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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Yeah, and deep sh#t...
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Ongoing learning
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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AirBnb has it ALL!
It looks a rather chilly Hell, but reasonably priced!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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In Norway Hell means Luck..., so go to Hell...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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My norsk ordbok gives hell as 'success' but a hellefisk is a halibut and seeing as how Hell is right on the water maybe the locals use 'hell' as slang for halibut. But then you could have success (hell) bringing in yer hellefisk so ...? On the other hand since it is right next to Trondheim's airport maybe it is Hell living there?
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Tami
The Norwegian words "hell" and "flaks" have the same meaning. They are synonyms that can be translated to "luck" in English.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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get a room already! i'm trying to take a photo dump over here ... ;^)
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Viking grafitti - let's go to the Orkney - Scotland
 and the Marlow ... eh... Maeshowe runes.
And then some known translations:
"Ingebjork the fair widow - many a woman has walked stooping in here a very showy person" signed by "Erlingr"
"Thorni f*cked. Helgi carved" (the official guidebooks usually tone this inscription down)
"Ingigerth is the most beautiful of all women" (carved beside a rough drawing of a slavering dog)
"This mound was raised before Ragnarr Lothbrocks her sons were brave smooth-hide men though they were"
"Ofram the son of Sigurd carved these runes"
"Haermund Hardaxe carved these runes"
"These runes were carved by the man most skilled in runes in the western ocean"
"Tholfir Kolbeinsson carved these runes high up"
"This howe Vermundr carved"
"Ottarfila carved these runes"
"Benedikt made this cross"
"Arnfithr Matr carved these runes with this axe owned by Gauk Trandilsson in the South land"
"Tryggr carved these runes"
"Arnfithr the son of Stein carved these runes"
"Thorir"
"Orkis' son says in the runes he carves"
The 30 inscriptions found in Maeshowe, make it one of the largest, and most famous, collections of runes known in Europe.
According to Orkneyinga saga, over 800 years previously, in the darkness of an Orkney winter, a group of viking warriors had sought shelter from a terrible snowstorm.
Leading the men was Earl Harald, who, at Christmas, 1153, was making his way from Stromness to the parish of Firth.
The Earl's party took refuge in an already ancient structure – the mound they knew as Orkahaugr. Inside, while waiting for the storm to abate, they carved graffiti into the stone walls. What drew these Norsemen to the tomb? Was it the legends of a great treasure that lay within?
"On the thirteenth day of Christmas they travelled on foot over to Firth. During a snowstorm they took shelter in Maeshowe and two of them (his men) went insane which slowed them down badly so that by the time they reached Firth it was night time."
Orkneyinga saga - Chapter 93
Other runes explain the Viking's purpose:
"Crusaders broke into Maeshowe. Lif the earl's cook carved these runes. To the north-west is a great treasure hidden. It was long ago that a great treasure was hidden here. Happy is he that might find that great treasure. Hakon alone bore treasure from this mound" signed "Simon Sirith"
"It is surely true what I say than treasure was taken away. Treasure was carried off in three nights before those." "Is to me said that treasure is here hidden very well. Say few as Oddr"
"He is a viking...come here under the barrow"
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Haermund Hardaxe
Hmmmm. Nom de plume?
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Fritz- In Grand Marais?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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hobo_dan! Re your question/comment.
Fritz- In Grand Marais?
Yep! A friend shared a photo on FB with me & I was quite taken with the place.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 10, 2017 - 09:04am PT
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Can I get a WOOT!?
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Oct 10, 2017 - 05:23pm PT
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front and center at safeway ... better there than agro-merging onto the 405glad it wasn't me
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 10, 2017 - 05:42pm PT
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Get your Kix on Rte. 66 'n' don't forget the milk.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 10, 2017 - 05:44pm PT
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don't forget the milk.
Or the multimeter!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 12, 2017 - 06:41pm PT
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ST needs a little humour with all the tragedies of late!
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Oct 12, 2017 - 06:48pm PT
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 12, 2017 - 06:52pm PT
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At the last fast food stop before Mad-King Ludwig's castle.
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