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My Flickr Pages. This was taken last weekend at the Celtic Festival here in Bethlehem, PA.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2029/...95b4e8f5_o.jpg
They broke the record this year which I believe was about 34.5ft
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/239/1...e0435a14_o.jpg
What is that thing they're handling?
It's the Sheaf Toss.
From Wikipedia:
A pitchfork is used to hurl a burlap bag stuffed with straw over a horizontal bar above the competitor's head. Typical weight for the bag is 16 pounds (about 7 kg). Three chances are given to each competitor to cleanly go over the bar, without touching it. After all challengers have made their attempts, the bar is raised and all successful competitors move on to the new height. This continues until all but one athlete is eliminated.
My favorite has always been the Caber toss.
http://www.solarnavigator.net/sport/...onal_sport.jpg
My wifes whole family being from Scotland, I go to the Highland games held in Oakbrook, Illinois each year.
Nothing like hearing 500 Scots playing the pipes at the same time.
http://www.chicago-scots.org/Photo%2...and_games1.htm
We're were going to stay for the caber toss but we had other places we had to be later in the evening.
Here's the link to our festival. I'm part Scottish myself, although mostly English from what I know about my heritage.
You geek.
I never have that much fun when I toss my caber.