How can anyone forget The Mountain from last season’s Game of Thrones. We’ll post no spoilers, so no worries, but we can say that the man lived up to the name. Played by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (no, I didn’t just sneeze), the actor is pretty much a mountain in real life, which he proved recently to a crowd of spectators at the World’s Strongest Viking competition (yes, an actual thing). To say what he did was impressive is to undersell it.

The man lifted a tree.

A 1,250 pound log, to be exact, but where I come from, we call those trees still. The last man who tried it took three steps and his back broke. Read that line again so it properly blows your mind. Björnsson, on the other hand, took five steps before tossing it off his back like a twig. And then he came home to snuggle his doggy on the couch and watch The Real Housewives.

Okay, I made up the last part, but everything before that is true.

The legend of the Icelander Orm Storulfsson says that he walked three steps with this MONSTER WOODEN LOG which weighs over 600kg's/1320lbs! 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! Well today my friends I made history!! As well as winning the title of The World's Strongest Viking for the second time in a row I carried this MONSTER LOG 5 steps! My back held up fine!! As I'm on my way to my ultimate goal to win The World's Strongest Man! NOTHING CAN STOP ME!! NOTHING CAN BREAK ME!!

Une photo publiée par Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) le 31 Janv. 2015 à 10h38 PST

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