FEATURE I DAINESE EXPEDITION MASTERS ICELAND
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off-road riding, preferably with a
full-size adventure motorcycle,
and this is something I can per-
sonally attest to after, you know,
having to turn around a motor-
cycle on the side of a volcano.
"The Iceland tour has many
fjords (water crossings) that the
rider needs to do," Bono says. "In
the shortened trip we are doing,
we will do at least 20 crossings.
On the longer tour that the cus-
tomers pay for, we can do many
more than that, so, yes, a bit of
experience on this trip is good."
That being the case, Bono was
there each night to offer advice
on riding style, thanks to having
the photographer shooting each
of us as we went through the
water crossings. He's a man of
enormous experience, so when
he talks, people listen.
The second day dawns cold
and windy but not wet—yet. Our
overnight area of Asahreppur, a
community on the western edge
of Rangárvallasýsla, looks more
like a vast Mongolian plain than
something you would expect in
Iceland.
The hardy sheep that dot the
landscape seem impervious
to the bluster and look at us
as though we're lambs to the
slaughter. We realize why about
an hour into the ride as we head
for the Landmannalaugar na-
ture reserve with its black sand
beaches reminiscent of those in
The three converted
school buses that make
up the Mountain Mall at
Landmannalaugar is a
must-see stop.
These sheep are almost as hard as the people
who made Iceland home over a millennia ago.
