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[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

How does one get to it? I see a helipad but it says it was constructed originally without one.

[-] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago

The first thing we had to do was create a road up to the cliff. We got together of experienced mountaineers, all from the Westman Islands. Then we brought drills, hammers, chains and clamps to secure the chains. Once they got near the top there was no way to get any grip on the rock so one of them got down on his knees, the second stood on his back, and then the third climbed on top of the other two and was able to reach the nib of the cliff above. I cannot even tell you how I was feeling whilst witnessing this incredibly dangerous procedure.

From the Wikipedia

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

This refers to how it was originally constructed, but it's not clear what "a road" is or how one uses it today.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

A proverbial road, lol. Please read.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Is this "road" in the room with us right now?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not unless we're both hanging off a terrifying cliff in Iceland

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I wonder how they got the materials for building the lighthouse up there.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I think you're referring to how it was originally constructed, with expert climbers scaling the cliff and having to stand on each other's shoulders to get to the top. But the article says that was to establish "a road" without any indication of what that is or how one uses it today.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's accessible only by helicopter. No one has ever lived there, so people only go there when it needs maintenance. It's been automated from the "start" which was delayed due to the war.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I guess it is chains. They are mentioned specifically in Wikipedia. It could have been chain ladder.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I'm wondering if helicopter is the only access currently, as well. That's wild.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I hope no boats approach it from the exact angle it's hidden behind the highest piece of rock

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Oh they thought of that, there's a whole bunch of cushions glued to that side of it.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

How did they get a raft up to there, let alone scaling the cliff itself.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They wait for a terrible storm so the swells lift them up

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Have you heard about helicopters?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes but that looks like a raft with paddles rather than a helipad.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nope its a helipad or atleast a drop off pad. I watch a video where some folks went there a while back.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

So a quick run to McDonald's is off the cards then.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes!

Although I'd hope they are being tipped handsomely.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'll get them on the app...

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yer fond of me lobster, ain't ye?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

When can I move in?

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