and wind, but i always thought iceland and other natural landscapes like it to be really beautiful. i was just scared that if i did visit them i wouldn't enjoy it because idk, maybe looking at a photograph is better. but your comment makes me want to give it a try and have hope that it will be an enjoyable experience :)
@@tea_5754 I woke up by phone call at 4 am he said go clean in front of nursing home building's snow . I did when I tried put salt the wind was 89km 4 am in the morning the door sudden flying on the sky
Wow very cool. We drove around the ring road back in 2015 and did a bunch of hiking across 14 days. Iceland is such an amazingly beautiful country and so diverse in landscapes. Thanks for taking me back there.
If for some reason I dont get the chance to travel the world or live my life freely and authentically as myself I would like you to know that I (and many others surely) find inspiration and joy from the videos you post.. it’s awesome seeing you enjoy/challange life. Cheering you on as usual and sending all the good energy to you and whomever this comment speaks to😊
Ahh Sandra Thankyou so much ♥️ glad I could take you on this trip with me, I love to live vicariously through other peoples videos, and it makes me happy that I could do the same for you
Congratulations, this looks like the ride of a lifetime. Visited Iceland for the first time myself in October ‘23 and I’m taking notes from your story on how to return and ride at least part of the ring road, someday.
Wow, that summer sunset scene gave me the chills, what a beautiful moment just for yourself. This is inspiring AF, thanks for sharing such an adventure and from such an honest and personal point of view!
I just want to acknowledge this for myself…. This was the first time I think I’ve ever turned on a RUclips video and didn’t for a second think WOAH A SOLO FEMALE ADVENTURIST IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY!!! I just think it’s amazing how the internet had exploded with strong female explorers, embarking on solo sports. It’s becoming normalized and not some rare unimaginable feat
Congratulations on completing the loop by bike. You displayed strength and fortitude as the roads and wild camping alone take a lot of bravery, let alone riding on narrow roads. Thank you for sharing your adventure!
Jenna, you did it! And on the way you learned a lesson or two about life. We are a couple of Canadian seniors, so we did this trip in 12 days in a little red Toyota. We found the scenery wild and amazing, there is no other country like this. But you know what sticks to my mind? - Akureyri, with a philharmonic, a botanical garden, a university and only 25K inhabitants.
I did not expect to hear Grieg but honestly not only was that perfect it instantly got my sub. Thank you for sharing this, I truly enjoyed it, glad the algorithm led me to you.
I watched your video while killing time to go to work. I'll definitely watch it when I get back home. I really loved the way you did this. Going to the island is one of my goals (I'm not far away). I just want to finish by saying that I think you are super brave to do this alone... I am a 44 year old man who would think twice before embarking on an adventure like this. Good luck on your future adventures in life. Enjoy it.
Yay 🇨🇦❤️! Great vlog and attitude. Iceland is magical but hats off to you for doing it. We were there in July, and as a cyclist, hats off to you for cycling there. The hills, wind and rain plus narrow shoulderless roads and one lane bridges are crazy!! Good on you!
I’ve just stumbled upon your video after my own trip in Iceland last year. I became nostalgic and watched your video. 44 minutes in and I can’t believe it. I was a solo traveler on an adventure too that night at Hvolsvöllur! We’ve definitely crossed paths there. What a small world. I applaud you for going on this trip and going through your introspective adventure. The video is amazing. Much love and wisdom!
@@s.vanmol-heuvels2812 what a small world truly! That was a very fun night and the fish soup was delicious (hope you got to try some). Thankyou for your kind words :)
Nicely done, Jenna. And yes, I agree with the bus decision. Smart. You'll be getting plenty more biking in. Btw...totally digging the soundtrack of this trip. 👍🏾👊🏾🖖🏾
Jenna this was incredible and thank you so much for sharing your experience. Iceland beautiful, your thoughts clear and so real. I'm building up to my first bikepacking trip (just a quick trip out, camp and back home to start out) and it's so amazing to see what the hobby can become. 18 days is truly incredible.
wow jenna, i have been following you over 7 years and i am so proud of you and to be a part of your amazing journey is special. thank you, you are a beautiful soul
Well done dude. Amazing. I really cried when you made that big downhill descent. Thanks for sharing, you inspire me. RUclips recommended you and this is the first vid of yours I’ve seen. Glad you learned some beautiful lessons with presence. Blessings 😌🙏🏼 oh ya and your music choice and dedication to this little film hit the mark. Good job (:
AND you did Iceland - amazing! Bucket list place for me. It was this place that made me quit my office job so many years ago and enbark on the journey I wanted to go after. This is too cool
this random video I found on youtube turned out to be such and inspiring, emotional and impactful journey that I'm so thankful I came across. You've defiantly inspired me to take on a similar feat on day. thanks for making this video and congrats on the successful trip :)
Great job! Awesome video! I was in Iceland in late July 2023 hiking the Laugavegur Trail and the Fimmvorduhals Trail extension. I recognized the Skogafoss waterfall near Skogar and the campground in Reykjavik in your video. I also got to see the volcano eruption when I was there. I really enjoyed Iceland and would like to go back. If you ever go back, I highly recommend hiking the 34 mile (55 km) Laugavegur Trail and the 15 mile (24 km) Fimmvorduhals Trail extension. I think you would enjoy it and crush it too like you did biking the Ring Road. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure on RUclips!
Ahh very cool! The laugavegur trail has actually been on my bucket list for a while now! Hopefully will find my way back to Iceland eventually to complete it! Thanks so much for watching :)))
You are a Road Warrior, Jenna!!! My respect and my compliments!!! The time I had visited Iceland Have was literally freezin to my bones!!! Dunno how you managed to survive the sudden temps drop down!!! Anyways you made it and yout my heroine, girl! My admiration goes to you and to your voyfriend: be proud of your gurl for she has earned ALL the respect of a Real World xamper!!! Kudos!!!
This video alone is encouraging me to do something like this sometime in the future (but not recording so much to be honest), you're so cool! also your cinematography is top notch.
What an amazing journey, props to pushing through it and it's great to see you sharing your moments of reflection and mental state. As a rather unfit 30-year-old, I went for my first multi-day biking trip about a year ago (about 300km over 5 days) and this has convinced me that I absolutely must do something similar like you in Iceland.
SO SWEET! I felt like I was on a journey of my own (albeit much smaller and stationary) as I carved along with you cycling through the beautiful scenery!
That's normal. In my cycle community many cyclist use crocs as to go shoes. It have some benefits like is no need to dry them after rain, have a durable sole. So, add neoprene socks and you good to go
My friend and I are talking about doing the trip around Iceland next year. As I was reading about it, most people were very negative about biking Iceland and I'm happy I saw your video, got me back on track for our trip. Well done, great achievement
I so appreciate your thoughtful reflections and sharing your internal journey. Well done completing a trip that was a substantially larger challenge than you have taken on previously. I'm sure you have a bright future.
This is so inspiring Jenna, thank you!!! I am considering the Florida Coast to Coast, still doing smaller rides, kinda intimidated by the distance, this video is so conforting and encoraging, thank youuu
Wow! You had obviously little to no idea what you were up to. And I don't mean that negative. I mean it like: How brave to dare! And how strong to accomplish! And you made a beautiful movie about it. Thanks for sharing 🙏
If there are any vikings in Iceland then it´s the ones like yourself. As an Icelander, I pay a huge respect for traveler´s going the ringroad on a bike. First and foremost you conquered your mind !
Just finished the video. Jenna I am amazed. The whole video was excellent. You are so strong and put together, I'd be all over the place. I'm proud you did it! Iceland looks breathtaking; I didn't know there were so many waterfalls. I don't know how you could cycle so many hours a day; I get tired just cycling to the shops! But I feel better when I do; like I'm taking care of my health a bit. Have you experienced any physical changes since you started this journey and cycling in general? Thanks for sharing with us. ❤❤🎉
Thankyou so much for the kind words ♥️ and yes the scenery was unlike anything I’d ever seen! And of course I had to do a bit of training to be able to cycle for such long hours but I found that I got used to it as I went on! It was definitely a mental challenge to keep pushing. And yes There were some physical changes I could see in my physique when I returned home but those all evened out when I went back to my “normal” routines haha nice while it lasted though. Enjoy your rides! Thankyou so much for watching all the way to the end it means a lot to me ♥️
The fact that you are out there doing it and I am living through your dream makes me more of a cheater than you ever are. So ride that bus and enjoy the sight-seeing ride. There is no shame in all the riding that you have done in that horrible weather and all the riding that you will continue to do. A summer day in the land of ice is pretty awesome. The bugs are attracted to your odor. $250 CAD = $184 USD. That is too much money for a night at a hotel.
@@jennalexisko You are so tough physically and mentally. I can't believe you did all that riding all alone in a far away place with lots of cold, rain, and ice, and even no place to use the bathroom. What a spirit.
I have watched your video entirely and enjoyed your calm, slightly ironic and very wise words. I will remember these especially: If you can't find peace with yourself at home, you'll never find them anywhere. Travelling is not going to heal your lack of presence in the right now. I have experienced this on several trips, probably living more in the moment is the most difficult task for me in life.
I have been in Iceland a month ago and man i missed it sooo bad, the views are breath taking, and this video just gave me such a good memories from that trip, love this!!
I wanted to start traveling and tourism for a long time But I always put off doing it After watching your video, this faith and motivation was created in me that I should move Even short trips of 2 or 3 kilometers by bike Thank you for this beautiful and inspiring video E R F A N 💚
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your journey. I've started biking the last couple of years and am recently super into bike packing. I'm inspired by your courage in going to another country and doing this on your own! On a side note: I've never heard anyone express themselves so similarly to me. Even the way you deal with and accept emotions (but as you said, "there's a time and a place") is so much like me - it was kinda surreal but it further boosted my desire to get out there and do these things because I kinda felt like having heard "myself" in you, I almost know how I'll react? Ha! (If that makes sense.)
No tree = No pee 😮 “Hi Borg👋“ This is the most honest and beautiful bike trek doc! Just telling it how it is:) Had to put a sweater on just to watch this!! Bravery against the elements 101 👏
The way I went from watching your bleach tutorial in desperation years ago to watching you flourish and live an wholesome and fulfilling life is people watching x100 😅
I'm amazed with you and can't believe I've been watching your videos since we were both teenagers and now you're here, making almost an hour long amazing video!! Also this one is especially wild for me because I just went to Iceland in September as well. I just uploaded my own lil 3 minute video of it, good old 2016 style (your old old OLD videos have inspired me a lot haha) and like 90% is just the waterfalls I swear the nature there was CRAZY. You really accomplished something big. So proud!!
Hanna I just watched your video and I loved it!! Such beautiful shots! What a coincidence we were there like a month apart 😭 crazy that you’ve been here since THOSE videos hahah who’dve thunk we’d end up here huh
Watching your journey unfold brought back all the good and bad from my bike trip on the ring in 2019. I was with a group , you are alone so that is an extra challenge.
We cycled in May, split the segments into manageable pieces with hotels as an occasional treat. I feel I've done Greenland on bike no need to repeat. The wind and elements can re as lly being you down to earth. Having others around really helped my attitude and remain flexible as my tendency is to muscle through even if I am miserable. 😅
Amazing trip Jenna. Love that long long downhill stretch. I encountered a similar long downhill 10 years ago riding LEJOG in Scotland, 7 or 8 miles of downhill bliss, and then realized I'd made a wrong turn. Rather than turn around, I took a different route forward through the mountains to Glasgow. Turned out to be very interesting route, but, oddly enough, I've never been able to find it marked on a map. Keep on trucking.
I did a similar 2-week tour around Ring Road with my brother and a close friend in the summer of 2021. Beautiful video, it's been really fun reliving some of those memories through your experience. I shot a bunch of iPhone footage while I was out there and always planned on editing a short video but somehow never got around to putting it together, you've inspired me to revisit some of that footage. Congratulations and thanks for the nostalgia!
this video is one of the best things i have ever seen... i fell in love with this instantly and i feel so motivated to have such an experience atleast once in my life... the views were so beautiful all the pain was worth it ❤
This is so amazing- I think this has to be the BEST way to see a country, and though it's paid in struggles and hardship, it all pays off in beauty and connection with Mother Nature 🩷 You're amazing !!!
Это просто потрясающе! В одиночку как девушка очень смело! Я понимаю, что Исландия скорее всего является довольно безопасным выбором, тем не менее это крайне смело! И очень важно что Вы делитесь своими чувствами. У Вас очевидно есть с собой дрон и мне бы хотелось видеть немного больше кадров с неба. Но в целом я могу сказать что эта поездка и ее подача заслуживают огромного внимания! Мне бы хотелось видеть мир в будущем с большим количеством подобных смелых людей! Я сам сейчас путешествую на велосипеде по юго-восточной Азии и вижу обратную сторону этой жизни. Как во многих странах все еще присутствует вопиющая бедность и острый консерватизм. И всеже подобные ролики вселяют надежду на лучшее будущее! Спасибо Вам огромное за подобный шаг!
Hello...your video of Iceland and the ring road is great and brings so many wonderful memories and yes, it is a very tough place to bicycle tour or bike packing. Congrats on such a feat. Your cinematography is amazing and I really love the commentary as you give an insight into how it feels to be out there. I find this commentary very refreshing and something that I can relate to and that I can't really talk to many people about it because since they have not done such endeavor , they do not know what feels like to push a bicycle for hours and to feel exhausted and hungry and convince that tomorrow is going to suck , but after a warm meal and a lay down in a cozy sleeping bag, the next day comes and it is welcomed. Taking the bus is not cheating, it is smart and a great investment into getting the most out of your time....very wise to do in my opinion. Having the emotions of elation, gratitude, frustration and happiness are one of the reason that as a middle age man, I love my bicycle and I may be an odd ball to the world but not to me. Thank you for sharing your adventure and for the memories watching this video brings back. I was there for 30 days and it was hard, challenging and ridiculously windy and beautiful and most important so rewarding...cheers and you got yourself and subscriber and an insta follower. So refreshing to see youth pursuing such rewarding experiences as adventuring in such way. Sounds, colors , smells and temperatures can't be experienced in a car, boat or plane like bike or back packing. Cheers....
Thankyou for this feedback, I appreciate you taking the time to write this out, this made me so happy to read :) I absolutely agree- it can be such a “dreadful” experience experience for a majority of the time you’re out touring but every minute is worth it. Being totally engrossed your surroundings and being able to really feel every mile makes bike packing such a worthwhile experience. Something I wanted to experience for years before finally going out on this trip. When did you go to Iceland? Did you do the ringroad as well? I met some people there who were doing backroads (or F roads I think they’re called there?) rather than just sticking to the highway.
@@jennalexisko I was there in 2016 and I stuck to the highway most of the time and I went counter clock wise per some poor advice but I think unlike going across the US which I advise to do from west to east, Iceland is just windy all the time on the ring road. The people were tremendously generous and even met a woman who we had a tremendous friendship to this day...I did find it very expensive but like I said again, people were very generous and kind and I even got to spent the night on the grounds of the Husavik Whale Museum after talking to a security guard who was fascinated that I was from tropical Costa Rica going to Iceland. I tell you that miles are amazing but the people are what does it so much for me...I am certain you have many wonderful stories to share of the kindness of a total stranger and wait until if you have not already visited some very poor countries like Iran or central Asia's Stans...some amazingly generous people like Azerbaijan or Georgia and Armenia...anyway, glad to see your amazing videos and you really do a great job on your narration of your surroundings and the insight into how the environment you are in is making you feel. Hard to tell those who have never been far away from the comforts of home to know how vulnerable this mode of traveling and adventure really is...by the way, great job rigging the broken rack....Take care and be well and I can't wait to see your next adventure. Cheers.
Congratulations on this big adventure, journey and accomplisment and thank you for sharing it with us. I really resonate with the part about the two struggles - the physical one and the mental one. I felt the same while walking Camino de Santiago. Even though I am not a sporty person, my body behaved surprisingly well. It was the mind that insisted on not being there, in the moment, especially in the beginning. We are big headed creatures... But these experiences are enriching and sometimes we do get to us and toi the here and now. A hug there
I really admire you for so many things, especially your strength, honesty, consciousness and wholeness, as well as beauty. 😊 I feel so itchy now to get my own summer trips planned! I'm as a girl very passionate about solo traveling, and I'm so glad to see and recognize some of the feelings I felt before too! Yet in your beautiful film there's so much of the unknown for me. And I doubt that I will ever be able to go so far, but you show me the direction and the ultimate goal, I guess. I even got some practical tips from the video. Thank your so much for this expirience!
Good freaking job. I don't really comment on YT. I've done a 14 day bikepacking trip in Norcal and this brought back the feels. Loved ur description of climbing and descending. Keep it up.
Please do it if you ever get the chance! I also met some people there who were doing stuff on the backroads/f roads and through mountain passes which was so interesting to me!! And Thankyou 😁
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That decision to take the bus was such a smart move. I would rather have enough in the tank than nothing at all. Thanks for the inspiration
As a solo woman touring cyclist, I can honestly say I have felt all those emotions you shared. So nice to hear someone say it out loud. Well done...on your journey both geographically and emotionally.
1. Long live that pink helmet
2. Cinematography is a 10/10
3. Mollie is a true one
4. Thanks Jenna for sharing parts of your life, easy or hard. It’s been fun to grow up along side you through high school into adulthood. You’ve come so far and I’m proud of you and this incredible journey through Iceland! Much love from your neighbor in Minnesota 🫶🏼
This is such a sweet comment, thankyou 😭♥️ it’s wild to me that we are able to connect over the internet like this and “grow up” together. Weird but wonderful! Thankyou for watching and for your kind words ♥️
Looking forward to any future content you post ☺️👊🏼
"grow up along side you through high school into adulthood"? is this a secondary channel or something? i saw she's only been uploading videos for the past year or so.
Agreed! It's fantastic
@@artxangels6666oh no, she’s been posting for like a decade or more, she just deleted/privated all of her old videos and started fresh with content that pertains to her current life
As someone who makes silent films of my adventuers I've only just discovered you, thank you so much for taking us on this journey with you and sharing your insights. The "Why do I like the things I like?" monologue is one I've had with myself after every multi-day wild camp hiking with 16kg on my back, but I wouldn't have it any other way. You're a beautiful badass, please continue to have and film these epic adventures!
Thankyou for this! A lot of the times the reason “why” is more clear after you get home haha but same here I wouldn’t have it any other way :)
I've accepted that I do things for the story you earn by completing it, battle scars, near death experiences and all. Nothing is more satisfying than testing and exceeding your percieved limits. And on your 'being present' monologue, I purposefully don't listen to anything to force myself to be mindful and experience my emotions. When you've hiked 30km on your (birthday) second day of three with no signal and just your thoughts, you get to know yourself very well haha
As a bikepacker myself, this is one of the best cycling videos I have seen on RUclips. What a stunning, inspiring experience and adventure. Thanks for sharing.
I understand what you say about feeling alive. I live in the mountains in Switzerland 🇨🇭 and during rides I actually hate cycling downhill, I'm always really focused and scared to fall. I mostly feel alive during a climb, I feel thankful what my body is allowing me to live ! Thank you for having documented your trip !
As an Icelander it's fun to see one's own country through foreign eyes, you even cycled close to my families summer house - I must admit I don't think I would have the energy or will to cycle the ring road, Iceland has a such a tendency to be cold, windy and rainy.
This made me so happy to read! I live in the Canadian Rockies and I get the same feeling seeing people come from all over the world to enjoy the natural beauty of the area! Reminds me to appreciate the nature around me! thanks for watching, It definitely was windy cold and rainy but all part of the adventure :)
@@jennalexisko A lot of similarities with Iceland, I guess just much flatter in Iceland?
I remember first following you years and years ago for your journal flip thrus and hair dye vids and to watch you get to this point in your life has been beautiful ty for sharing
🥺🥺🥹thankyou for watching (then and now). Crazy to me that you even remember those old videos! That’s such a trip to think about and like So crazy to think that lil version of me had no idea I might end up here lol
I hope you’re doing well!! Thankyou again
🙏 Beautiful, thank you. I was in Iceland in 1988 and I recently I saw some youtube-video’s from photograhers viciting Iceland. But your video is far more real to me. The landscapes and the bugs, the wheather and the struggles. The joy and the emotions. So thanks for your impressions. 🙏🦋❤️🦋🙏
i just started watching you at the end of 2024. i can't believe i haven't found your channel sooner. i love your cinematography and i love how you edit your videos. it calms my soul & makes me feel so big inside. i know we're physically small, but i know we're part of something so much bigger
Jenna, what a stellar accomplishment! Writing from Hamilton Ontario here. Thanks for taking us with you! When camping in New Brunswick, we had relentless wind. I found that I couldn't sleep. I can't imagine how you coped with that for days! Thanks too for keeping it real, showing us the whole spectrum of emotions! I particularly liked the honest self reflections that prompted me to think about distractions/ diversions. You have a lot to be proud of and huge life lessons/experience that no one can take from you! Absolutely loved your front bike rack hack!! Improvisation on the fly is what it's all about when you are in the middle of nowhere. I'm subscribed now.True grit indeed! Lael Wilcox would be proud too!
I was cycling there last year and tomorrow I am returning with my bike. Last 11 months I have been watching this video:) Thanks much! Greetings from Poland!
@@agrzel4154 yay! Best of luck!! I hope the trip goes smoothly 😁♥️
You're literally living my dream. I've been in love with Iceland since I was a kid, now I'm 30 but unfortunately never visited it... yet! Love those landscapes, it's Mother Earth in its most revealing state.
Wow, just wow! What a beautiful story in beautiful landscapes. You’re truly talented. Iceland is one of my number one places to go. Thank you for sharing this and here’s to being in the present.
I never thought I'd be the guy that writes a long, personal, sentimental comment under a random youtube video, but here we are.
After I visited Iceland in march of last year, I said something to the effect of "Iceland is definitely the most unbelievable chunk of land on the entire earth, but I could never live here." It's too cold, the skies are always grey, it's cut off from the rest of the world, and god, do I hate the wind. There's no way I could ever wake up every morning for years and years and think, "I'm happy I woke up in Iceland, again."
After having been removed from Iceland for a little more than a year now, and having watched this video, I think back on that sentiment and laugh at how ridiculous it is. I miss Iceland every day. I've avoided watching videos on Iceland since my visit because I wanted my experience there to remain special and unique to me. When this video popped up, I hesitated, but clicked anyway. I reasoned that this video is different because you experienced Iceland in a completely different way than me.
I went near the end of spring, when the snow had halfway melted and the lambs were still cuddled up in their heated barns. There was still plenty of greenery, but the snow gifted the landscape an otherworldly feeling. Watching this video showed me a totally different Iceland. The fog and rain and wind were all still there, but the colors were more vibrant, and the world felt more alive. Being able to recognize some of the places I saw and seeing them for how they look without a pile of snow was surreal.
About halfway through, you went to a lake, with a white fence near the water and a house on a hill above. I might've stood in the exact same spot as you, but my view was a little different(a lot different). The lake was frozen over and a fresh layer of snow sat on top of the ice. If not for the road behind and the mountains in the back, I might've gotten lost in all the whiteness. But in your video, it's completely unrecognizable, if not for the house and fence.
I don't think it was any more or less beautiful than when I went, but it was definitely a different brand of beauty. Snow can make an unassuming landscape look dreamy, and what it does to Iceland's landscape can hardly be described. But here, the skies are blue and the hills are green. There are sheep grazing the plains, and the water is not only unfrozen, but a spectacular shade. In the summer, it genuinely looks like a perfect painting. I realize now because of this video that I want to be in Iceland when the sheep roam.
I definitely cried a couple times while watching. I just want to go back so bad. I almost want to train every day so I can bike it like you did, just to get to experience it in a different way. Which, by the way, it's nothing short of incredible what you did with this video. Biking like 100 km every day and sleeping in impossible conditions for three weeks is complete insanity, and you did it. And you filmed it, and made an incredible documentary out of it. Huge props and congratulations.
This video seriously moved me, so I just wanted to say thanks. I fell in love with Iceland again.
Your thoughts are congruent with her narration.
tbh i am also someone who hates grey skies, isolated places, and wind, but i always thought iceland and other natural landscapes like it to be really beautiful. i was just scared that if i did visit them i wouldn't enjoy it because idk, maybe looking at a photograph is better. but your comment makes me want to give it a try and have hope that it will be an enjoyable experience :)
@@tea_5754 that makes me really happy to hear lol. i think iceland is a place everyone should go to, its 100% worth it :)
@@tea_5754 I woke up by phone call at 4 am
he said go clean in front of nursing home building's snow . I did when I tried put salt the wind was 89km 4 am in the morning
the door sudden flying on the sky
Wow very cool. We drove around the ring road back in 2015 and did a bunch of hiking across 14 days. Iceland is such an amazingly beautiful country and so diverse in landscapes. Thanks for taking me back there.
If for some reason I dont get the chance to travel the world or live my life freely and authentically as myself I would like you to know that I (and many others surely) find inspiration and joy from the videos you post.. it’s awesome seeing you enjoy/challange life. Cheering you on as usual and sending all the good energy to you and whomever this comment speaks to😊
Ahh Sandra Thankyou so much ♥️ glad I could take you on this trip with me, I love to live vicariously through other peoples videos, and it makes me happy that I could do the same for you
Congratulations, this looks like the ride of a lifetime. Visited Iceland for the first time myself in October ‘23 and I’m taking notes from your story on how to return and ride at least part of the ring road, someday.
Wow, that summer sunset scene gave me the chills, what a beautiful moment just for yourself. This is inspiring AF, thanks for sharing such an adventure and from such an honest and personal point of view!
Thankyou for this 🥹 so happy to be able to share that feeling through the video ♥️
I just want to acknowledge this for myself…. This was the first time I think I’ve ever turned on a RUclips video and didn’t for a second think WOAH A SOLO FEMALE ADVENTURIST IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY!!! I just think it’s amazing how the internet had exploded with strong female explorers, embarking on solo sports. It’s becoming normalized and not some rare unimaginable feat
Yes!!
Congratulations on completing the loop by bike. You displayed strength and fortitude as the roads and wild camping alone take a lot of bravery, let alone riding on narrow roads. Thank you for sharing your adventure!
Lady, you are a warrior ! Well done & thanks for sharing! Best wishes for your adventures !
Jenna, you did it! And on the way you learned a lesson or two about life.
We are a couple of Canadian seniors, so we did this trip in 12 days in a little red Toyota. We found the scenery wild and amazing, there is no other country like this. But you know what sticks to my mind? - Akureyri, with a philharmonic, a botanical garden, a university and only 25K inhabitants.
Wow, what mega trip! You should proud of yourself. You did a great job documenting your journey. Thanks for sharing.
Thankyou for watching! I appreciate the kind words and support 😁
I did not expect to hear Grieg but honestly not only was that perfect it instantly got my sub. Thank you for sharing this, I truly enjoyed it, glad the algorithm led me to you.
Beautiful landscape. All that planning and struggle to get there paid off . Thank you for sharing this journey with us
I watched your video while killing time to go to work. I'll definitely watch it when I get back home.
I really loved the way you did this.
Going to the island is one of my goals (I'm not far away).
I just want to finish by saying that I think you are super brave to do this alone... I am a 44 year old man who would think twice before embarking on an adventure like this.
Good luck on your future adventures in life. Enjoy it.
Yay 🇨🇦❤️! Great vlog and attitude. Iceland is magical but hats off to you for doing it. We were there in July, and as a cyclist, hats off to you for cycling there. The hills, wind and rain plus narrow shoulderless roads and one lane bridges are crazy!! Good on you!
Wow! So happy for you!!! Iceland is one of my fave places. You will treasure this always.
Absolutely. A once in a lifetime trip that I’ll always have with me 😊♥️ thankyou
oh my god dude... a 50min cycling iceland video AND its in 4k?! you've spoiled us :')
It wasn’t easy I’ll tell ya 😅
right!!!
I’ve just stumbled upon your video after my own trip in Iceland last year. I became nostalgic and watched your video. 44 minutes in and I can’t believe it. I was a solo traveler on an adventure too that night at Hvolsvöllur! We’ve definitely crossed paths there. What a small world.
I applaud you for going on this trip and going through your introspective adventure. The video is amazing. Much love and wisdom!
@@s.vanmol-heuvels2812 what a small world truly! That was a very fun night and the fish soup was delicious (hope you got to try some). Thankyou for your kind words :)
Nicely done, Jenna. And yes, I agree with the bus decision. Smart. You'll be getting plenty more biking in.
Btw...totally digging the soundtrack of this trip. 👍🏾👊🏾🖖🏾
Thankyou for watching 😁😁 cheers!!
greatest character development i ve ever seen.. congrats!!!!! im literally speechless
Thank you for sharing your journey, this video is very inspiring for me! The choice of footwear is also so dope.
One of the best videos I have watched recently. Grew cinematography, great words, great thoughts, and inspiring. Hope to go soon!
Well done, young lady. That’s a trip that will live long in your memory and in your heart.
Jenna this was incredible and thank you so much for sharing your experience. Iceland beautiful, your thoughts clear and so real. I'm building up to my first bikepacking trip (just a quick trip out, camp and back home to start out) and it's so amazing to see what the hobby can become. 18 days is truly incredible.
You achieved an incredible feat and you should be so so proud! Thanks for posting your adventure, I can't wait to do this one day.
Thankyou so much I really hope you get the chance❤️ (and seriously bring a big net hahah)
Outstanding! I thoroughly enjoyed the journey you took me on! Iceland is definitely on my travel list. Thank you!🙏🏽
wow jenna, i have been following you over 7 years and i am so proud of you and to be a part of your amazing journey is special. thank you, you are a beautiful soul
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Well done dude. Amazing. I really cried when you made that big downhill descent. Thanks for sharing, you inspire me. RUclips recommended you and this is the first vid of yours I’ve seen. Glad you learned some beautiful lessons with presence. Blessings 😌🙏🏼 oh ya and your music choice and dedication to this little film hit the mark. Good job (:
AND you did Iceland - amazing! Bucket list place for me. It was this place that made me quit my office job so many years ago and enbark on the journey I wanted to go after. This is too cool
this random video I found on youtube turned out to be such and inspiring, emotional and impactful journey that I'm so thankful I came across. You've defiantly inspired me to take on a similar feat on day. thanks for making this video and congrats on the successful trip :)
You are so brave, all that journey is amazing, thanks for the video.
Thankyou so much for watching!!
This is so crazy to pull off!! You’re the goat!! I love Iceland so much I want to go back and drive the whole country.
So happy to see people exploring places like this all on their own(I can only dream about it),kudos to your smartness and strength ❤️
The more I watch your content the more I like yout channel! Thank You for sharing your adventures!!! Love it all!!!
Great job! Awesome video! I was in Iceland in late July 2023 hiking the Laugavegur Trail and the Fimmvorduhals Trail extension. I recognized the Skogafoss waterfall near Skogar and the campground in Reykjavik in your video. I also got to see the volcano eruption when I was there. I really enjoyed Iceland and would like to go back. If you ever go back, I highly recommend hiking the 34 mile (55 km) Laugavegur Trail and the 15 mile (24 km) Fimmvorduhals Trail extension. I think you would enjoy it and crush it too like you did biking the Ring Road. Looking forward to seeing your next adventure on RUclips!
Ahh very cool! The laugavegur trail has actually been on my bucket list for a while now! Hopefully will find my way back to Iceland eventually to complete it! Thanks so much for watching :)))
I like how you smile and when you enjoy beautiful landscapes, you have a great positive attitude and vision of the world
So original, inspiring, down to earth brave young lady doing it all herself!! Good job, keep it up and wish you all the best from Vancouver 🤙🇨🇦💪
You are a Road Warrior, Jenna!!! My respect and my compliments!!! The time I had visited Iceland Have was literally freezin to my bones!!! Dunno how you managed to survive the sudden temps drop down!!! Anyways you made it and yout my heroine, girl! My admiration goes to you and to your voyfriend: be proud of your gurl for she has earned ALL the respect of a Real World xamper!!! Kudos!!!
This video alone is encouraging me to do something like this sometime in the future (but not recording so much to be honest), you're so cool! also your cinematography is top notch.
What an amazing journey, props to pushing through it and it's great to see you sharing your moments of reflection and mental state.
As a rather unfit 30-year-old, I went for my first multi-day biking trip about a year ago (about 300km over 5 days) and this has convinced me that I absolutely must do something similar like you in Iceland.
SO SWEET! I felt like I was on a journey of my own (albeit much smaller and stationary) as I carved along with you cycling through the beautiful scenery!
I'm cycling iceland at the mo, i have mountains of experience. I'll take my hat off to that woman. Well done you. X
All in crocs?!?
😂😂😂 that's awesome
They need to sponsor her for real😂
That's normal.
In my cycle community many cyclist use crocs as to go shoes.
It have some benefits like is no need to dry them after rain, have a durable sole. So, add neoprene socks and you good to go
@@annakirei6004 I wasn't expecting to see her riding in shoes with cleats but isn't there a big loss of power - to- pedals, riding in Crocs?
@@Dioxinpie It certainly isn't ideal. There is a reason professional cyclist use cleats.
That is an amazing accomplishment and a beautiful film. Thank you for sharing 🙏
Thank you Tim! It’s much appreciated 😁♥️
One of the best self made documentaries I've ever seen! Just keep at it!
My friend and I are talking about doing the trip around Iceland next year. As I was reading about it, most people were very negative about biking Iceland and I'm happy I saw your video, got me back on track for our trip. Well done, great achievement
@@coastcafeequipment best of luck to you guys! It will be tough but it will be worth all the struggle!
I so appreciate your thoughtful reflections and sharing your internal journey. Well done completing a trip that was a substantially larger challenge than you have taken on previously. I'm sure you have a bright future.
congrats on completing the ride! ty for sharing and also for all the inspiration.
This is so inspiring Jenna, thank you!!! I am considering the Florida Coast to Coast, still doing smaller rides, kinda intimidated by the distance, this video is so conforting and encoraging, thank youuu
I was incredibly intimidated before I took this trip as well! you got it girl! best of luck out there
Wow! You had obviously little to no idea what you were up to. And I don't mean that negative. I mean it like: How brave to dare! And how strong to accomplish! And you made a beautiful movie about it. Thanks for sharing 🙏
If there are any vikings in Iceland then it´s the ones like yourself. As an Icelander, I pay a huge respect for traveler´s going the ringroad on a bike. First and foremost you conquered your mind !
Thankyou so much! The weather and distance definitely made me a bit tougher haha! greetings from Canada 😁
Just finished the video. Jenna I am amazed. The whole video was excellent. You are so strong and put together, I'd be all over the place. I'm proud you did it! Iceland looks breathtaking; I didn't know there were so many waterfalls. I don't know how you could cycle so many hours a day; I get tired just cycling to the shops! But I feel better when I do; like I'm taking care of my health a bit. Have you experienced any physical changes since you started this journey and cycling in general? Thanks for sharing with us. ❤❤🎉
Thankyou so much for the kind words ♥️ and yes the scenery was unlike anything I’d ever seen! And of course I had to do a bit of training to be able to cycle for such long hours but I found that I got used to it as I went on! It was definitely a mental challenge to keep pushing.
And yes There were some physical changes I could see in my physique when I returned home but those all evened out when I went back to my “normal” routines haha nice while it lasted though. Enjoy your rides! Thankyou so much for watching all the way to the end it means a lot to me ♥️
Great vlog and thankyou for sharing your highs and lows … Iceland looks amazing well done 🙏
Wow, the way she fixed the "screw problem" was brilliant.
Wow very nice, I couldn’t stop watching 👍🏻happy to see another Canadian bikepacker
The fact that you are out there doing it and I am living through your dream makes me more of a cheater than you ever are. So ride that bus and enjoy the sight-seeing ride. There is no shame in all the riding that you have done in that horrible weather and all the riding that you will continue to do. A summer day in the land of ice is pretty awesome. The bugs are attracted to your odor. $250 CAD = $184 USD. That is too much money for a night at a hotel.
Hahaha thank you man! The bus ride was much needed lol
And yes the bugs could tell I was sweaty hahah
@@jennalexisko You are so tough physically and mentally. I can't believe you did all that riding all alone in a far away place with lots of cold, rain, and ice, and even no place to use the bathroom. What a spirit.
@@danstenis660yes true as a man i felt weak seeing this video 😂
@@green_building Not every man is a hero. But I can accept that as long as my actions do not hurt others.
I have watched your video entirely and enjoyed your calm, slightly ironic and very wise words. I will remember these especially: If you can't find peace with yourself at home, you'll never find them anywhere. Travelling is not going to heal your lack of presence in the right now. I have experienced this on several trips, probably living more in the moment is the most difficult task for me in life.
I have been in Iceland a month ago and man i missed it sooo bad, the views are breath taking, and this video just gave me such a good memories from that trip, love this!!
I wanted to start traveling and tourism for a long time
But I always put off doing it
After watching your video, this faith and motivation was created in me that I should move
Even short trips of 2 or 3 kilometers by bike
Thank you for this beautiful and inspiring video
E R F A N 💚
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your journey. I've started biking the last couple of years and am recently super into bike packing. I'm inspired by your courage in going to another country and doing this on your own! On a side note: I've never heard anyone express themselves so similarly to me. Even the way you deal with and accept emotions (but as you said, "there's a time and a place") is so much like me - it was kinda surreal but it further boosted my desire to get out there and do these things because I kinda felt like having heard "myself" in you, I almost know how I'll react? Ha! (If that makes sense.)
No tree = No pee 😮 “Hi Borg👋“ This is the most honest and beautiful bike trek doc! Just telling it how it is:) Had to put a sweater on just to watch this!! Bravery against the elements 101 👏
Wow this video is awesome.
Some of the scenery is breath taking.
Enjoyed watching it very much.
Thank you for making it for all of us to watch
What a great trip and so beautifully documented!
The way I went from watching your bleach tutorial in desperation years ago to watching you flourish and live an wholesome and fulfilling life is people watching x100 😅
That is absolutely surreal! That feels like a lifetime ago 🥹 thanks for this comment, I hope you’re doing well!
I'm amazed with you and can't believe I've been watching your videos since we were both teenagers and now you're here, making almost an hour long amazing video!! Also this one is especially wild for me because I just went to Iceland in September as well. I just uploaded my own lil 3 minute video of it, good old 2016 style (your old old OLD videos have inspired me a lot haha) and like 90% is just the waterfalls I swear the nature there was CRAZY. You really accomplished something big. So proud!!
Hanna I just watched your video and I loved it!! Such beautiful shots! What a coincidence we were there like a month apart 😭 crazy that you’ve been here since THOSE videos hahah who’dve thunk we’d end up here huh
Thanks for sharing your journey, this is an adventure I’d like to do one day. Storytelling made it super motivating to watch ! 🎉
Thanks for sharing this amazing journey with us!
This video is spectacular
Thankyou so much!!!
Was such pleasure watching this video. Thank you.
dude this was so sick. you rock. and the stuffed sheep on the handlebars was too cute hahaha
This is masterpiece! Absolutely outstanding cinematography my friend! You have such a unique channel!
Thankyou for that! I’m so happy you like it 😁
Wow, never thought of being so proud of a random person until now! You go girl ❤️ I just found your channel today and I’m so thankful I did!
Watching your journey unfold brought back all the good and bad from my bike trip on the ring in 2019. I was with a group , you are alone so that is an extra challenge.
Wow how was it for you? I don’t really know anyone else that’s done it and I’m curious how other people found it
We cycled in May, split the segments into manageable pieces with hotels as an occasional treat. I feel I've done Greenland on bike no need to repeat. The wind and elements can re as lly being you down to earth. Having others around really helped my attitude and remain flexible as my tendency is to muscle through even if I am miserable. 😅
Enjoyed your unhurried narrative. Plus picturesque Iceland, of course! Great video!
Great video, and an even better adventure! Nicely done.
Been watching your videos since I was 13 (I’m almost 22 now.) Love your videos and your journeys. Wonderful cinematography. Hope all is well for you!
Wow! Thankyou for checking in after all these years! I hope you’re doing well :)
Amazing trip Jenna. Love that long long downhill stretch. I encountered a similar long downhill 10 years ago riding LEJOG in Scotland, 7 or 8 miles of downhill bliss, and then realized I'd made a wrong turn. Rather than turn around, I took a different route forward through the mountains to Glasgow. Turned out to be very interesting route, but, oddly enough, I've never been able to find it marked on a map. Keep on trucking.
I did a similar 2-week tour around Ring Road with my brother and a close friend in the summer of 2021. Beautiful video, it's been really fun reliving some of those memories through your experience. I shot a bunch of iPhone footage while I was out there and always planned on editing a short video but somehow never got around to putting it together, you've inspired me to revisit some of that footage. Congratulations and thanks for the nostalgia!
What a great trip, Jenna !! I am so proud of you !!
😵 first time I see a rainbow so close to the ground! Next to the waterfall, awesome !
this video is one of the best things i have ever seen... i fell in love with this instantly and i feel so motivated to have such an experience atleast once in my life... the views were so beautiful all the pain was worth it ❤
This is so amazing- I think this has to be the BEST way to see a country, and though it's paid in struggles and hardship, it all pays off in beauty and connection with Mother Nature 🩷 You're amazing !!!
Это просто потрясающе! В одиночку как девушка очень смело! Я понимаю, что Исландия скорее всего является довольно безопасным выбором, тем не менее это крайне смело! И очень важно что Вы делитесь своими чувствами. У Вас очевидно есть с собой дрон и мне бы хотелось видеть немного больше кадров с неба. Но в целом я могу сказать что эта поездка и ее подача заслуживают огромного внимания! Мне бы хотелось видеть мир в будущем с большим количеством подобных смелых людей! Я сам сейчас путешествую на велосипеде по юго-восточной Азии и вижу обратную сторону этой жизни. Как во многих странах все еще присутствует вопиющая бедность и острый консерватизм. И всеже подобные ролики вселяют надежду на лучшее будущее! Спасибо Вам огромное за подобный шаг!
Hello...your video of Iceland and the ring road is great and brings so many wonderful memories and yes, it is a very tough place to bicycle tour or bike packing. Congrats on such a feat. Your cinematography is amazing and I really love the commentary as you give an insight into how it feels to be out there. I find this commentary very refreshing and something that I can relate to and that I can't really talk to many people about it because since they have not done such endeavor , they do not know what feels like to push a bicycle for hours and to feel exhausted and hungry and convince that tomorrow is going to suck , but after a warm meal and a lay down in a cozy sleeping bag, the next day comes and it is welcomed. Taking the bus is not cheating, it is smart and a great investment into getting the most out of your time....very wise to do in my opinion. Having the emotions of elation, gratitude, frustration and happiness are one of the reason that as a middle age man, I love my bicycle and I may be an odd ball to the world but not to me. Thank you for sharing your adventure and for the memories watching this video brings back. I was there for 30 days and it was hard, challenging and ridiculously windy and beautiful and most important so rewarding...cheers and you got yourself and subscriber and an insta follower. So refreshing to see youth pursuing such rewarding experiences as adventuring in such way. Sounds, colors , smells and temperatures can't be experienced in a car, boat or plane like bike or back packing.
Cheers....
Thankyou for this feedback, I appreciate you taking the time to write this out, this made me so happy to read :) I absolutely agree- it can be such a “dreadful” experience experience for a majority of the time you’re out touring but every minute is worth it. Being totally engrossed your surroundings and being able to really feel every mile makes bike packing such a worthwhile experience. Something I wanted to experience for years before finally going out on this trip.
When did you go to Iceland? Did you do the ringroad as well? I met some people there who were doing backroads (or F roads I think they’re called there?) rather than just sticking to the highway.
@@jennalexisko I was there in 2016 and I stuck to the highway most of the time and I went counter clock wise per some poor advice but I think unlike going across the US which I advise to do from west to east, Iceland is just windy all the time on the ring road. The people were tremendously generous and even met a woman who we had a tremendous friendship to this day...I did find it very expensive but like I said again, people were very generous and kind and I even got to spent the night on the grounds of the Husavik Whale Museum after talking to a security guard who was fascinated that I was from tropical Costa Rica going to Iceland. I tell you that miles are amazing but the people are what does it so much for me...I am certain you have many wonderful stories to share of the kindness of a total stranger and wait until if you have not already visited some very poor countries like Iran or central Asia's Stans...some amazingly generous people like Azerbaijan or Georgia and Armenia...anyway, glad to see your amazing videos and you really do a great job on your narration of your surroundings and the insight into how the environment you are in is making you feel. Hard to tell those who have never been far away from the comforts of home to know how vulnerable this mode of traveling and adventure really is...by the way, great job rigging the broken rack....Take care and be well and I can't wait to see your next adventure. Cheers.
Congratulations on this big adventure, journey and accomplisment and thank you for sharing it with us. I really resonate with the part about the two struggles - the physical one and the mental one. I felt the same while walking Camino de Santiago. Even though I am not a sporty person, my body behaved surprisingly well. It was the mind that insisted on not being there, in the moment, especially in the beginning. We are big headed creatures... But these experiences are enriching and sometimes we do get to us and toi the here and now. A hug there
I really admire you for so many things, especially your strength, honesty, consciousness and wholeness, as well as beauty. 😊
I feel so itchy now to get my own summer trips planned! I'm as a girl very passionate about solo traveling, and I'm so glad to see and recognize some of the feelings I felt before too!
Yet in your beautiful film there's so much of the unknown for me. And I doubt that I will ever be able to go so far, but you show me the direction and the ultimate goal, I guess. I even got some practical tips from the video. Thank your so much for this expirience!
Good freaking job. I don't really comment on YT. I've done a 14 day bikepacking trip in Norcal and this brought back the feels. Loved ur description of climbing and descending. Keep it up.
Gravel bike adventure around Iceland is one of my bucket lists. Thank you for creating this video. 👍👏👏👏
Please do it if you ever get the chance! I also met some people there who were doing stuff on the backroads/f roads and through mountain passes which was so interesting to me!!
And Thankyou 😁