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Scottish athletic sport, a Highland Games event. The caber (a tapered tree trunk about 6 m/20 ft long, weighing up to about 100 kg/220 lb) is held in the palms of the cupped hands and rests on the shoulder. The thrower runs forward and tosses the caber, rotating it through 180 degrees so that it lands on its opposite end and falls forward. The best competitors toss the caber about 12 m/40 ft.



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SCOTTISH FESTIVAL: Pipers and drummers, caber toss, Celtic bands, folk singers, fiddlers, dancers, Scottish foods, single malt Scotch tasting.
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Many came to see and compete in the traditional games, including the caber toss, in which a contestant lifts a pole at least 18 feet long - and weighing as much as 100 pounds - and hurls it, end over end.
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1 -- 2) Jim Hoerricks demonstrates the caber toss, above, Saturday at the Irish Fair in Woodley Park.
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