Lögberg-Heimskringla - 17.03.1995, Blaðsíða 13

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 17. mars 1995 • 13
On Foot in iceland
Continued
ICELAND *95 1
to find it disappearing into
the ground without warning.
Behind a mountain, a bril-
liantly green pasture is sud-
denly revealed in the midst
of blackness, or maybe a
block lava field —iron-hard
rock frozen into grotesque
forms whilst still in violent
motion with maybe a glacier
licking the edge of what late-
ly was a seething molten
mass of smoking magma.
There are great chasms, too,
like the famous ones at
Þingvellir, where the ancient
parlipment met and dis-
coursed in the open air, or
the incomparable Eldgjá,
from the edge of which even
the majestic waterfall
Ofærufoss seems picturesque
but tiny.
Whilst the ways of view-
ing and experiencing this
unique land range from the
television screen to a
months-long thoroughgoing
expedition on foot, we
believe that the latter gives
the most complete and satis-
fying impression of all. In
offering his services to trav-
ellers in Iceland, Dick
Phillips’s original aim was to
bring the main elements of
this type of experience with-
in reach of every fit man or
woman with sufficient
gameness and love of adven-
ture to want to try it. Today,
we offer a much wider vari-
ety of services and tours for
the interested and indepen-
dent-minded traveller, but
our 12-day walks, with their
unique and successful for-
mula still unchanged, con-
tinue to form the mainstay
of our programme.
With groups of 12-15 it
becomes economical to
charter a special mountain-
bus to take the party far into
uninhabited country to com-
mence the walk, and to
leave advance food depots
that will save much of the
inevitable carrying, making
possible a varied diet to sat-
isfy even á mountaineer’s
appetite. Nevertheless, par-
ticipants must be able and
willing to take a full part in
the jobs necessary for this
type of trip; loads of up to
20 kg. (44 lb.), (15 kg. or 33
lb. for women), will some-
times have to be carried,
and all must co-operate in
the cooking and the other
work.
Accommodation on the
walking tours is sometimes
in very simple huts, some-
times under canvas; tourist
areas are left far behind and
parties will not expect
tourist facilities. Participants
should bring a warm sleep-
ing bag, Iarge rucksack,
sound boots, and plenty of adaptability—
everything else necessary is provided,
although sunglasses, foam-bed, and a plas-
tic exposure (survival) bag are recommend-
ed extras. Each tour is in the charge of a
hand-picked leader, well experienced in
handling foreign parties in Icelandic moun-
tains. All but one of the leaders are, howev-
er, volunteers. They do the job because
they enjoy it; it is their holiday as well as
yours.
Full information on equipment and
other aspects of the trip is sent to partici-
pants many weeks in advance. The tours do
not involve rock or ice climbing, but by the
nature and remoteness of the country their
challenge is formidable, and even the most
experienced hillsman will find in them
much that is new, as unexpected as it is
exhilarating.
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NOTiCE
Seven digit
number
Dialling lceland
from overseas
New TelepHone
Numberíng Plan
For Iceland
Example:
A caíl to Reykjavík
from Copenhagen
00 354 1 63 6000 l
will be
00 354 563 6000 1
Mohile telephones
and pagers
Examples:
Mobile phone
(GSM)
| nM.lM 20000 1
will be
Pagers
Mobile phone
(NMT450)
(9)85 260001
852 6000 1
Today lceland is divided into 8 area
codes, 91-98. The first digit in the
area code is omitted when calling
from abroad. In the new numbering plan
all telephone numbers will consist of
seven digits. in area 91 (1 when calling
from abroad) present five digit numbers
will be preceded by 55 and six digit num-
bers by 5. In area codes 92-98 (except
94) the 9 will be replaced by 4. Finally,
area code 94 will be replaced by 456. It
will still be possible, following these
changes, to determine which part of the
country is being dialled on the basis of
the first digits. For example, all numbers
in the capital city, Reykjavík, begin with
55, 56 or 58. Eastern districts have
numbers beginning with 47 (see map).
toda
will be
When?
1 December 1994
Seven-digit numbers become avail-
able in the Reykjavík area. First digits
will be 55, 56 and 58. The older num-
ber system remains valid until 3 June
1995, but users are encouraged to use
the new seven-digit numbers.
1 January 1995
Overseas calls can be made by
dishing 00 as well as 90.
1 April 1995
Calls beginning with 90 will be
answered by a machine which auto-
matically refers the caller to 00 for
overseas calls.
3 June 1995
Major change takes effect new
numbers are adopted throughout rural
Iceland, including mobile phones,
pagers, green numbers and
Information lines. If old numbers are
dialled an answering service
announces the new number to dial.
Overseas calls will be answered in sev-
eral languages.
1 October 1995
Change of emergency and service
numbers. The new.emergency number
is 112.
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF POSTS
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS