Female Fullsterkur

As a rule I find the 'first woman to X' thing to be a little dated; at this point, there's almost nothing that women haven't done. Increasingly those headlines are 'first woman to X while also Y and Z and Q' to get to a genuinely unique accomplishment. 

Yet there remain a few things that truly are worthy of notice. For the first time in recorded history, a woman -- Hannah Linzay-Wade -- has completed the Húsafell carry.


She is thereby rated "full-strength" according to the old test, which dates to Viking-era Iceland. 

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:30 PM

    Good for her! (And bravo/brava to anyone who can manage that feat.)

    LittleRed1

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  2. Grim3:56 PM

    Not too many get to try, since you have to haul out to Iceland to attempt it. I think there's less than 200 who have been recorded in the attempt. I always wanted to make a strength-stone trip through Scotland and Iceland when I was younger. Instead, almost all my overseas trips were to warzones.

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