Syd Strachan Lifts The Dinnie Stones

Posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 by John Wood
Syd Strachan, of Aberdeenshire, is among the few strength athletes to successfully lift The Dinnie Stones. Syd was six feet tall and weighed just under 200 lbs. when he lifted the stones which weighed just over 700 pounds combined. Syd actually successfully lifted the stones on two different occasions, once in 1971, and later in 1973
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Jack Shanks Lifts The Dinnie Stones

Posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2014 by John Wood

In 1972, Jack Shanks, a Belfast policeman, became the first man to lift the Dinnie Stones since Donald Dinnie himself, over a century before. Two important things should be noted about this historic lift: 1) Shanks weighed all of 180 lbs. and 2) he lifted the stones without the aid of straps.
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