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  2. Caber toss - Wikipedia

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    In Scotland, the caber is usually made from a larch tree, and it can be between 16–20 feet (5–6 metres) tall and weigh 90–150 pounds (40–70 kilograms). [1] [2] The term "caber" derives from the Gaelic word cabar, which refers to a wooden beam. [1] The person tossing the caber is called a "tosser" or a "thrower". [3]

  3. Cowal Highland Gathering - Wikipedia

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    The Games features a variety of traditional Highland games events, including the shot put, caber toss, weight throw, weight over bar and hammer throw, as part of an international competition. The shot put is done with both a standard 16 pounds (7.3 kg) shot and with the naturally formed 34 pounds (15 kg) Cowal Stone.

  4. Highland games - Wikipedia

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    The judging of Caber toss might be deceptive. The straightest end-over-end toss scores highest. If the caber lands on its end but falls back towards the thrower, the score is lower than for any end-over-end throw, but is based upon the maximum vertical angle that the caber achieved (side-judging may involve a second judge).

  5. Glengarry Highland Games - Wikipedia

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    The caber toss event involves tossing a 22-foot-long spruce log weighing about 125 lbs. The stone thrower event involves hurling a 25-lb. rock shot-put style. The 28-lb. and 56-lb. weight throw events involves using a one-handed throw to heave an iron block with iron ring attached.

  6. Highlander Challenge World Championships - Wikipedia

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    The Highlander Challenge World Championships (or more simply the Highlander Challenge or Gododdin Highlander Challenge) is a tournament that marries traditional Highland games with more contemporary strength athletics.

  7. Talk:Caber toss - Wikipedia

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    The two books (The Scottish Highland Games in America by Emily Anne Donaldson; Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures by Sally E. D. Wilkins) I've found say 90-150 lbs, with one of them specifying that a caber the article describes (19ft 175lbs) is considered a challenge caber (specifically that a 19ft 160lbs caber is a challenge caber).

  8. Geoff Capes - Wikipedia

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    → Capes held this record for the first time when he cleared 5.20 metres (17 ft 1 in) at 1981 World's Strongest Man. Caber toss – 45 kg (99 lb) for 11.16 metres (36 ft 7 in) (1987 Viking Power Challenge) (Former World Record) Scottish hammer throw – 10 kg (22 lb) for 32.94 metres (108 ft 1 in)

  9. Wowhead - Wikipedia

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    The site first started out as a talent calculator for the game. It was in beta from April 4 to June 25, 2006, [7] and the database was released on June 26, 2006. [8] Wowhead functions as a user generated database relying upon players of World of Warcraft themselves, although the information is uploaded automatically through a client-side program.