Adventure day 2 and big stuff happening today. Only a group of 20 of us this time so much smaller than yesterday. We were taken by bus up into the hills behind Reykjavik (ancient volcanoes) and then hiked for about 40 minutes across the lava field to the base camp.
There we put on harnesses and hard hats and were split into groups of 6/7 before continuing up this dormant volcano - Trihnukagigur.
We were assured that it had not erupted for 4500 years so I don't really know the difference between dormant and extinct but I guess no volcano in Iceland is truly extinct.
At the top we got into a metal cage to which we were attached with our harnesses and then lowered into what was the magma chamber of the volcano. 120 metres 400 feet below. You stay there for around half and hour before coming back up again. It's only about 4 degrees Centigrade and quite damp.
The colours on the walls are all superficial mineral deposits. Scratch at the surface and you would just find black rock.
The weather today has really picked up, so once back in the city I went up to the top of the Hallgrimskirkja tower and can now bring you the promised pictures of Reyjkavik.
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