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Lifting stones are common throughout northern Europe, particularly Scotland, Wales, Iceland (where it is referred to as ''steintökin''), Scandinavia and North West England in the area that was once inhabited by the Welsh, now modern day Cumbria. They were usually heavy local stones, without any modification, with the challenge being to lift such a stone, proving your strength. Some of the stones are in fact so heavy that there has been no authenticated lift in modern times, only legend. Recently, lifting stones have often been incorporated into the World's Strongest Man competitions, using various cast, found, or established challenge stones such as The Husefell Stone. They also do a stylized version of an event derived from an ancient contest, in which men would see who could load the heaviest stone onto a stone wall, derived from building such a wall, where they are known as Atlas Stones.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How to make an Atlas Stone )〕 ==Iceland== In Iceland, lifting stones were categorised into the *''fullsterkur'' ("full strength") weighing 155 kg (341 pounds) *''hálfsterkur'' ("half strength") at 104 kg (228.8 pounds) *''hálfdrættingur'' ("weakling") at 49 kg (107.8 pounds) and *''amlóði'' ("useless") at 23 kg (50.6 pounds) They were traditionally used to qualify men for work on fishing boats, with the ''hálfdrættingur'' being the minimum weight a man would have to lift onto a ledge at hip-height to qualify. One such set of stones can be found on the beach of Djúpalónssandur at the foot of Snæfellsjökull. One of the most famous Icelandic stones is the Husafell Stone which weighs 190 kg (418 lb). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lifting stone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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