Guðni Páll Viktorsson
Responsibility: Supervision of travel planning, weather, currents and tides, safety, equipment, and boats
- BC Advanced Sea Kayak Leader (tidal)
- BCAB Level 3 Coach - Sea Kayak Coach ( Advanced Water)
- Sea Kayak Leader Provider
- BCU 4 Star Leader Award
- ISKGA Advanced Guide
- Circumnavigation around Iceland 2013
- Circumnavigation around Ireland 2015
- Former Chairman of Kayakklúbburinn
- Paddling Safety and coach at the Kayakklúbburinn
- Number of kayak expeditions since 2011
I took my first steps in paddling in 2011 at 23 years old. Since then I have paddled in Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Wales, Ireland, and the British Sea. I am a certified Advanced Sea Kayak Leader (tidal) and ISKGA Advanced Guide and I have coached and assisted in sea kayaking symposiums in the UK and Iceland. As well host my own Symposium, Sea Kayak Iceland Symposium.
I have been leading groups around the most remote area of Iceland, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, and the Glacier Fjords, since 2014.
In 2013 I finished my solo circumnavigation of Iceland, which marked the accomplishment of my first big expedition. I remember it as the greatest learning experience of my life and I will be always grateful for it. During the trip, I learned not only a lot about the sea and the weather systems but plenty about myself.
In 2015 I attempted to circumnavigate Ireland as a part of a 4-men team. In a group with so much knowledge and experience, communication became one of the greatest learning moments on and off the water. Since then I thrive to incorporate this in my work as a guide. I am passionate not only about safety, but I also aim to make a group of paddlers an actual team. We make the decisions together and we learn from each other which amounts to a wholesome experience.
I have been leading groups around the most remote area of Iceland, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, and the Glacier Fjords, since 2014.
In 2013 I finished my solo circumnavigation of Iceland, which marked the accomplishment of my first big expedition. I remember it as the greatest learning experience of my life and I will be always grateful for it. During the trip, I learned not only a lot about the sea and the weather systems but plenty about myself.
In 2015 I attempted to circumnavigate Ireland as a part of a 4-men team. In a group with so much knowledge and experience, communication became one of the greatest learning moments on and off the water. Since then I thrive to incorporate this in my work as a guide. I am passionate not only about safety, but I also aim to make a group of paddlers an actual team. We make the decisions together and we learn from each other which amounts to a wholesome experience.
Guðni Páll Viktorsson