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Tour Scotland Photographs Tossing The Caber Lochearnhead July 23rd

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Tossing The Caber at Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games in Lochearnhead, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Tossing The Caber at Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games in Lochearnhead, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Tossing The Caber at Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games in Lochearnhead, Scotland.

The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event practised at the Scottish Highland Games involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber. It is said to have developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms to cross them. In Scotland the caber is usually made from a Larch pine tree. A caber typically is 19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m) tall and weighs 175 pounds (79 kg). The object is not the sheer distance of the throw, but rather to have the caber fall directly away from the thrower after landing. A perfect throw ends with the 'top' end nearest to the thrower and the 'bottom' end pointing exactly away.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Photographs Tossing The Caber Birnam Scotland


August 29th photograph of tossing the caber at Birnam Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland.


August 29th photograph of tossing the caber at Birnam Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland.


August 29th photograph of tossing the caber at Birnam Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland.


August 29th photograph of tossing the caber at Birnam Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland.


August 29th photograph of tossing the caber at Birnam Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland.


August 29th photograph of tossing the caber at Birnam Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.