I would also add that moss can cover holes leading to lava tubes. Going through such a hole is a guaranteed horrible death, either from the fall, or from lack of food and water.
Fun fact one of the reasons you shouldn’t walk over that moss is because they can act as pitfalls. Lava goes over snow lava turns to stone. Snow melts moss grows over and stone breaks
@@Qarsherskiy7337galthere are many glaciers in Iceland. The lava would cool almost instantly once it went over the surface of a glacier, and therefore it could create a hard rock shell over ice. The ice then melts over hundreds or thousands of years.
Actually, I'll suggest not walking on it for a different reason that's related to your health and not the moss's. The moss is very deep and hides what lies below. It's really hard to differentiate between solid ground underneath and a gap between rocks. The moss can be an ankle breaker. Besides, it's usually wet and will get your shoes soaked. DO NOT WALK ON THE MOSS.
This was one of the nature sights I found most beautiful in Iceland. It felt as if we were on a whole different planet. Iceland is truly a beautiful wondrous place & it should be absolutely preserved & protected. I hope one day I’m able to return for another visit. Thank you for sharing this very important message about the gorgeous mossy lands. 😊🙏🏽 🇮🇸
I went to Rocky Mountain National park with my dad and they said it all the time “WALK ON THE PATHS NOT THE TUNDRA” but so many kids and adults just ignored it. It started pissing me off a lot and still does to this day.
@@timohara7717Humans have only inhabitanted Iceland for 1200 years and I'm sure they weren't recording the moss. Actually maybe they were since nothing happens in Iceland.
We loved the moss! I bought a hand knit Icelandic sweater and it had all the colors of Iceland, 🇮🇸 charcole, black, moss green, red for the other stuff that grows in the moss, or for lava, I admit. We had to stop at pull off and I had to touch it and take close up photos. I really just felt it and can see if anyone walks on, the roots would be ripped out. My question is don't the sheep walk on it and hurt it? We didn't see many at all since it was mid-April and they weren't out.
When I lived in Iceland, the "paths" around where I lived were so badly marked I was bound to lose them and end up wandering cross country anyways. Most where somewhere between "a stick every few 100m" and sheep trails, so more than once I crossed back through complete wilderness because a path on the map either didn't exist, or didn't exist in such a way it could be found
It still takes a long time to grow and if you tear it up it may not reform. There is a mountain in Iceland that has a visible text (sentence) made by tearing up the moss. It was "written" around 1950 (+/-). If it was grass it would have been "erased by nature" after less than a year. But the sentence is still just as visible as it was 30+ years ago when I noticed it first. The moss has not been able to cover it up.
Biologist here! It does take thousands of years. Moss and lichens are pioneer species, meaning they are the first to colonize bare substrate. This is a process called succession!
The sheet amount of it does. That’s an ancient moss forest lol you should look into the rainforest that used to be Scotland. There’s only like 1% left of it
There was something similar to that in Ireland 🇮🇪 and there probably they don’t know about this so I stepped on it, it felt like a sponge 🧽 and had little pink flowers 🌸 all over 😊
I actually heard this every time i got off a tour bus its moss not grass that is reason enough not to step on it icelanders are proud of their natural beauty.
Ummm im from iceland and you dont kill it if you touch it you kann rip it then if dies and it does not take thousands it takes like 7 years for it to grow back butt it takes like 10 for it to fully recover 😊
Ekki rétt hjá þér, skoðaðu bara setninguna í Vífilfelli (fyrir ofan flugvellinn við afleggjarann til Bláfjalla). Þar er setning sem var "skrifuð" í mosann upp úr 1950 og er enn sjáanleg því að mosinn hefur ekki náð að laga "sárið".
@@BeAFamily it takes a 100 years for it to fully recover to its original form where its destroyed.. This kind of moss is thick and slow. I can tell u that there is a moss patch that someone wrote their name in years ago, its still there.. I drive by that at least a few times a year and its a damn shame how ignorance can destroy beautiful nature
This is a lie ! The ropes are up because Iceland encourages fitness and to walk that lane of the Vikings you must also be fit and be able to jump 6-12 inches ! Hence why the rope , next time you go jump over and do a snowman !!! We all do it . Feels like the softest pillow or bed you’ll ever be on
maybe not thousands of years, takes maybe a decade + to grow back, you can also repair damage with moss from a less visible area. however the lava that it likes growing on due to it being rich in minerals, might be thousands of years old also if you step on the moss growing on old lava then you cant see whats under and you might go through with your foot into a crack and scratch up your leg real bad even get a nasty infection so its for your safety too. even worse during winter when you cant see where the moss is at, thats why people didnt venture off the bleeding tracks.
That moss is volcanic moss or something like that I think it definetely grows close to dormant volcanoes and maybe active ones as well I haven’t been close to an active one before.
I’m just saying I live in Iceland and I live in the middle of weird like all the moos so I am always walking on Mossss if you were there for your first time and you see someone walking on it don’t like screaming but if they’re not from Iceland you can scream to them but you can’t touch it and lay down this is very soft and there are like elfes that live in there🦋🪷🥰❤️🔥🍄🙃🇮🇸
Went to iceland back in 2013 and i didn’t know that so i stepped on it a bit beside a road that was surrounded by a very old lava field with moss on it .. i apologize for that mistake indeed nobody was talking about it but now that i know if i go back i will avoid harming the incredible nature of this country that has the most peaceful landscapes, peace and respect
Also good to know: From Porslakshofn in the direction of Grindavik a cycle path of many kilometres is being constructed through a beautiful moss area, destroying kilometres of moss.
Yeah I've seen some videos of people getting close calls there and it's scary. I'm going there in less than a month and it's part of the itinerary. God forbid I end up in danger and worse there.
@@FollowMeAway Would you say nowhere close to the yellow line basically (according to the map on the sign unless it's a red light meaning further back)?
Must be a different moss from moss every where else cause the moss in my yard is pretty hardy and will tolerate being walked on. It actually does better then my grass in some areas 😊
That would be illegal. See, it’s even in Iceland’s laws that you can’t touch the moss. I’ve been to Iceland and I remember that was one of the things that our tour guide said.
This is the BIGGEST MISTAKE to avoid in a zoo. Don’t go in the animals cages there are paths you can take to walk around and see the monkeys from afar.
Uhm i am from sweden and when i was 6 years old my techer and my classmates took us to a trip to eat hotdogs and play and i found the same thing you told me not to do but i kept taking them off it was just so squishyyyyyy i didnt know it should grow in a 1000 years-but that means we got into a thousand year forest yayyyy
So the biggest mistake to make in Iceland isn’t stepping on semi solidified lava and it breaking under your feet and being burnt alive but damaging some moss?
It's true more than 60 years ago now my grandpa got split up from a group and he used the moss on a side of a mountain to write a message so his friends could see where he was and it's still not grown back completely
good tip, I'll remember this in my imaginary trip to iceland
Ahahaha okay!
Bro my school was doing a job so we need to mos ik its was like 1000 years to grow
Same to you 😁
@@FollowMeAwaywhat happens if i tuch it well they all fall
As an icelander i do the same we kids dont care
it will grow back@@TheProDucky..
Fact check: Moss in Iceland takes up to 100 years to grow. Never a "thousands" 🤣🤣🤣
Have you watched it grow? Didn’t think so
@@User-8299no Moss takes 1000s of years to grow…
also pretty much everyone talks about it, every singly video or internet article on visiting Iceland mentions not walking on moss
I live in Iceland, and if you didn’t know, you can actually touch the moss just don’t step on it
Why ?
Because touching gently doesn't damage it@@pietwarkawani9616
@@pietwarkawani9616touch = no die, hard touch = die
@@cunnieseverywhere it's poison ?
we have this moss in Fundy Park in Canada as well
800 years later, volcano erupts and ground turns into lava again 🗿
I would also add that moss can cover holes leading to lava tubes. Going through such a hole is a guaranteed horrible death, either from the fall, or from lack of food and water.
Fun fact one of the reasons you shouldn’t walk over that moss is because they can act as pitfalls. Lava goes over snow lava turns to stone. Snow melts moss grows over and stone breaks
Oh, so the moss is covering previous lava flow?
yes@@zombiasnow15
Wait, why doesn't snow just melt? I think it's just lava tubes and sink holes.
And car hook hand car door
@@Qarsherskiy7337galthere are many glaciers in Iceland. The lava would cool almost instantly once it went over the surface of a glacier, and therefore it could create a hard rock shell over ice. The ice then melts over hundreds or thousands of years.
As an Icelandic person I appreciate this
(Btw I’m from Mexican descent but…
Actually, I'll suggest not walking on it for a different reason that's related to your health and not the moss's. The moss is very deep and hides what lies below. It's really hard to differentiate between solid ground underneath and a gap between rocks. The moss can be an ankle breaker. Besides, it's usually wet and will get your shoes soaked. DO NOT WALK ON THE MOSS.
This was one of the nature sights I found most beautiful in Iceland. It felt as if we were on a whole different planet.
Iceland is truly a beautiful wondrous place & it should be absolutely preserved & protected. I hope one day I’m able to return for another visit.
Thank you for sharing this very important message about the gorgeous mossy lands. 😊🙏🏽 🇮🇸
I went to Rocky Mountain National park with my dad and they said it all the time “WALK ON THE PATHS NOT THE TUNDRA” but so many kids and adults just ignored it. It started pissing me off a lot and still does to this day.
It’s literally so unacceptable
The place is beautiful, the tourists are not
@@greenneko8020Tourists are never a beautiful sight to see, especially with what they do to ecosystems and how they treat locals.
This takes "Don't push the big red button" to a whole new level.
Who said it takes that long to grow?! Who's around that long to verify that supposed truth?
The human race
@@timohara7717Humans have only inhabitanted Iceland for 1200 years and I'm sure they weren't recording the moss.
Actually maybe they were since nothing happens in Iceland.
@@thesuperintendent4290 who else could?
@@thesuperintendent4290are you stupid? Be honest.
We loved the moss! I bought a hand knit Icelandic sweater and it had all the colors of Iceland, 🇮🇸 charcole, black, moss green, red for the other stuff that grows in the moss, or for lava, I admit. We had to stop at pull off and I had to touch it and take close up photos. I really just felt it and can see if anyone walks on, the roots would be ripped out. My question is don't the sheep walk on it and hurt it? We didn't see many at all since it was mid-April and they weren't out.
as a local icelander touch it if you fucking want to the moss is EVERYWHERE ( do not go offroad where you aint allowed to, walk on walking tracks)
When I lived in Iceland, the "paths" around where I lived were so badly marked I was bound to lose them and end up wandering cross country anyways. Most where somewhere between "a stick every few 100m" and sheep trails, so more than once I crossed back through complete wilderness because a path on the map either didn't exist, or didn't exist in such a way it could be found
I know this is old but it only takes the moss 70-100 years to grow and stepping and touching it does no harm it it’s pulling it
It doesn't take thousands of years to grow. It just is easy to tear up because it has no roots to hold it in place
Skill issue
It still takes a long time to grow and if you tear it up it may not reform.
There is a mountain in Iceland that has a visible text (sentence) made by tearing up the moss. It was "written" around 1950 (+/-). If it was grass it would have been "erased by nature" after less than a year. But the sentence is still just as visible as it was 30+ years ago when I noticed it first. The moss has not been able to cover it up.
Biologist here! It does take thousands of years. Moss and lichens are pioneer species, meaning they are the first to colonize bare substrate. This is a process called succession!
Icelandic moss actually does take hundreds of years to grow. Until a volcano sets fire to it.
The sheet amount of it does. That’s an ancient moss forest lol you should look into the rainforest that used to be Scotland. There’s only like 1% left of it
„THIS IS THE A-Ö OF ICELAND….“ 😂😂
There was something similar to that in Ireland 🇮🇪 and there probably they don’t know about this so I stepped on it, it felt like a sponge 🧽 and had little pink flowers 🌸 all over 😊
Moss campion. Looks like moss but is actually a remnant arctic flower left over from the last ice age. Also called pincushion campion.
Depends on what type of moss if its growing on rocks then you can walk on it but il tell you 1 thing just try not to walk on any moss
People do talk about it. It's mentioned all the time on Facebook when folk do stupid things like going off-road.
I saw some people drive on it. Broke my heart!
I learnt this from the popular song The A-Ö of Iceland. 'Don't trek on the moss, it grows back soo slow - like 70 years!'
I actually heard this every time i got off a tour bus its moss not grass that is reason enough not to step on it icelanders are proud of their natural beauty.
I love that they said that!!!
As an native to iceland i am forced ti disclose that í have peed on atleast three of those
peeing doesn't kill it ;)
@@MrPicky im aware
Show me where, I'm afraid I've touched it
@@prodence9563 No i want you to live in fear.
Iceland : greenland
Greenland : iceland
If you know what i mean😏
Yes, I always have a strugle with it. They switch the names in the urly days, Most be. 😅
You can touch it but just dont step on it or just dont be to violent
You Europeans destroy our habit. I will go and step on it
No, can’t touch it, don’t even look at it really close.
So what about the people who walked on it in the 1800s and it is still intact
Ummm im from iceland and you dont kill it if you touch it you kann rip it then if dies and it does not take thousands it takes like 7 years for it to grow back butt it takes like 10 for it to fully recover 😊
Ekki rétt hjá þér, skoðaðu bara setninguna í Vífilfelli (fyrir ofan flugvellinn við afleggjarann til Bláfjalla). Þar er setning sem var "skrifuð" í mosann upp úr 1950 og er enn sjáanleg því að mosinn hefur ekki náð að laga "sárið".
Don’t spread misinformation
@@doddsalfahow would you know?😭 It’s literally an American making this video so it’s probably not right anyway
@@indra5576 it takes approximately 100 years for Icelandic mosses to recuperate
My mother is from Iceland and I believe there’s a story about it will upset the trolls
We do have moss like that in the Pacific NW
It doesn't take thousands, it's about 100 years:3
Not even 100 moss grows fast…
5 year is more then enough
@@BeAFamily it takes a 100 years for it to fully recover to its original form where its destroyed.. This kind of moss is thick and slow. I can tell u that there is a moss patch that someone wrote their name in years ago, its still there.. I drive by that at least a few times a year and its a damn shame how ignorance can destroy beautiful nature
Bruv just dun touch it 💀💀💀
This doesn’t mean you can step on it. It still takes a lot of time
Also did you know that when soldiers in ww1 were out of cotton they Used moss
Question, what does it do and what properties does it have?
Yes
It grows and it’s green and springy
Thats true btw wean you wisit iceland go see the waterfalls and the best seson to come to iceland is winter❤
One of the first things our guide told us was NEVER to walk on th moss
That moss has bigger problems than feet going over it.
This is a lie ! The ropes are up because Iceland encourages fitness and to walk that lane of the Vikings you must also be fit and be able to jump 6-12 inches ! Hence why the rope , next time you go jump over and do a snowman !!! We all do it . Feels like the softest pillow or bed you’ll ever be on
You have killed the moss
@@MrMans2The moss loves to be touched
Rubbish!! Why then allow tourists in??
maybe not thousands of years, takes maybe a decade + to grow back, you can also repair damage with moss from a less visible area.
however the lava that it likes growing on due to it being rich in minerals, might be thousands of years old
also if you step on the moss growing on old lava then you cant see whats under and you might go through with your foot into a crack and scratch up your leg real bad even get a nasty infection so its for your safety too.
even worse during winter when you cant see where the moss is at, thats why people didnt venture off the bleeding tracks.
Thanks for sharing!
That moss is volcanic moss or something like that I think it definetely grows close to dormant volcanoes and maybe active ones as well I haven’t been close to an active one before.
I will not walk on moss, I promise, I'll just take some square meters at home.
Me: “jumps in moss” my mother noooo me: bruh it’s not like a king
Patrick: "touch"
More of a reason to touch it! So you can go back home and watch everybody complain that somebody had to touched it (evil laugh)
omg i have moss everywhere ..moss grows quick as.....fantasy
incorrect, doesn't grow fast in Iceland.
I’m just saying I live in Iceland and I live in the middle of weird like all the moos so I am always walking on Mossss if you were there for your first time and you see someone walking on it don’t like screaming but if they’re not from Iceland you can scream to them but you can’t touch it and lay down this is very soft and there are like elfes that live in there🦋🪷🥰❤️🔥🍄🙃🇮🇸
Oh my god, I walked on it many times💀💀
fam its ok, im icelandic it isint like your breaking the rules
have fun jumping on it, it will always grow back!
Same here
As an Icelandic person
I didn't know 😅
It loves the smell of my farts 💨
Went to iceland back in 2013 and i didn’t know that so i stepped on it a bit beside a road that was surrounded by a very old lava field with moss on it .. i apologize for that mistake indeed nobody was talking about it but now that i know if i go back i will avoid harming the incredible nature of this country that has the most peaceful landscapes, peace and respect
I stepped on it my first trip many years ago as well because I didn’t know either!!
Noone told the lava - oops. Find that person and fire them. All I know is that it wasn't my job. whew.
Also good to know: From Porslakshofn in the direction of Grindavik a cycle path of many kilometres is being constructed through a beautiful moss area, destroying kilometres of moss.
Oh no!!!!
I went to iceland the moss takes a few months to quadruple in size even 50 years ago there wasnt muxh moss
walking until i find bjork in iceland
Tell this to the lava lol
"Look from afar". I hear the same in regards to reynisfjara seeing what's happened there
The behavior there is truly appalling
Yeah I've seen some videos of people getting close calls there and it's scary. I'm going there in less than a month and it's part of the itinerary. God forbid I end up in danger and worse there.
You won’t if you just stay a safe distance away and never turn your back on the ocean!
@@FollowMeAway Would you say nowhere close to the yellow line basically (according to the map on the sign unless it's a red light meaning further back)?
Yes! Just check out the sign and it’s very easy to stay a bit back from the water line. Plenty of beach to explore!
Must be a different moss from moss every where else cause the moss in my yard is pretty hardy and will tolerate being walked on. It actually does better then my grass in some areas 😊
noted, the moss is a goddess, its here to protect you, take care of it.
Okay now what about eating it?😂
I bet I could smoke dat shii
@@m1n7y112 WORD MATCH???
Im gonna build a picnic up that moss
Why?
That would be illegal. See, it’s even in Iceland’s laws that you can’t touch the moss. I’ve been to Iceland and I remember that was one of the things that our tour guide said.
"Don't [tread] on the moss. It grows back so sloooow... LIKE SEVENTY YEAAARS!" --- Steindi Jr.
There is more than enough of it in Iceland
It’s really fun to walk on though, super soft and squishy…
Ok criminsl Netflix will be seeing you sad
Moonwalk like Michael Jackson on that spickity spick green turf dude
No one talks about it bc
As an icelander, we walk on it we jump on it we run on it it will always grow back
sry my grammer sucks
Walk on it and the moss will destroy your bum or nose, depends on which side you fall
It takes decades to 100 years for the moss to regrow, not thousands. You can touch it, just don’t walk on it or rip it up.
This is the BIGGEST MISTAKE to avoid in a zoo. Don’t go in the animals cages there are paths you can take to walk around and see the monkeys from afar.
Also stay out of vicious wet dog cages also😊
Wtf?!?! Thousands of years? 😅😂😂 They grow fast and literally takes months to grow.
Source?
Not the moss in Iceland, it can take a very long time for the moss to grow back in areas were it has been torn.
@MrPicky I don't know about Iceland, but in Mexico, they grow fast.
@@carrasco2011sc moss in Iceland is very slow growing but can endure harsh conditions. It can tolerate both extreme cold temperatures as well as warm.
@@MrPickyHarsh conditions? So harsh it goes into cardiac arrest if stepped on 😂😂😂
Eruptions: hold my beer
It doesn't take the moss thousands of years to grow. The moss just happens to be thousands of years old.
Uhm i am from sweden and when i was 6 years old my techer and my classmates took us to a trip to eat hotdogs and play and i found the same thing you told me not to do but i kept taking them off it was just so squishyyyyyy i didnt know it should grow in a 1000 years-but that means we got into a thousand year forest yayyyy
She sounds like Chie from Persona 4
Dont tell me what to do im going to go and touch it 😂
I’m gonna moonwalk on it 🚶♂️
NOOOOOO😢
Neither the moss nor Iceland's fierce shield maidens need fear my barbaric touch, for I am a creature of climes that melt most mortals.
oooh thats sad, it seems so squishy
This is not mistake this is the nature 😊
Don't troða on the moss! It grows back so slow! 🇮🇸
If I ever have an option to be revived, I'm choosing to be that moss
Like "don't bust the crust" in Utah.
Looks like they killed off a huge amount of it to build those paths
By the rules of Supply and Demand that makes it worty BIG$$$$..
Yeah please dont. It's not like moss grows everywhere in Iceland...😅
I was watching all kinds of people walking on it yesterday in videos about the new volcano.
The moss around the volcano got burnt. Visitors weren't walking on moss.
Thank you!
I'm Icelandic and I've touched a lot of moss. It doesn't damage it.
And if the moss is wet, it’ll get even with you! You could slip and fall and break your wrist!
I asked all the animals there to not walk on the moss but they didn’t listen! So I’ve called the moss police! 😂😅😂
So the biggest mistake to make in Iceland isn’t stepping on semi solidified lava and it breaking under your feet and being burnt alive but damaging some moss?
This makes me want to fly over there and take some of that moss back home...for science ofcourse.
How tf has it survived this long without shit blocking people and animals from walking all over it? I feel like this is some bs
I wonder why nobody talks about walking on moss 🤔
It actually takes decades (up to 100 years) to grow, but not thousands of years...
If this is the biggest mistake I have to worry about in Iceland then I'm living in the wrong country
Is that the background for one of Led Zeppelin's covers?
It's true more than 60 years ago now my grandpa got split up from a group and he used the moss on a side of a mountain to write a message so his friends could see where he was and it's still not grown back completely
It's illegal to muck with the moss there also.
I never realized how much I have in common with Icelandic moss. That's what the pathways are for, people ! B---)
I do whatever i want woman
Bro got charged
I think it’ll be fine…
The micro green herbivores in that region must be also as abundant
That's bs. Icelanders walk on it all the time.
I spy with my little eye something beginning with M. FUKKIN VOLCANO 🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋😅😅😅😅