Going sea kayaking... ocean looks like a mirror!!

[ChefWide]

Looking out my window I can see down to the bay ('Reykjavik' means 'Smokey Bay) and you can see the reflection of the mountain PERFECTLY in the glass... damn.... makes you want to go waterskiing... but I am off on a grand adventure to kayak from a place where we eat to a place where we will eat next and rest. Then I think we will kayak to a pick up lodge where we eat AND drink for a few hours, then they drive us back to town.

Not sure if I can handle ruffing it so seriously...

Should be a stone groove, only 6 of us in our group and the other group is coming from west of the pick up lodge, so we should not see another soul. Too too cool.

Should I get eaten by a Greenland Shark, I won't post as frequently.

 

[perkele]

I saw Björk in the Olympic's opening seremonies. You should keep eye on her.

 

[ChefWide]

I saw Björk in the Olympic's opening seremonies. You should keep eye on her.

I used to make her veggie omlettes when she was a bit younger. She drives around town in a White Hummer, tricked out and beefed up. When she was a little younger, I really wanted to filet her with my boning knife, but she has somehow lost that spark as of late... I didn't see the opening, heard it freaked the americans out but that most of my euro friends thought it was cool.

Any pics?

 

[perkele]

I used to make her veggie omlettes when she was a bit younger. She drives around town in a White Hummer, tricked out and beefed up. When she was a little younger, I really wanted to filet her with my boning knife, but she has somehow lost that spark as of late... I didn't see the opening, heard it freaked the americans out but that most of my euro friends thought it was cool.

Any pics?

I tried to find something but seems that are not any pics.

 

[theoak01]

the opening ceremonies were pretty damn cool I must say

as for kayaking,Im sure you will enjoy it,I get out as often as possible,however Im in the whitewater spectrum but paddling is paddling,have fun bro

 

[ChefWide]

What a fucked up day!?!?

We got rescued by a fucking fishing boat!!!

We were less than a couple kilometers off shore rounding this headland, beautiful, light breeze, paddling toward the mouth of a river right near these awesome mesas... and within 10 minutes we were TOTALLY blanketed by fog. You could not see a fucking thing!? we almost got seperated, and if it wasn't so quiet so this guys wife could keep calling so that we could all paddle in her direction, we would have been fucked. My buddy from france is like 'Oh, thanks D., next time why don't you invite me to a FUCKING STONING!'

The guide set off this emergency radio tracking thing that you have to have to enter the sea here, by law, and in about 45 minutes this fishing boat that was alerted by the coast guard picked us up. HOW FUCKING NUTS!! So they are buying us a big fuckoff dinner and drinks at a pretty swank place (food sucks mostly, but free is free, and its a good gesture as it wasn't their fault as such) we are going in a couple hours. My friend is at the hotel taking a power nap, I think he kind of freaked: lost in the fog in kayaks in the north atlantic? what the hell is there to panic about?? French fag..

 

[jerkbox]

crazy mang....well at least you got a good story out of it, and a free dinner

 

[velvett]

crazy mang....well at least you got a good story out of it, and a free dinner

Word.

 

[Dial_tone]

At least you can look back and laugh now....good stories that you lived to tell about make life exciting.

 

[ChefWide]

It was a little too exciting just floating there. As soon as we heard the fishing boat, it went from a general mood of 'oh shit' to a general disappointment that the day was over... at least for me. The freakish part was as soon as we get to the Old Harbor, it's sunny as could be. The fog socked in over the water and is still there. beautiful sunset here but the bay is locked down.

 

[Dial_tone]

I live about 3 miles from the ocean on a peninsula about 1,000 feet up. Some days the fog rolls in and it's like something from the Sci-fi channel, yet you drive to the bottom of the hill and it's 73 degrees and sunny as heck.

 

[ChefWide]

I live about 3 miles from the ocean on a peninsula about 1,000 feet up. Some days the fog rolls in and it's like something from the Sci-fi channel, yet you drive to the bottom of the hill and it's 73 degrees and sunny as heck.

1000ft in 3 miles... Do you often cycle to the beach?

 

[Forge]

What a fucked up day!?!?

We got rescued by a fucking fishing boat!!!

We were less than a couple kilometers off shore rounding this headland, beautiful, light breeze, paddling toward the mouth of a river right near these awesome mesas... and within 10 minutes we were TOTALLY blanketed by fog. You could not see a fucking thing!? we almost got seperated, and if it wasn't so quiet so this guys wife could keep calling so that we could all paddle in her direction, we would have been fucked. My buddy from france is like 'Oh, thanks D., next time why don't you invite me to a FUCKING STONING!'

The guide set off this emergency radio tracking thing that you have to have to enter the sea here, by law, and in about 45 minutes this fishing boat that was alerted by the coast guard picked us up. HOW FUCKING NUTS!! So they are buying us a big fuckoff dinner and drinks at a pretty swank place (food sucks mostly, but free is free, and its a good gesture as it wasn't their fault as such) we are going in a couple hours. My friend is at the hotel taking a power nap, I think he kind of freaked: lost in the fog in kayaks in the north atlantic? what the hell is there to panic about?? French fag..

Awesome story Chef. I'm more of a lake and river paddler, but I get into the ocean by the Jersey shore now and then. Even inland on large lakes fog can come out of nowhere, but all you have to do there is paddle til you hit a shore and then just follow it. In the ocean it gets much more dangerous. Good thing the guide knew how to handle it.

 

[ChefWide]

Awesome story Chef. I'm more of a lake and river paddler, but I get into the ocean by the Jersey shore now and then. Even inland on large lakes fog can come out of nowhere, but all you have to do there is paddle til you hit a shore and then just follow it. In the ocean it gets much more dangerous. Good thing the guide knew how to handle it.

On a lake, no worries. Our guide did mention that should we hear breakers, we want to go THE OTHER WAY! The coast in most of south-west iceland is jagged lava rock.. pretty good for making human hamburger and not all that good for ships... I am hooked though, i am going to look into an extended trip with these guys in the Western Fjörds, beyond beautiful.

 

[sh4dowf4lcon]

pretty cool, post up some pics when you can Chef.

 

[ChefWide]

pretty cool, post up some pics when you can Chef.

M. will send me pics after he gets home, I will DEFINITELY post up Cheffy O'Goofydoofus dressed in his dry suit/survival thingie, most attractive. I didn't bring a camera: Mrs. Chef has both the camera and the video out at our summer place, she split with the boys for the weekend so we could party bachelor style... er... minus the biblical pounding of Icelandic maidens, of course...)

here is some stuff from where we were though, the first one is within about a kilometer of where we were when we got socked in, the rest are pretty general South West Iceland kayaking stuff:

 

[Buddy_Christ]

interesting stuff man. you came out AOK too, which is even better

free food and drinks are always good, even if it's cheap food and drinks. hope you enjoyed yourself.

 

[ChefWide]

interesting stuff man. you came out AOK too, which is even better

free food and drinks are always good, even if it's cheap food and drinks. hope you enjoyed yourself.

got thwacked, woke up, went to blue lagoon with my buddy, dropped him at the airport and now i am nursing my swolen cranium

 

[Sub-Zero]

god fucking knows what kind of monsters live under the glass.


this world has so many unsolved mysteries in the deeps

such as monsters

 

[ChefWide]

god fucking knows what kind of monsters live under the glass.


this world has so many unsolved mysteries in the deeps

such as monsters

Mr. Tinfoilhatafraidofmonsters Man, we salute you!

 

[Sub-Zero]

Mr. Tinfoilhatafraidofmonsters Man, we salute you!

huh