Wisconsin Life

So what better way to get a feel for the lumberjack life than at the Fred Scheers Lumberjack Show here in Woodruff? Hello lumberjacks, or should I say "Yo-ho?" Yo-ho! So who's going to give us a demo? I will. Wonderful. So for chopping, make our own footholds, we chop in here. And then two biggest tips are hit it as hard as you can and hit your lines and it's more of a break instead of a clean cut through. Here we go.

deep breaths, chopping

deep breaths, chopping

Wow. That was amazing. Are you okay? - Oh yeah. Need some water? I'll be fine. Thank you for that. You're welcome. I'm here with Christian and he's going to show us how to throw an axe. How are you today? I'm well. - Good. So what are some tips to axe throwing? Well, it's pretty simple really. All you want to do is hold the handle down here. Release at about eye level. And you know, stick it in the target. -All right. Let's see how this is done. All right.

thud

Wow, that was impressive. Yo-ho. Yo-ho.

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So can I try? Yeah, give it a try. Thank you. Okay. I'll try just the way that you did it. You got it. All right.

grunts

crash

Post is half a point. Awesome. Thanks so much. Absolutely. I'm exciting to check out pole climbing next. So I'm here with Brody and he's going to show us how to climb. So the main thing is you gotta keep your heals in, your toes out and make sure you keep on breathing. Otherwise, you'll pass out on that pole. You might stop breathing just like choosing to? No, you don't want to stop breathing. Okay. Every time you throw that rope, exhale so you make sure you breathe more on your way up. Okay, those are good techniques. Keeps you going. Let's see this in action.

clanking

strong exhaling

thud

And that's how you climb. You did that way more quickly than I thought. Heat of the moment type of deal. Just like the original lumberjacks, the work you all do looks exhausting. It is.

laughs

You need a break.

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It's definitely tough work, but it's a fun time doing it. Thank you for that, Brody. No problem.