We know this will happen one day. One day, there will be so much water flowing down the sandur that we have to get off our shoes and wade through 4°C cold water in order to check the stations in the upper part of the Mýrdalssandur. But we did not expect to wade a 1km distance through 4°C cold water. Feet definitely feel differently after such a distance.
It was raining a lot during the last days, and we expected to see water here. And deep inside we hoped for the water to come and eventually bring fresh sediments to be eventually uplifted as dust (and measured by our OPCs). So here we are: Water is there and maybe there will be dust one day in future?
So, off the shoes and here we go! And so we did. The stations are located roughly some 1 to 1.5 km walk apart … and the water was covering almost the entire distance. Some minor dry patches in between, but not wide enough to get the feet warm again. Maybe rubber boots would be nice next time. However, the OPCs are now supplied with freshly charged battery packs! And hopefully we will measure more that drizzle … .