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Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse, Iceland (files.catbox.moe)

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

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[-] cornshark@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

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

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 86 points 2 years 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 2 years 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@lemmings.world 13 points 2 years ago

A proverbial road, lol. Please read.

[-] vocornflakes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Apparently you just had to climb it!

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

[-] cornshark@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years 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 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.