The 4WD Podcast Apr 28, 2026

4WD SHORTY | Solo hiking a volcano in Iceland takes a scary turn

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hitchhike

Hitchhiking means you ask strangers for a ride instead of taking a bus or tour. In places far from towns, it can be unpredictable and you may not know what kind of car or driver you’ll get.

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remote and middle of nowhere

When you’re far from towns, help is harder to find and you might not see many cars. If something goes wrong with the ride or the route, it can take a long time to fix.

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didn't have a phone

If you don’t have a phone, you can’t easily call for help. That’s why it helps to tell someone your plan and agree on what to do if you don’t check in.

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safety check-in plan

They’re basically making a plan for what happens if they don’t show up or can’t contact anyone. It’s a smart safety step for solo trips where you might be out of reach.

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camped under this waterfall

Camping under a waterfall means you’re choosing a spot that can be dangerous if conditions change. When you’re far from help, it’s especially important to plan ahead and be ready for unexpected weather or problems.

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wilderness

Wilderness means you’re far from towns and people. If something goes wrong, it can take a long time for help to reach you, so you need to be prepared.

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4WD Podcast

The show is about 4WD, which is basically about getting traction when roads or trails are slippery. In this story, the “slippery surface” problem is the same kind of challenge—just in a hiking setting instead of a car.

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Is there a true story behind you almost slipping into a crevasse?

Yeah, I was in London on my way.

I went to London for a month to try and get in that photography game there and I was

on my way to New York and might have been two hours before I left London.

Someone goes, oh, you're flying over Iceland.

Why don't you stop there?

I'm like, that's a good idea.

What's in Iceland?

And so I started researching Iceland and all that kind of stuff.

It definitely wasn't on the map then, wasn't Chris Burkhardt or anyone shooting at doing

all those amazing shots.

And I just I was like, sounds great.

Like, you know, they've been in a place like this.

So talk to the captain.

Yeah, mate.

Yeah, just drop us in Iceland.

Anyway, got to Iceland, had no camping gear, no hiking gear.

I was pretty much just prep for New York.

So the converse is on?

Converse.

Seared, ready models with you.

Call it up the Russians and got there and then someone said, oh, yeah, my brother's actually

living in Iceland.

I was like, sick.

Like, he's like, just hit him up.

He might be able to like borrow, lend you some, you know, hiking gear or whatever, like

sweet, hit him up.

And he's like, uh, I guess you can borrow some stuff.

Like, who the hell are you calling me on a Tuesday night?

And, uh, and they also said that a lot of people in the Reykjavik, which is the capital

there, a lot of people leaving will leave their camp gear if they're not taking it

with them in the campground for other people to use and stuff.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, that's cool.

I grabbed a bunch of stuff from there and then grab whatever I didn't have from my

mate's brother.

And then just was like, OK, cool.

Now I need to get to this hike that I've found on the maps.

And it was like a three day hike and I had nobody get there.

So I was like, oh, I just try and hitchhike.

And so the next morning I woke up and just walked out to the main road and started trying

to hitchhike.

And no one was really speaking any English.

So I was like, you know, uh, I think I was saying like Thors Mork or Paws Thork or something

like that.

And they're like, hmm, yeah.

Yeah.

And we just start driving for an hour and the landscape's changing and all of a sudden

pretty remote and middle of nowhere.

And then he's like, yeah, I'm like, oh, OK, I'm looking around like this is a net.

This is a flat country.

So I jump out.

I guess like he had to turn off somewhere soon.

So I'm standing on the side of the road for an hour and there's all these horses over

there and they've all got full emo hair.

Like it's so funny, a real long, it's probably to keep them warm.

But these two just had this little bit of crosswind coming and I was standing there

straight opposite some horses, long road, nothing else around.

And these two just sitting here like this.

And so I went over there.

I just parted there, parted their hair.

I'm like, it must be emo.

It was like, it was funny at a time.

Funny now.

Yeah, I agree.

Just trying to find the beauty and the small things, you know, waiting for the next car.

And anyway, like about four more trips, four more hitchhikes.

And I finally got to this spot and, you know, I can't blow this insane waterfall.

Never seen anything like it in my life.

I told the girl at the restaurant because I didn't have a phone.

Told the girl at the restaurant.

I was like, hey, no one knows where I'm going.

Can I can I write my details down and I'll call you in three days time.

And if you don't call me, send for help.

And she's like, what do you mean?

I'm like, no, no, you know, just you're now my safety.

You're my best friend.

I'm not doing this.

And anyway, so she's like, OK.

And then I camped under this waterfall.

And I was like, all right, well, I guess I'll start walking in the morning.

And then when I went to sleep, I was like, having these thoughts.

I'm like, I'm walking into the wilderness.

I was like, are there bears here?

I was like, I didn't know.

I hadn't researched if there was bears in Iceland.

I know, in Greenland.

There's polar bears and stuff.

I'm like, shit.

Yeah, great.

Sure. Good research.

Yeah. Anyway, in the morning, day one.

Yeah, help, help, help, help.

In the morning, I walked off and and all I had with me was one packet

of wraps, jar of peanut butter and one little packet of muesli.

Don't ask me why.

It's just all I could get because in the in the supermarket there,

the only other food I could see was like whale.

Oh, and I was like, well, hmm, I'm not going to cook that.

Add that to the plate with your turtle and you've got everything.

Kimberly whale.

And so I started walking and yeah, walking along.

And then at point.

So I knew I was passing over the volcano that erupted in 2012 and you walk

right over the crater because it's all like filled with ash and snow

and everything now. And so you can feel the heat still under your boots.

And it was wild.

And you're walking over all these different kind of landscapes.

And I decided that I wasn't going to do it in one day in three days.

I was going to do it in one because I didn't have enough food

and all of the huts along the way, the trail had officially closed for winter.

And so I was about two weeks after it closed.

Right. And so there's a few huts along the way you can stay out for safety

and whatever. And yeah, walking along.

And then all of a sudden I'm walking across this glacier and it's like super

slippery and I'm just in normal boots.

Shit, like not ready for this.

I've got nothing like to hold myself in and I could see this water going past me

and then into just this black hole and you could just hear it like a waterfall.

And I'm like, all right, no one knows where I am.

I'm trying to walk across this thing.

I'm not going to go back. I have to go forward.

I've still got like a hundred and fifty metres across this glacier.

I'd seen more holes along the way.

I didn't know how thick the ice was.

Pretty stupid, but I was like, I'm here for it.

And then, yeah, at one point I'd slipped and it was like just

just fingers into the ice and just like sliding.

I was like, if I fall in here, like there's it.

I just freeze to death at the bottom or hopefully knock myself out on the way down.

And, yeah, managed to get myself or stop myself from sliding and then get up

and then keep walking across and then just try and like end up finding

the real softer kind of snow to walk on because it had a little bit more group

in the tread. And, yeah, there was a bunch of that.

Jeez. And then I'm getting sweaty.

Yeah, just like imagining that myself for a moment.

Yeah, that is like that's terrifying.

Yeah, and I've never had really had experience with ice or snow

except for Hawaii.

Sorry. On top of a monarchy in on the big islands.

The first time I saw snow.

Oh, right. It's a funny place to see something.

And then you're just slipping down this glacier. Yeah. Wow.

So true. True.

I knew it was true.

I don't know if there was a bit of male on it or not.

And it's not at all.

Yeah, it's pretty wild.

So it's male on there.

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4WD SHORTY | Solo hiking a volcano in Iceland takes a scary turn

hitchhike

remote and middle of nowhere

didn't have a phone

safety check-in plan

camped under this waterfall

wilderness

4WD Podcast

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