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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

When can I move in?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Have you heard about helicopters?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months 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] 8 points 6 months ago

Yer fond of me lobster, ain't ye?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes!

Although I'd hope they are being tipped handsomely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'll get them on the app...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty…

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 87 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 6 months ago

A proverbial road, lol. Please read.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago