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Highland Games Caber

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Highland Games Caber

The full-length tree trunk tossed end-over-end in Scotland/Sports

The caber toss is a traditional Scottish Highland Games event where competitors flip a tapered pine trunk end over end. A regulation caber is typically 5.9 m long and weighs about 80 kg. The goal is not distance but accuracy, with a perfect toss landing at the 12 o'clock position.

Measurements

Length5.9 m
4.92Coffee table lengths
4.4 tenthsBadminton courts
393Blueberry diameters
Thick end diameter2.3 tenths m
6.2 hundredthsKayaks
3.5 tenthsOboe lengths
7.7 tenthsAnt hill heights
Thin end diameter1.2 tenths m
4.2 thousandthsBasketball court lengths
1.58Hockey puck diameters
Mass80 kg
800 billionthsAircraft carrier masses
160 billionParamecia
3 hundredthsBlue whale tongues
Taper length5.9 m
3.93ATM heights
8.8 tenthsAmbulance lengths
2.15Pool tables
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