The most spectacular event at any Highland Gathering is the Caber Toss. This feat of strength, balance and agility has remained basically unchanged over the centuries and is referred to in ancient records as "ye casting of ye bar". Many have suggested a practical origin of the caber toss, such as woodsmen attempting to cast a log into or over a swiftly running river or stream.

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This short film is part of a trial social cross-media project. Marc Lovatt is competing in Ironman UK 70.3 in June 2010. He is fundraising for the charity Shelter Box, which provides first response relief aid to people suffering from natural and man-made disasters. These short films are being used to raise the profile of his fundraising. The short films are selected parts of a programme being produced for NTDTV (www.ntdtv.com), following Marc's story. These clips will also be used to promote the production.

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this caber i think they said was about 120lbs...its like throwing a telephone pole at the Cowal games in Dunoon Scotland 2009

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Hippie catches an airborne caber in the face, then gets a bit angry. Glastonbury 2007

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The famous event at any Scottish Highland Games. This was a successful throw at the Cowal Games in Dunoon, Scotland, August 2008

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scottish men tossing large cabers

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The Curse Of Monkey Island - The Caber Tossing

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Tossing the Caber at the 2009 Cowal Games

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once again big heavy stick, scotland conn, owned this one, 12oclock

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Caber tossing. Tossing the caber consists of several steps: The 'pick' where the competitor lifts the caber off the group The 'approach' where the athlete gets momentum going by running forward The 'plant' when both feet take root to provide a good throwing platform The 'toss' where the caber is actually flipped end over end (or at least attempted).

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Rolph tossed his wooden pole too hard in this video and managed to break it.

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Grandfather Mountain Highland Games 2008

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The Caber Tossing event at the Greenville, SC Scottish Games in 2010.

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In the old days Scotland was a heavily forested country, the remnants of the Caledonian. Forest trees more than 1000 years old can still be seen and are the natural habitat of the Scottish Wildcat. Indeed logs were used for roof trusses and building bridges where accuracy was just as important as the size of the stick.

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