Shouldering the Caber at the Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, uk
The caber toss has come to almost symbolise the Highland games and no gathering anywhere in the world would be complete without it. In the caber toss, a full length log, usually made of Scots pine, is stood upright and lifted by the competitor using both hands under the bottom of the caber to rest against their body. The competitor then runs forward, building momentum, before tossing the caber into the air so that it turns end over end with the upper end landing before the end originally held by the competitor follows through and hits the ground. The aim is for the caber to land in line with the original run. If it is straight the toss is said to be in the 12 o'clock position. Competitors are judged on how closely their toss lands to 12 o'clock.
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