The day of the mountain passes – Dagur heiðana

Today we crossed the two highest mountain passes of the trip. The first was Hrafnseyrarheiði 570 m.a.s.l. and it took us 2 hours to climb from sea level to the highest point. The other one was Dynjandisheiði 520 m.a.s.l. but a much longer one. An additional complication is that now we are on gravel roads. Due to the rain yesterday we did not have much road dust but towards the end of the day the road had gotten dry and also bad. I changed bikes towards the end of the day and MaryAnne Regan joined us today and will bike with us for the remainder of the trip. We therefore have a Canadian representative with us. We were biking for 9 hours rested for 3 and a half and covered 85 km. The total ascent today was close to 1800 m! And the highest point 570 m. 

Í dag fórum við yfir tvær hæstu heiðar ferðalagsins. Fyrst var það Hrafnseyrarheiðin 570 m og tók það okkur 2 tíma að klifra upp hana. Síðan var það Dynjandisheiðin 520 m sem var reynda mun lengri. Vegir eru nú allir malarvegir og mjög vondir. Kanadísk vinkona mín bættist í hópinn í dag og hjóla með okkur það sem eftir er ferðar. Alls vorum við að hjóla í 9 tíma en hvíldum í þrjá og hálfan. Fórum 85 km og heildar hækkun dagsins voru 1800 m! Á morgun á að hjóla í Gufudalinn.