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Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse, Iceland (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 7 months ago by Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thridrangaviti_Lighthouse

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[-] cornshark@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago

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

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 87 points 7 months 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.

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[-] cornshark@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Peter1986C 11 points 7 months ago

A proverbial road, lol. Please read.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 6 points 7 months ago

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

[-] vocornflakes@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

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

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Apparently you just had to climb it!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thridrangaviti_Lighthouse

[-] cornshark@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months 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.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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.