Strongman Hafthor Bjornsson, the actor best known as “The Mountain” on the most recent season of the hit TV show Game Of Thrones, has broken what is being described as a 1,000 year old record set by a legendary Icelander.
IronMind reports:
“’Hafthor Julius Bjornsson made history today in the World’s Strongest Viking competition,’ Ilkka Kinnnen reported to IronMind, ‘breaking a record that has been part of history for 1000 years.’
‘The record has been described in Icelandic Saga book,’ said Kinnunen. ‘The legend of the Icelander Orm Storulfsson says that he walked three steps with this MONSTER WOODEN LOG which weighed over 650kg and was 10 m long! It took 50 mere mortals to help him placing it on his back! After he took his third step, his back broke under the enormous pressure and he was never the same after that!'”
Bjornsson was able to carry the 32-foot long, 1,433lb log an amazing five steps, earning himself the title of World’s Strongest Viking.
It seems the fear that the character “The Mountain” strikes into the hearts of all knights in Westeros is well-placed, seeing as his strength has been put on display for all of the internet to see.
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