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                                                17th April 08, 03:53 AM
                                        
                                
                                
                                        
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			Here is a caber
		
			
				
					The ultimate caber, 24 feet 10 inch and 280lb. I believe a fellow NY Xmakergot a few pictures of the caber when at the NY tartan day parade. There is even talk about it on a popular Highland athletic site.  http://www.nasgaweb.com/forums/forum...?TID=6829&PN=1
 
 
   
	
	
		
                        
                                
                                        
                                                17th April 08, 06:46 AM
                                        
                                
                                
                                        
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					 That weighs more than I do. 
	
	
		
                        
                                
                                        
                                                17th April 08, 07:20 AM
                                        
                                
                                
                                        
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					Thanks for posting that, HT. I believe that I read on another thread that, prior to its transformation into a caber, it had been the official Christmas tree for a city in Scotland (Glasgow?).  
 So its death was certainly not in vain!
   
	
	
		
                        
                                
                                        
                                                17th April 08, 10:19 AM
                                        
                                
                                
                                        
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					That's not a caber, that's a ships mast!
 I'd really like to see someone pick and turn that monster.  Actually, with that much taper if you could get it picked the turn might not be as hard as you think.  The problem of course is picking a caber that long and that heavy without losing it.
 
 *For the non-athletes, a 'pick' is the act of lifting the caber from the ground, not choosing it*
 
	
	
		
                        
                                
                                        
                                                17th April 08, 01:11 PM
                                        
                                
                                
                                        
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					oh now don't get any ideas for practice
				 
	
 
	
	
 
	
	
	
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