Alaskan bikepacking racer, Lael Wilcox, and Scottish round-the-world record holder, Jenny Graham, team up in Iceland. Th | dG1fT2l1bmtDUWZXczg
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00:02 Ultra distance bike packing racer from Alaska,
00:06 Lael Wilcox and Scottish adventure cyclist, Jenny Graham,
00:10 have teamed up and they're in Iceland.
00:12 On an adventure so remote that even getting
00:19 to the start line will be a mission in itself.
00:23 - So we're in a little bit of a hurry
00:26 because there's a massive storm coming in.
00:29 (dramatic music)
00:32 - They'll be cycling 200 kilometers
00:36 from Europe's largest glacier by volume,
00:38 the mighty Vatnajökull,
00:40 and trace its meltwater from source to sea.
00:43 The start point for the ride is surrounded
00:53 by subglacial volcanic activity.
00:56 - You know, as we speak, the tectonic plates
00:59 are getting pulled apart and it's growing
01:02 every single year.
01:03 - On this testing route, we will see Iceland's
01:12 most extreme natural wonders up close and personal.
01:16 - Just look at the mist.
01:19 - Whoa!
01:20 - Riding over two days, they'll discover
01:24 Iceland's diverse and variable landscapes.
01:28 - At the minute you've got that wind,
01:30 like on either into headwind or on the side,
01:32 there is just nowhere to hide from it.
01:34 So it was a bit brutal.
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