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It's just a Jekyll static site.

That's a really difficult question because the Husafell is so different to a barbell - along with the fact you have to carry it 35m. There are aspects of grip and wingspan involved…

>I read the entire article and really thought this was satire. Can I ask what made you think it was satire? Just disbelief that stonelifting is a thing?

A bit of both. Scotland definitely has a concentration of stonelifters in the community. But there are plenty of stones that I haven't added to the map (in Iceland, Sweden, the Far…

Yeah, I speak a little Japanese, so I was able to ask one of the people working at the museum. It really depends on the shrine. Some explicitly allow lifting and some have stones t…

Awesome! I know of the stone the page mentions. Someone placed a stone there a couple of years back because it's such an amazing place.

Those are fair points. I guess the audience I wrote this article for is people who are already aware of stonelifting and who are planning to go and lift some stones. I've added a T…

Like the other reply, stones range in sizes and weights. Even if you're not massive, there are plenty of more accessible historic stones. You obviously tend to hear about the heavi…

I do add some monuments. For Japanese stones, I'm a little more conservative about adding them, generally. I'll be adding the Hida no Sato stones to the map alongside the article t…

Basque stonelifters are the best in the world. I'd love to write more about them!

You have no idea how many times I've heard that. And it's not far from my own story. The stonelifting community is fantastic.

Thanks!

Funnily enough, I went to Hida no Sato in May to visit the stones (the museum itself is great too)! They're going to be the subject of one of my future articles. The stones at Hida…

Stoneland, Fullsterkur, and Levantadores are many people's introduction to stonelifting. They're wonderful documentaries. Martins Licis (2019 World's Strongest Man) also produces s…

Do you mean what lifts should you train, or what numbers you should hit?

I'm don't know of any events in South East Asia - although I wouldn't be surprised if there were some. Japan, China, South Korea, and India all have stonelifting cultures, so it wo…

I've been (mostly lurking) on Hacker News for about a decade, so I visit pretty often. I only caught it this time because of a traffic spike notification.

Glad you like it! I've loved creating it over the last four years. Awesome! Where did you see it? One of the articles hit the front page of reddit late last year, so that was cool.…

Thanks! The original idea for the site was something along these lines (a log of people's lifts). I may have something in the pipeline...

There are some competitions with crowds. They're effectively strongman comps but solely with stones, and they're getting more popular. Generally, you're alone or in a small group. …

Thanks! You'll definitely notice them now. If you go on the first Tuesday of the month, you'll see a group of lifters attempting to put themselves in the history books. There's als…

Wasn't expecting to see this on Hacker News! I'm the creator of liftingstones.org - happy to answer any questions about the project!

I did something similar back in early 2021 (that I ended up self-publishing for fun). It turned out ok at best, but it was a pretty fun project - it's now a cool snapshot of AI gen…

Very excited about the new Air. The size (& weight!) to performance and battery life is unmatched as far as I can tell. It's literally the laptop I dreamed they would make after I …

Weird coincidence, I met someone this past weekend who does exactly this. The one exception being that he targets models in developing countries - which makes it feel a lot closer …