Chris Roams


Travel, Adventures, and Photography

Iceland

March 19, 2013
Iceland, where almost all the place names are unpronounceable. The Golden Triangle is the classic tourist loop in southwestern Iceland, taking in the waterfall of Gullfoss, the geyser of Strokkur, and the mid-atlantic rift at Þingvellir. Tack on some driving around the fishing villages and geothermal vents of the Reykjanes Peninsula and a trip out to Sólheimajökull Glacier for some ice climbing and you've got a pretty good trip. The real hope was to see some northern lights, hence going in the spring when it still gets dark enough at night, but space weather just wasn't cooperating this time.

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I am a former information security consultant and that role involved almost constant travel within the US and internationally. I usually managed to squeeze in some personal time if I was on the road for work so I've been fortunate to explore many cities around the world and some of the areas outside those cities. These days I still work in information security but my consulting days are over so I spend more time traveling purely for recreation rather than work.

My current main adventure rig for long-term expeditions out west is a Chevy Colorado ZR2 pulling a 19' Airstream. I also have a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle set up in Class 11 style (oversized off-road tires but otherwise mostly stock) stashed in San Diego. Many of my previous adventures were on the back of a BMW G650GS motorcycle that met a sad end passing through a deer on Interstate 90 in Montana.

For seaborne adventures I have 41' sailboat, currently moored in Boston Harbor. I lived aboard her for about 3 years when I wasn't traveling on my motorcycle.

These days, when I'm not traveling, I live in a cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where hiking, climbing, skiing, and canoeing are all just a few minutes away.

My inner 13 year old is very disappointed in that I no longer spend sufficient time playing video games due to these other activities.

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