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"Last night I was all dressed up with nowhere to go. I was supposed to hit two Soho parties with my friend, but she was working at a photo shoot that ran later and later.... I ended up washing my face and going to bed. So&amp;amp;#133;did I ever tell you about the glacier I visited last week? Story after the jump!In Iceland, you are not supposed to drive a car when the winds get up to 20 meters per second. There are digital signs all over the country notifying you of the wind speed. On the day that Kate and I set out to visit a glacier, the winds were clocking in at 19 m/sec. We were advised to drive very slowly and in the middle of the road. Kate&amp;amp;#8217;s a good driver. I like having a driver. Around noon, we got to Europe&amp;amp;#8217;s largest national park. We were the first and only customers that day, according to the one guy working at the visitors visitor center. That should have told us something. But, no. As islands go, Iceland beats Hawaii for longest names. The guy told us that we couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t do a glacier tour on top of the glacier because the winds were going too fast. He said some of the winds sweeping down the glacial tongue were going at 40 meters per second. I can&amp;amp;#8217;t believe he didn&amp;amp;#8217;t stop us. Instead, he told us it was a 20-minute walk and sent us on our way. This wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t even the worst of it. Leaning into the wind, the 20-minute walk took about 45 minutes, and I sounded like a severe asthmatic. I wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t sure we would make it. I thought, This is the stupidest thing we&amp;amp;#8217;ve ever done. &amp;quot;Gonna make it. Gonna make it. Gonna make it.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;#8212;Steve Martin, Three Amigos It looks dirty but that might be because a massive volcano erupted under this thing in 1996. We crouched down into a huddle when we got as close as we were allowed. It was like being in a hurricane. The sand and rocks blowing into our faces meant we didn&amp;amp;#8217;t stay long. I had a collection of black boulders in the corners of my eyes when we got back to the visitor center. Harsh. On the return trip, the winds were pushing us from behind. Now, there are few times in your life when your body is forced to exercise: 1. Whenever you realize you&amp;amp;#8217;re in a rip current&amp;amp;#8212;and you never notice until you&amp;amp;#8217;re already tired. 2. Whenever you put the treadmill on too high a speed and you have to press downdowndowndown as fast as possible. Well, this was like those times. You must keep your head upright and vertical, but move very fast in a horizontal direction. My body was protesting, but I had no choice! All I could do was RUN. Then, a mitten that I was carrying (because I&amp;amp;#8217;d been taking photos) whisked out of my hand! Oh, no! My friend&amp;amp;#8217;s nice Burton glove! Luckily, it got caught between two rocks way ahead of me. However, I was busy sprinting and physically could not stop my body. I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t stop for the glove! Suddenly I threw my body back into the wind and skidded, like sliding into first base. Then I rolled like a rolling pin over to the glove and recovered it. Phew! I stood up and began running again. I sweated through five layers of long johns, fleece, wool, and other crunchy materials. Finally, finally, we made it back. It&amp;amp;#8217;s funny now but it was scary then. Kate might tell you one day that it was nothing and that she has good judgment. I would say she doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t sense danger like I do. She would tell you I&amp;amp;#8217;m a big wuss. ;) Here&amp;#x27;s a nicer video that I took in a calm wasteland. What about when you travel? Does your guy protect you from stuff? Does he have good judgment? Or does he get into trouble doing daredevil, stupid things? Do you get talked into rappelling down mountains and rolling kayaks and off-roading? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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