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The original Húsafell Stone, replicas and other variations had also been used in 1993 World Viking
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of his daughter Guðný Snorradóttir carrying it. The stone has been used as a test of physical strength by either simply lifting the stone, or by lifting and carrying it around the sheep and goat pen. The stone is also known as
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won it by carrying the stone 66.7 metres (218 ft 11 in) around a structure which resembled the original sheep and goat pen. At the
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managed to carry a 163 kg (359 lb) replica for more than 80 metres (262 ft 6 in) in the designed linear path.
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who almost went two full revolutions with it, establishing the benchmark to beat. When the event was featured at the
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