I work for this company. These busses are meant to go this way but sometimes the water changes the bottom of the glacier river and it gets harder to go over. We have a special air intake in the cabin of the bus so it's allright for the bus to go so deep. This is an amazing job and I would recommend for everyone to try this!
I've been to Iceland this summer and passed over there with THAT (same company Reykjavik Excursions) bus. To all of those who are asking "what is a bus doing there?". There is no other way for tourists (or even Icelandic people) to reach certain places. There are no bridges or "normal" street in the center of Iceland. Bus drivers are great over there; they sometimes drive for 10 hours in a row through "streets" like the one on this video.
The tractor in the video is located there for this precise reason; to pull up the tens of superjeeps and buses that get stuck in the river on a busy weekend. So why not build a bridge, you say? Because the river is constangly changing it's path, and during the spring it overflows and ruins everything in it's path. It's pretty easy to see something as "stupid" when you don't know the first thing about it, I guess?
He is not a idiot, he is doing his job, the company that owns the bus has a daily schedule during the summer there but the "road" has no bridges so he has to drive in the rivers to get there and sometimes this happends. The tractor who you see in the video is placed there to help if something like this happens. This is not dangerous for people a big bus but there have be some serious accidents in smaller 4x4 cars. You have to cross 20-25 rivers to get there, mostly small but 4 of them are big.
@Frediem16 That's because there are no bridges in Iceland and fording is the way you go for it. Krossà isn't easy to cross. It took our driver quite a while to find a way through it. Next day on our way back, he had to find a new one again. River had changed its bed in the meanwhile. That Iceland, mate!
@Kaleb Hilton, (and anyone else stating that this is dumb, that the drive is an idiot, or who drives a bus across a river) if you were to do some research on traveling in Iceland you would know that this kind of thing (a river crossing) is common place and these buses are equipped to do just that, carry people across rivers to destinations otherwise unreachable. They do this multiple times per day, but as the land is ever changing every crossing is different. If you would like to research it, the outfit is called Reykjavik Excursions and is a well known and trusted company.
Let me have a look at your profile. Ah - 28 years old. Well, you must have achieved an honor medal for saving countries in WWII. Brave one. I'm deeply impressed.
@robstrevor actually in Iceland 4 x 4 bus tours and routes aren't out of the ordinary. Obviously the driver did think he could make it and he would have been on some form of 'road'
@296jayce No can do. The rivers are constantly shifting in that area. This path takes you into a uninhabited valley so it's not cost productive to start a big road project that can deal with that issue. That valley happens to be a pretty location so tourists like to go there from time to time.
It got pulled loose and is still servicing the area.. got stuck again If I recall correctly in 2008 or 9, was stuck in the river for 6 hours then , rescued when a digger came to pull it loose, got it's oils changed, and sand and rocks cleaned from the luggage compartment and put into use again after that , this is a common thing happening in this river, 3 weeks ago a bus full of school children got stuck there and rescued and no one got harmed
This is the "road" to a very popular and beautiful place in Iceland called Thorsmork. There is a road but no bridges and you have to cross big and small rivers over 20 times on the way. Every year many cars and buses get stuck in these rivers. This bus belong to a company that has a schedule to go there every day during the summer and the driver was only doing his job. The rivers come from a nearby glacier and are always changing there path. You have to be very careful were you cross them.
What, for following the road? During the summer 3-4 busses and tens of cars cross the river right at that spot every day. This just happens sometimes as the bottom shifts constantly.
Nobody lives there and there is only some traffic 2-3 month over the summer. And building bridges there would take away some of the charm of the place and the adventure of going there.
Don't worry, we have a lot of bridges but this place has a sort of "adventure + nature" theme and I think that many people would thin that it would take away the charm if you would build a highway. To go to this place is an adventure and a challenge but maybe you don't know that in the UK, you might want to "google" that. :)
No bridge there because the glacier above could have a run and just destroy it that's why i have been over that almost got stuck but lucky the water was not as deep.
that is krossá i go often to Þórsmrk and i am never scared when i cross the river and it's so fun in þósrmörk and my ant works there and she has sometimes taken me for a ride in the tractor !
The PERFECT illusion, - Ill just drive across this little stream in my raised 4by4 extreme offroad vehicle. ( and now we all just wait for the "oooops" )
@funnyshitman10 "Twice" the amount? One bridge over that valley equals 10 buses if not more. There is not just one river, there are a dozen spreading over the entire valley floor and they are constantly shifting and changing paths. Building a bridge there is a waste of time and resources. And besides, the reason tourist seek this spot is because of the raw nature there, a bridge wouldn't help much.
I really don't see the "stupid" part about this. Crossing this river is actually a part of that bus's route to a favored tourist attraction. Deciding where to cross it is a bit of a lottery because this is a glacier river (meaning the bottom is constantly changing). So the route you chose 10 minutes ago might have gotten impassable when you try again.
"Dangerous river": It depends on how you define dangerous. If you're used to traveling in these conditions, getting stuck in this river isn't really "dangerous". It can change your experience greatly, but if you know what you're doing (and still get stuck because the river is always changing), you'd think of it as annoying, rather than dangearous.
Hmm, I remember this, I was there this weekend when this happened. Nothing really serious, we see this occasinally out there. I've crossed this river on my ol' 'Runner on 32s (not that day tho' the rivers were quite heavy). People who are not used to situations like these might freak out, but people who "grow up" in an environment like this, usually know how to handle things. I've been in numerous rescue missions in Thorsmork, it's very rare that injuries happen. Open yer eyes a lil' will ya?
@WolfSeife Thanks. And don't worry I'm not going to monitor this video just to correct every single comment that gets put up here. ;) I've got better things to do with my life.
Tracked vehilce: I guess in some cases they'd work better than a bus, but MOST (not all) of the buses they use for this are big 4x4 buses with a lot of ground clearance (nothing like the typical coach you see in Central Europe). I have a lot of experience in these things and I prefer a modified 4x4 with 38" or bigger tires.
Jo estic a la comarca de La Selva... Aquest autobús creua el riu vàries vegades al dia, i això és normal a Islàndia on moltes carreteres no estan asfaltades, i cal creuar rius molt amples. Gairebé mai passa res, i cada dia sondejen la fondària dels passos, però de vegades no filen prim i passa això que veus. Al final van treure el bus d'on era, però va caldre un segón tractor i van trigar més de 8 hores a treure'l (cap a les 4 de la matinada aprox). Son vikings al volant! :-)
I find it abit funny aswell to read all the comments 'bout "this is so dangerous" "Wtf is the busdriver thinking" and bla bla bla. Get abit of knowledge of the situation before you start commentin' like that. These bus are nothing what you, "city childs" (I'm sorry if I offend any of you.) have seen. They are specially modified for these conditions, and with trained drivers that can handle these situation with care.
come on it didnt look that deep. the driver just saw an duck in the water an the water level was only at the waist of the duck. so he made a decision to drive on.
Unfortunately, I couldn't shoot the rescue as we were on a trekking and it was late, so we had to leave. This happened at about 6pm but the bus wasn't rescued until 4am !
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I work for this company. These busses are meant to go this way but sometimes the water changes the bottom of the glacier river and it gets harder to go over. We have a special air intake in the cabin of the bus so it's allright for the bus to go so deep. This is an amazing job and I would recommend for everyone to try this!
I've been to Iceland this summer and passed over there with THAT (same company Reykjavik Excursions) bus.
To all of those who are asking "what is a bus doing there?".
There is no other way for tourists (or even Icelandic people) to reach certain places. There are no bridges or "normal" street in the center of Iceland.
Bus drivers are great over there; they sometimes drive for 10 hours in a row through "streets" like the one on this video.
The tractor in the video is located there for this precise reason; to pull up the tens of superjeeps and buses that get stuck in the river on a busy weekend.
So why not build a bridge, you say? Because the river is constangly changing it's path, and during the spring it overflows and ruins everything in it's path.
It's pretty easy to see something as "stupid" when you don't know the first thing about it, I guess?
He is not a idiot, he is doing his job, the company that owns the bus has a daily schedule during the summer there but the "road" has no bridges so he has to drive in the rivers to get there and sometimes this happends. The tractor who you see in the video is placed there to help if something like this happens. This is not dangerous for people a big bus but there have be some serious accidents in smaller 4x4 cars. You have to cross 20-25 rivers to get there, mostly small but 4 of them are big.
@Frediem16 That's because there are no bridges in Iceland and fording is the way you go for it. Krossà isn't easy to cross. It took our driver quite a while to find a way through it. Next day on our way back, he had to find a new one again. River had changed its bed in the meanwhile. That Iceland, mate!
@Kaleb Hilton, (and anyone else stating that this is dumb, that the drive is an idiot, or who drives a bus across a river) if you were to do some research on traveling in Iceland you would know that this kind of thing (a river crossing) is common place and these buses are equipped to do just that, carry people across rivers to destinations otherwise unreachable. They do this multiple times per day, but as the land is ever changing every crossing is different. If you would like to research it, the outfit is called Reykjavik Excursions and is a well known and trusted company.
If the nay sayers watched the trucks driving in Siberia, they would see what you mean.
Let me have a look at your profile. Ah - 28 years old. Well, you must have achieved an honor medal for saving countries in WWII. Brave one. I'm deeply impressed.
In the day I go to Iceland, never will trust in bus drivers trying to cross any kind of water... lol
einar414 - thank you for letting us in to your country's 'different' culture! I think there are a lot of rivers around there in general...
@robstrevor actually in Iceland 4 x 4 bus tours and routes aren't out of the ordinary. Obviously the driver did think he could make it and he would have been on some form of 'road'
@296jayce
No can do. The rivers are constantly shifting in that area. This path takes you into a uninhabited valley so it's not cost productive to start a big road project that can deal with that issue. That valley happens to be a pretty location so tourists like to go there from time to time.
He got crossed up crossing the Krossa river.
Love the dramatic music.
It got pulled loose and is still servicing the area.. got stuck again If I recall correctly in 2008 or 9, was stuck in the river for 6 hours then , rescued when a digger came to pull it loose, got it's oils changed, and sand and rocks cleaned from the luggage compartment and put into use again after that , this is a common thing happening in this river, 3 weeks ago a bus full of school children got stuck there and rescued and no one got harmed
This is the "road" to a very popular and beautiful place in Iceland called Thorsmork. There is a road but no bridges and you have to cross big and small rivers over 20 times on the way. Every year many cars and buses get stuck in these rivers. This bus belong to a company that has a schedule to go there every day during the summer and the driver was only doing his job. The rivers come from a nearby glacier and are always changing there path. You have to be very careful were you cross them.
@isilder Are you comparing bridges with a tractor in terms of cost-effectiveness?
@Frediem16 because this is normal route, it goes trough the river few times a day...
@numptybaws3 The river does not have a constant depth along its entire bottom.
@Frediem16 Because there is no other way to Thorsmörk. No bridges in Iceland except (a few) on the #1 Ring Road. All the rest looks like that!
What, for following the road? During the summer 3-4 busses and tens of cars cross the river right at that spot every day. This just happens sometimes as the bottom shifts constantly.
It's from a hungarian band named "After Crying", I believe the theme is "Manók Tanca" from the album "De Profundis".
@defiant18 1. No, he wasn't drunk. 2. The fact that he does it for a living. 3. Yes, the tractor got him out.
This is very rare, normally they cross the rivers many times every day without any problem. By the way, the bus was empty...
Nobody lives there and there is only some traffic 2-3 month over the summer. And building bridges there would take away some of the charm of the place and the adventure of going there.
Don't worry, we have a lot of bridges but this place has a sort of "adventure + nature" theme and I think that many people would thin that it would take away the charm if you would build a highway.
To go to this place is an adventure and a challenge but maybe you don't know that in the UK, you might want to "google" that. :)
No bridge there because the glacier above could have a run and just destroy it that's why i have been over that almost got stuck but lucky the water was not as deep.
@philtriple thay can't have a brigde over the river, it's always changing
that is krossá i go often to Þórsmrk and i am never scared when i cross the river and it's so fun in þósrmörk and my ant works there and she has sometimes taken me for a ride in the tractor !
@TheRadioguy500 To get to certain Icelandic destinations, tourists need to use these.
@NVMDSTEvil They have those, but I'm not sure if that's one of them.
yes, they managed to get it out, but it took more than 10 hours... no people in the bus, only some luggage.
The PERFECT illusion,
- Ill just drive across this little stream in my raised 4by4 extreme offroad vehicle.
( and now we all just wait for the "oooops" )
Wow! old video. I used to show this video to my 2 years old who just turned 14 now. LOL
@TraustiGeir is it really necessary to post 2/3 of the comment in that video ?
That's why it still have the advert on pop tart :May be hot if you heat them !!
Love the music - what is it ?
@panictactics They aren't allowed to. It's illegal.
great music! haha
@funnyshitman10 "Twice" the amount? One bridge over that valley equals 10 buses if not more. There is not just one river, there are a dozen spreading over the entire valley floor and they are constantly shifting and changing paths. Building a bridge there is a waste of time and resources. And besides, the reason tourist seek this spot is because of the raw nature there, a bridge wouldn't help much.
@Bamananatic This IS a road. Well, an Icelandic one, at least.
I really don't see the "stupid" part about this. Crossing this river is actually a part of that bus's route to a favored tourist attraction. Deciding where to cross it is a bit of a lottery because this is a glacier river (meaning the bottom is constantly changing). So the route you chose 10 minutes ago might have gotten impassable when you try again.
I remember when I went over that river with my class mates last year, almost got stuck aswell
"Dangerous river": It depends on how you define dangerous. If you're used to traveling in these conditions, getting stuck in this river isn't really "dangerous". It can change your experience greatly, but if you know what you're doing (and still get stuck because the river is always changing), you'd think of it as annoying, rather than dangearous.
looks like those special modifications didn't work, nor did the drivers' training...
That should be on the failblog if it isn't already
What was the outcome?
Hmm, I remember this, I was there this weekend when this happened. Nothing really serious, we see this occasinally out there. I've crossed this river on my ol' 'Runner on 32s (not that day tho' the rivers were quite heavy).
People who are not used to situations like these might freak out, but people who "grow up" in an environment like this, usually know how to handle things. I've been in numerous rescue missions in Thorsmork, it's very rare that injuries happen. Open yer eyes a lil' will ya?
is this a 4x4 bus on a regular busroute?
Does they get the bus out? and was it ok?
Big question.. WHY did he do that?
It's not possible to build a bridge there because the river is always changing and still powerfull.
Another Darwin Award winner! Congrats!
@funnyshitman10 They do it every day there and make it mostly without a hitch. Oh, and it's their job.
@TraustiGeir its not one of them..
@AK47VENOMHAWK He was doing his job, there were no passengers and this is the only way to cross rivers in that particular valley.
no man that was farmer john haha
thanks alot!
@Faleraki No, he isn't.
It's entirely possible the driver had crossed the river at that location before, but this time the conditions were not favorable.
@WolfSeife Thanks. And don't worry I'm not going to monitor this video just to correct every single comment that gets put up here. ;) I've got better things to do with my life.
@Quellepaur I have no idea.
Tracked vehilce: I guess in some cases they'd work better than a bus, but MOST (not all) of the buses they use for this are big 4x4 buses with a lot of ground clearance (nothing like the typical coach you see in Central Europe). I have a lot of experience in these things and I prefer a modified 4x4 with 38" or bigger tires.
Exaclty, what was a bus doing out there.
this music makes it soo intense but its rly not.
looks like they should build a 4x4 bus with bigger tires and a bit of lift..
Para onde o motorista tava indo?pantanal?viagem suicida
The road crosses the river. It's called a ford.. look it up.
@moradwan No passengers. Oh, and he was doing his job.
It took several hours to pull the bus out of the river, that was around 3 am... too late.
@Dariusz31 Sure we do.
If they can afford to have a tractor on standby, then surely they could install temporary bridges and NOT HAVE THE TRACTOR
What r u doing with bus here.
Don't worry... the bus was empty. No passengers.
Jo estic a la comarca de La Selva...
Aquest autobús creua el riu vàries vegades al dia, i això és normal a Islàndia on moltes carreteres no estan asfaltades, i cal creuar rius molt amples. Gairebé mai passa res, i cada dia sondejen la fondària dels passos, però de vegades no filen prim i passa això que veus.
Al final van treure el bus d'on era, però va caldre un segón tractor i van trigar més de 8 hores a treure'l (cap a les 4 de la matinada aprox). Son vikings al volant! :-)
I find it abit funny aswell to read all the comments 'bout "this is so dangerous" "Wtf is the busdriver thinking" and bla bla bla.
Get abit of knowledge of the situation before you start commentin' like that. These bus are nothing what you, "city childs" (I'm sorry if I offend any of you.) have seen.
They are specially modified for these conditions, and with trained drivers that can handle these situation with care.
well a bus like that crosses that river about 6 times a day in the summer
It doesnt look deep when you see the depth the tractor was
@1flattyre No, there isn't.
the engine probably is soaked so basically its wrecked without a engine
@lottieprincess No, he was thinking about work.
is that Iceland the food store
they have this new thing now...called a bridge
Mola. La música està bé. Per cert, Pórsmörk queda gaire aprop de Reijkavik?
About 130 km😊
did water get in buss?
@imoshcom Why?
This blue vehicle is homeland security in Iceland
@alleluj He's doing his job. But, then again, this is Iceland and we're known for being crazy.
come on it didnt look that deep. the driver just saw an duck in the water an the water level was only at the waist of the duck. so he made a decision to drive on.
they must have a lot of money to throw away on bus 4X4ing. Needs a 12inch lift I would say. Then it would make it across. Love to see that.
id laugh if the tractor drove away
Unfortunately, I couldn't shoot the rescue as we were on a trekking and it was late, so we had to leave. This happened at about 6pm but the bus wasn't rescued until 4am !
@ka4172 Sure is.
they really need to build a bridge, it can help
lawl look at my 4X4 bus lawl
what is a bus doing out there?
@isilder Bridges are worthless because the river is moving around and never the same.
@bambikilla21 A Mercedes actually.
Erm....exactly what was this bus driver trying to accomplish?
This is Iceland, not Sidney downtown...
heard of editing mabe the tractor kame like 2 hours later are they suppost to have the video 2 horus
@broncobilly1015 His submission has been deleted on account that he was actually doing his job.