Friday, July 11, 2014

Óli Atop Reykjaborg

Óli Atop Reykjaborg
on the three hour hike in Mosfellsbær, Iceland
on July 3, 2014, sketched on July 12, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
Strathmore cold press acid free watercolor paper
unframed, sold framed, $100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Reykjaborg Hike
Óli and Bruce, Mosfellsbær, Iceland
July 3, 12014
1
You are here. How did they know?
Technical difficulty of the climb: Moderate

 
2
Up over moss carpeted stone.
 
3 To a mountain lake.
 
4
Where the rock reminds one of
tidal wave patterns on a sand beach.

 
5
To the top, elevation 286 meters, 938 feet,
wind at 11 m/s, 25 mph, temperature 7 C, 45 F,
and the guest book, now signed by Óli and Bruce
 
6
Another path down past the lake

 
7
to the lake far below

 
8
After the 8:00 - 11:00 pm hike,
at the foot of Reykjaborg,
still in the clouds.


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