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strongmanmike2002 | all galleries >> Galleries >> The World's Strongest Astronomer > 250kg Iron Meteorite lift
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250kg Iron Meteorite lift

Combining strength and astronomy!

In 2004 I became the first (and only) single person to ever lift and carry the Mt Stromlo iron/nickel Meteorite
which is on display in the Observatory visitors centre and is estimated to weigh up to 250kg! I'm not sure why
it has never been weighed but being some 4 times the density of concrete, looks are deceiving! It is essentially
a lump of steel! On the day of the attempt, several emboldened "Ordinary men" from the assembled crowd, attempted
to have a shot but none could budge it, like a Marcel Marceau miming scene, as if they were pretending he he he...

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Patricia Cannaerts27-Feb-2009 11:32
Wow thats cool !