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by Ginnie Beardsley

The image of. the burly

logger looms large in the
imagination. . so

logging today -
carried on in the tradition of
one man and his axe against
the forést’s . giants, the

woodsman’s skiiis of yester-
year flourish in more than a

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other.

"British “ . Columbia _ raraps with.only 2 hand toot. ;

.. @alled’ a’ peavey. ‘for. help. ~
., They: ‘scramble: up. '100-foot

centres. every, - -spring » -and.
summer in.,- ‘loggers’ ‘Sports |

celebrations. toe

Clad in. “the traditional

-bright flannel ‘shirts, feller’s
.pants and caulk boots, men
pit their strength and. skill in.
_a ‘dozen.
against trees in one form or —
another’ and against each .
: 20-foot

different... ways

They roll
(six-metre) logs .up .double

_ They- chop’ in all sorts of. we
ivigenious ways, overhanded —

and underhanded:.demolish-

_. ing three-foot alder blocks in.
ve seconds; ‘standing. far above
“the ‘ground ona springboard
inserted. into a target -tree,
which they try te: fell with all

speed. They saw. through

logging parlance: as Buck.

“crowd can: have the -fun: of |

‘(30-metre) spar.trees with an ©.
" agility:that. would make_2
_ black bear envious and throw - ’
' double-bitted .axes with an
“accuracy” ‘equalling | that’ of: _
“any: carnival performer. a

'. Douglas fir logs in minutes | _

. with hand saws, in seconds —
with power saws; : Sawing.
- events :are. referred. to in.

ing”’ and,

ind, | like . the. other
sports,

AN: ‘of. these. “events “are

‘carried on by contestants

‘Simultaneously, so: that the |

Loggers with power saws can whip oa
Cer ee tage ney ce Ht every summer at dosens of n ve

loggers’. fairs throughout B.C.

cheering a favorite on to beat.

_his competitors, iad by a

matter of Seconds.

In the: woods, re choker- ‘

man’s job is to attach a giant |

“pair.of pincers to a felled log”

man’ *s race: takes place over

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are ‘played under —
'. Canalog Fae of Forestry

‘loggers’*
: rules.”

.- water,- with the’ contestants -

- dropping't the: choker.

Aas’:

. |. championship,’

. ‘Industry. :

.
a ee ee ay
‘ ',

's So » that it'can be lifted: 1 by. a,

Translated - into. a°
Sport, a choker-

crane..

sometimes” falling in and.
- trying. to.° swim | “without

through a Douglas fir in’

“man-to-man

” Possibly the most ponds .
. competition,

- year in. and’ ‘year. out, is log -

- birling. “Here, the two com> =~
_petitors: stand. on opposite.”

ends of a. log. which rolls and
‘pitches ina’ ‘pond, ‘with each

trying. to keep. his: own |. Me

: footing ; and. manoeuvre: the.

log in such away as.to dump...

; hts Fival into the. water. ; : "

all that thi ‘Sport requires
iS:
balance plus. years. of prac-

. tice:-It is the only skill sport: ~~
open’ to: women in the world,
of bucking ‘chopping * ‘and’...
‘The ‘only.’ other ee
female ‘event is)

|: climbin,

* probably‘ more of a ‘Spoof of

the male view. that no woman .

can drive‘a nail Straight, ‘as.

the women are:turned loose - -
- with logs, hammers.and nails -

‘after tHe serious competition ~\

-isover.: No. one has sug-

' gested ‘a nail- -driving comy
Petition for. men.

“AIL-Sooke - Day . is
granddaddy . of all loggers’ ©

_ Province; the :

dargest

" British. Columbia,: it atrracts 7 _

Competitors from as far afield
Australia: ,and “New”
“Zealand.

‘The. earliest shows. in the °
province’ are held in May. in. .
"Nanaimo “and -at Kootenay
» Bay on: ‘Kootenay Lake. June. -

|. sees one of the bigger. shows, ..

“with: Canadian. and. world
‘events, at.
Terrace. In the same’ month; |
- Mission in the. Fraser Valley:

third : Saturday °
Quesnel, in the Cariboo, and

':Recreation,. a ’ and,

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} Columbia "Department of.
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|: sports. celebrations’ in thes

; and Salmo-and Nakusp in the _
.. Kootenays' include. loggers’:
sports in. local celebrations. «|. |
; All Sooke ‘Day is:always the
in. July; |.

| Sauainish, ‘atthe head ‘of.
Howe -Sound,. hold loggers’ |
“-days‘in August.. Exact dates’ ': -
Of most events are published | - ;
in the ‘Calendar of Events |
published «by ' the - British -
_ Columbia Department .. “OF |,
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