Djúpalónssandur
Beach - 2015
A lava wonderland
There is a peculiar rock with a hole in it called Gatklettur. Through the hole one can see Snæfellsjökull glacier.
At Djúpalónssandur beach there are 4 stones. They are well known lifting-stones (Icelandic word "aflraunasteinar") here in Iceland.
They were used to measure the strength of fishermen.
The biggest one is called "Fullsterkur" Full-Strength and weighs 154 kg and only the very strong can lift that one.
The second one is called "Hálfsterkur" Half-Strength and weighs 100 kg
. The third one is called "Hálfdrættingur" Weakling and weighs 54 kg and the forth one is called "Amlóði" Useless and weighs 23 kg.
All these Icelandic names refer to how strong/weak the person is lifting them up on a plinth.
If the fishermen could not lift "Hálfdrættingur" (54 kg) they were not accepted on the fishing boats.
Nowadays stones like these are used in the strong-men contests, which are very popular here in Iceland.
On the beach there are iron remains from the British trawler, The Epine GY7, which was wrecked east of Dritvík in 1948.
Fourteen men lost their lives and five were saved by Icelandic rescue teams.
A lava wonderland
There is a peculiar rock with a hole in it called Gatklettur. Through the hole one can see Snæfellsjökull glacier.
At Djúpalónssandur beach there are 4 stones. They are well known lifting-stones (Icelandic word "aflraunasteinar") here in Iceland.
They were used to measure the strength of fishermen.
The biggest one is called "Fullsterkur" Full-Strength and weighs 154 kg and only the very strong can lift that one.
The second one is called "Hálfsterkur" Half-Strength and weighs 100 kg
. The third one is called "Hálfdrættingur" Weakling and weighs 54 kg and the forth one is called "Amlóði" Useless and weighs 23 kg.
All these Icelandic names refer to how strong/weak the person is lifting them up on a plinth.
If the fishermen could not lift "Hálfdrættingur" (54 kg) they were not accepted on the fishing boats.
Nowadays stones like these are used in the strong-men contests, which are very popular here in Iceland.
On the beach there are iron remains from the British trawler, The Epine GY7, which was wrecked east of Dritvík in 1948.
Fourteen men lost their lives and five were saved by Icelandic rescue teams.
