This new episodic film documents four friends bikepacking a first traverse route from east to west across Iceland unsupported and how two-wheeled experiences have brought more profound meaning to their lives, friendships, and better work-life balance.
Iceland
Bike Tour
Four friends embark on a journey with one commonality, the pursuit of experience and adventure.
The Riders
Chris is an American photographer and artist, based in California Central Coast region. He photographs landscape, lifestyle, surf, outdoor and travel subjects. Burkard takes a photojournalistic approach to make editorial projects, using multiple media. He uses natural light to capture humanizing moments. In his free time, Chris has pursued adventure
at all levels and currently holds the fastest known time for cycling around the ring road of Iceland completing the 1358km trip in a time of 52 hours, 36 minutes, and 19 seconds.
at all levels and currently holds the fastest known time for cycling around the ring road of Iceland completing the 1358km trip in a time of 52 hours, 36 minutes, and 19 seconds.
Eric is an adventure sports photographer, arborist by trade and a passionate endurance athlete with a goal to inspire people to be outside moving, exploring and having fun. He believes in the "less is more" philosophy and try’s to live everyday to its fullest. Eric has now conquered & documented multiple expeditions in Northern Canada during the winter months where he rode across James Bay, Hudsons Bay, and skied across Algonquin Park all while raising thousands of dollars for indigenous communities. In his free time he pursues sharing those stories and educating others on the beauty of nature and his experiences along the way.
A former professional mountain bike athlete, Adam represented Canada on the national team and was a long list Olympic selection athlete for London 2012. Since then, he has pursued his career as a strategic digital marketer with a profound passion for storytelling documenting and producing multiple video series. He and his wife co-founded an NFP incorporation where they aim to get more kids on bikes, produced and own cycling events, and fills his free time coaching a youth mountain club made up of 1000 members all while collecting photos and racking up the miles on foot and by bike.
With mountain biking in her blood, Emily is a two-time Olympic mountain biker carrying on Canada's great tradition of producing world-class cross-country racers. Born into a mountain bike-crazy family on a cattle farm in Brooklin, Ontario, Emily Batty first rode bikes for leisure with her brothers from the age of 10, but then turned her passion for all things two-wheeled into a career racing bikes. Some career highlights include representing Canada at two Olympics, winning a World Championship bronze medal in 2016 and 2018 as well as finishing 3rd overall in the World Cup series twice in two years. Emily has over 10 Canadian National Champion titles to her name and is currently pursuing a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The Route
913KM | EAST TO WEST | SELF-SUPPORTED CROSSING OF ICELAND
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Day 1: Dalatangi to Hallormstaðurskógur Fjords, Forrest, Lakeside 
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Day 2: Hallormstaðurskógur to Laugarfell Valleys, Highlands, Waterfalls, Mountains
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Day 3: Laugarfell to Askja Rivers, Highlands, Hot Waterfalls, Mountains
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Day 4: Askja to Kistufell Rivers, Highlands, Sand, Mountains
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Day 5: Kistufell to Nýidalur Mountains, Glaciers, Black Sand, Highlands
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Day 6: Nýidalur to Ingólfsskáli Mountains, Glaciers, Vast Tundra, Highlands
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Day 7: Ingólfsskáli to Hveravellir Geothermal, Glaciers, Vast Tundra, Highlands
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Day 8: Hveravellir to Arnavatn Litla Lakes, Glaciers, Vast Tundra, Highlands
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Day 9: Arnavatn Litla to Hvammsfjörður Lakes, Fjords, Mtn. Passes
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Day 10: Hvammsfjörður to Djúpifjörður Lakes, Fjords, Mtn. Passes
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Day 11: Djúpifjörður to Bjargtangar Lakes, Fjords, Mtn. Passes
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