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| Games of STRENGTH • PAGE THREE The tossing of the caber is an impressive event. Take a piece of wood roughly resembling a telephone pole. Balance, lift it into the air and then flip it in a complete rotation. Only the Celts! ALL captions are provided by Mark McVey, AD for the GAMES. |
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William Staehle of Downers Grove, Illinois (left), and Ed Schable of Chatham, Illinois. | ||||||||||||
| "Do you have a light?" | |||||||||||||
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Jennifer Suchmann (judge) of Pittsfield, Illinois, and Ed Lang of Lees Summit, Missouri. | ||||||||||||
| "I think I'm going to test... | |||||||||||||
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| ...the theory that the origin of the caber.... | |||||||||||||
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| "...came from the army throwing logs... | |||||||||||||
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| ...to cross a stream as the judge takes.... | |||||||||||||
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| ...a leisurely barefoot stroll in the park." | |||||||||||||
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| Perfect toss across the stream... | |||||||||||||
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| Theory proven. And I'd better get extra points for it. | |||||||||||||
| Photo credit: Image sectioned from photo taken on 2/22/06, 6:22:06 pm CST Peoria County, IL USA — Title: Looking Northeast Photographer: Joshua Heston |
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