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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]
Weight Toss Truck Pull Engine Race Keg Load Battery Hold Bar Bend Squat Deadlift Caber Sumo Pts 1 Bill Kazmaier: United States 10 9 8 10 10 7 9 10 10 6 7 96 2 Geoff Capes: United Kingdom 4 10 10 9 9 4 10 4 4 8 16 88 3 Dave Waddington: United States 6 8 9 8.5 8.5 9 72.5 4 Jerry Hannan United States 8 7 5 8 8.5 68 5 Craig Wolfley: United States 8 ...
A back body drop or backdrop (also sometimes called a shoulder back toss), is a move in which a wrestler bends forward or crouches in front of their opponent, grabs hold of the opponent, and stands up, lifting the opponent up and over and dropping them behind the back. It is applied frequently against a charging opponent.
The term "caber" derives from the Gaelic word cabar, which refers to a wooden beam. It can be between 16–20 feet (5–6 metres) tall and weigh 90–150 pounds (40–70 kilograms). The primary objective is to toss the caber so that it turns end over end, falling away from the tosser.
Keg toss – 15.5 kg (34 lb) over 8.00 metres (26 ft 3 in) (unofficial world record) [204] Before this throw, Hafþór also cleared 7.80 metres (25 ft 7 in) which was also above the official world record height for the 15 kg (33 lb) keg toss at that time [205]
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Having thrown a personal best of 21.55 metres (70 ft 8 in) [13] on 28 May 1976 at Gateshead, he went into the 1976 Montreal Olympics as one of the favourites for the gold medal. He came second in his qualifying group but sixth overall in the final, the winner being Udo Beyer of East Germany .
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).