NH Highland Games Part 3

Finally, let's take a look at the athletes!

In the first video, a strong man casually tosses a 56-lb weight 15' in the air and hardly bothers to move aside as it descends.



Here, an athlete tosses the "light" caber* (only 115 lbs) in a qualification round. The caber must reach a full 90 degrees before it falls over.



In this clip, the spinning weight toss technique** is used to launch a ball and chain:



In another event, the athletes have to lift five 300+ lb concrete balls (of increasing weights) and place them on top of boxes ranging from 3' to 5' or so, all within a minute. After each round, the non-athletes work in teams of two (even with the assistance of gravity!) to bring them back down for the next contestant.


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FN *: Not to be confused with a "light saber".
FN **: Not to be confused with a weight loss technique.