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Lifting a stone at Harri-jasotzaileak event in the Basque Country. Lifting stones are heavy natural stones which people are challenged to lift, proving their strength. They are common throughout Northern Europe, particularly Iceland (where they are referred to as steintökin), Ireland, Scotland, Basque Country, Faroe Islands, Wales, North West England centered around Cumbria, Switzerland ...
The name is built on the Basque root harri "stone", the verb jaso "to lift", the agentive suffix-tzaile and the plural ending -ak, so literally "stone lifters". It is also known as harri-jasotzea "stone lifting". In Spanish it is called levantamiento de piedra (stone lifting) and in French the sport is called leveurs de pierres.
Several forms of competition were employed in stone-lifting, each sometimes using a particular type of stone. Ishizashi ( 石差 , "various stones") was the simplest form, requiring competitors to hoist a rock of about 70 kg (154 lb), known as a sashi-ishi ( サシ石 ) , from the ground to above the head.
In 1999, he established another record by lifting a 100 kg (220 lb) stone 1,000 times continuously in 5 hours, and four years later, extended it to 1,700 consecutive lifts in 9 hours. [ 3 ] Perurena also holds one arm laukizuzena records of 267 kg (589 lb) for maximum weight, 250 kg (551 lb) for three reps and 200 kg (441 lb) for four reps. [ 1 ]
Lifting the stone a small distance from the ground before hoisting is the best way to test a lewis. Any sign of looseness or damage should be corrected by adjusting the lewis hole or packing the lewis with metal shims. To bed a stone using a lewis, the stone is placed on dunnage laid flat with enough clearance for a mortar bed to be placed ...
The rough stone weighed 124.5 kg (274 lb) and the smooth stone weighed 106 kg (234 lb) for a combined weight of 230.5 kg (508 lb). [3] The poundages were engraved to the sides of each of them. The objective is to pick up the two stones from their rings, stand upright, and then walk them as far as possible in farmer's walk style before the grip ...
In one, the Clach Cuid Fir (or Manhood Stone), a very large stone of well over 100 lb is employed and the test is to be able to lift it to a certain height or place it on a wall. In the other type, the Clach Neart (or Stone of Strength), a smaller stone, variable in weight, but around 20 or 30 lb, is employed. The object is to see how far the ...
The Ardblair Stones is a strength feat, where nine reinforced concrete lifting stones of ascending weight are used. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 9 stones weigh 18 kg (40 lb), 32 kg (71 lb), 41 kg (90 lb), 50 kg (110 lb), 75 kg (165 lb), 107 kg (236 lb), 118 kg (260 lb), 135 kg (298 lb) and 152 kg (335 lb) respectively. [ 3 ]