First donation is in!

We have received our first donation over our JustGiving web page! Please keep these rolling in, and remember that through Gift Aid, HMRC will automatically contribute an additional 25% (or thereabouts) to your donation!

We would like to extend our thanks to all those that have helped and contributed so far. If anyone is interested in helping with promoting our expedition, helping obtain sponsorship, or simply wishing us luck then please leave a comment or email us at icelandhighsandlows -AT- gmail.com

A little bit more about us...

Jim is 24, rapidly approaching 25. He is currently serving with the Royal Artillery in Afghanistan during his 4th year of service with the Territorial Army. He grew up in London and enjoys rock climbing, parkour, making cheese-on-toast for Ed when he's far too drunk to do it for himself. He's on the right hand side of the photo, which was taken in Iceland in April 2010, a few days before a major eruption at Eyjafjallajökull covered the area in ash.

Ed, shown next to the tent with his spork in his mouth, is 23, and grew up in Berlin and in Singapore. He's also a keen climber, and enjoys eating cheese-on-toast made for him by others. He spent 3 years with the Territorial Army, and over a year training to be a Royal Marines Officer. When he's not at work in the Jack Wills head office in London, he is usually found either rock climbing, training, or planning for the Iceland expedition. 


To see more of our previous exploits in Iceland, click here.

Any Questions?

Want to know more about our plans? Want to know more about us or about Macmillan Cancer Support? Or simply want to tell us we are crazy?

For any and all queries, tips, and evaluations of sanity please either leave a comment on our blog or send us an email on: icelandhighsandlows - AT- gmail.com

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What is Iceland - Highs and Lows?

It's hiking 280 kilometres. It's climbing a mountain. It's crossing a country.

Highs and Lows is the name we've given to an expedition we are planning, with the aim of raising money for the fantastic charity, Macmillan Cancer Support. Things are very much in the early planning stages at the moment, but what we do know is that we are going to hike from the north coast of Iceland to the south coast, and make a slight detour along the way to summit Hvannadalshnúkur, Iceland's tallest mountain.

We've called it Highs and Lows because we'll start at sea level, cross the Icelandic highlands, summit the country's highest point, and then return to sea level at the finish. As well as the altitudinal changes, we expect our journey of several weeks to take us through some emotional highs and lows as well, as we fully expect to be battered by storms, blasted by Iceland's harsh winds, rained on continuously, and be thoroughly worn out by the end.