08-09-2013, 09:30 PM
We went to the Highland Games near here.
As part of the tattoo, they tried to set a world record -- the most cabers tossed simultaneously.
For the non-Scots, a caber is a 15-20 foot telephone pole. The competitor picks up the small end in both hands, holding it vertically, and then tries to toss it so that it lands on the big end and turns over -- small end farthest from competitor. The quality looked for is a straight throw -- landing straight out in front. A position from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock is considered to have turned.
So, the number required for the record is 50. They have recruited 61 brawny lads (and a lassie or two) who are lined up down both sides of the field and after the count toss the cabers.
Guinness apparently would have tolerated 50 successive tries. After a couple of attempts they had gotten 49 acceptable, but then the total went down and they stopped.
I could see that somewhere about midway down there was a group of about 8 cabers that were tangling together.
Sorry, no pics.
As part of the tattoo, they tried to set a world record -- the most cabers tossed simultaneously.
For the non-Scots, a caber is a 15-20 foot telephone pole. The competitor picks up the small end in both hands, holding it vertically, and then tries to toss it so that it lands on the big end and turns over -- small end farthest from competitor. The quality looked for is a straight throw -- landing straight out in front. A position from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock is considered to have turned.
So, the number required for the record is 50. They have recruited 61 brawny lads (and a lassie or two) who are lined up down both sides of the field and after the count toss the cabers.
Guinness apparently would have tolerated 50 successive tries. After a couple of attempts they had gotten 49 acceptable, but then the total went down and they stopped.
I could see that somewhere about midway down there was a group of about 8 cabers that were tangling together.
Sorry, no pics.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.