ganesha
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Stoneland
Jul 19, 2020 17:47:30 GMT
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Post by ganesha on Jul 19, 2020 17:47:30 GMT
Watched this morning.
Makes me want to do specialized training for a full year and travel to Scotland and lift The Dinnie Stones.
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ganesha
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Stoneland
Jul 19, 2020 17:52:52 GMT
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Post by ganesha on Jul 19, 2020 17:52:52 GMT
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Dave Reslo
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jul 20, 2020 21:45:23 GMT
There's three of these films; one about Scotland, one about Iceland and one on Basque stone sports. I think the Basque one, which is the shortest, is particularly worth a look but they are all good.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jul 20, 2020 22:06:54 GMT
Me with a stone earlier in the year:  It's angular shape makes it a lot easier on the arms than a round stone but similar feel on the back. |
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Post by mr potatohead on Jul 20, 2020 23:06:30 GMT
Any idea of the weight, Dave? Camera's distort, but it looks like over 60K? Maybe twice that?
Found this:
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ganesha
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Post by ganesha on Jul 21, 2020 2:46:17 GMT
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Jul 21, 2020 3:02:02 GMT
Watched this morning. Makes me want to do specialized training for a full year and travel to Scotland and lift The Dinnie Stones. Makes me want to put on a dress. |
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Jul 21, 2020 3:27:57 GMT
That's really a very interesting and enlightening film, ganesha. I'm half way through it. I'll watch the rest tomorrow. I caught 265 lbs. and 252 lbs. on a couple of those lifting stones. Ancient Hawaiians lifted stones, as well.
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Post by trog on Jul 21, 2020 14:47:06 GMT
I saw Stoneland on UK TV a couple of years ago. I was very surprised when it was broadcast, as normally we get pure tripe like Great British Bake Off, Great British Sewing Bee, Great British Knit a Jumper, etc, etc.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Jul 22, 2020 2:04:19 GMT
When I lived in England in 1973, I watched a hod-carrying competition on TV.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jul 22, 2020 21:17:20 GMT
Any idea of the weight, Dave? Camera's distort, but it looks like over 60K? Maybe twice that? Honestly that one's pretty light, would guess not much more than 60-70? I had this little routine where I would lift that a few times, then do a few attempts with a bigger one. If I was still living back there, maybe I could have lifted the bigger one by now for a better photo, but life got in the way. |
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Post by Dave Reslo on Jul 22, 2020 21:32:24 GMT
WSM 1994 had an overhead stone lift event: (should begin about 16:25)
In historical stonelifting in Scotland, there don't seem to be any records of people lifting them overhead. Instead, if a stone is too easy to lift up to the chest there are records of people showing off by throwing it a short distance (or ever a wall or something). In spite of this, Ayrshire's own Forbes Cowan makes a good showing.
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Post by mr potatohead on Jul 23, 2020 3:10:01 GMT
Thanks for the vid, m8!
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