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I started a little cleanup to try to remove things like "You should do this" etc, and replace "you" with "the athlete" and things like that. Didn't finish though. Should be done. I'm Swedish and I hate sports, so someone should check the language and the facts. :) Pipatron ( talk) 09:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
This article seems to be a bit flawed, in that it states that the caber should land with the top oriented nearest the thrower, and the bottom away. As I understand it, this means the caber should be horizontal, however, it then goes on to state that the ideal position is 12:00 on a clock, which is vertical. If I'm simply being stupid and missing something, it would be nice to have clarification. If I'm correct, however, it would be nice to have the article corrected or pruned. Thank you.
Scarecrow Repair 21:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I have some movies I could upload for this article if that is reasonable. They are .mov files from the Pleasanton 2007 games, from 6 to 24 MB, and 13 to 49 seconds. They are also sideways :-( and need rotation conversion which I don't know how to do offhand.
I don't know Wikipedia's policy concerning movies. Are these so big as to cause bandwidth worries? They are pretty good movies for illustrating a complete caber toss, from raising to the vertical to the bounce on landing, of varying zoom and duration.
"caber off the group" = "caber off the ground"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.150.78.6 ( talk) 14:01, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
There needs to be some comment about the length/height, diameter and weight of cabers and standards or rules, if any exist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.57.224 ( talk) 19:13, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Don't be silly; the exact siza can vary from contest to contest but all competitors throw the same caber. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.233.152.221 ( talk) 21:50, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Whilst at all world-class contests caber toss is done for accuracy, at the Brodick Highland Games the caber toss is simply done for distance. I suspect this is the case at other smaller games, does anyone know more?
Removed comment about masturbation, which, while properly referenced, was not justified by relevance to the topic. Ché ( talk) 22:50, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
I'm trying to find a source for the dimensions of the caber, and so far the only sources that say the caber is as heavy as 175 lbs use the exact same measurements as in the article. The two books (The Scottish Highland Games in America by Emily Anne Donaldson; Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures by Sally E. D. Wilkins) I've found say 90-150 lbs, with one of them specifying that a caber the article describes (19ft 175lbs) is considered a challenge caber (specifically that a 19ft 160lbs caber is a challenge caber). The height of the caber seems more realistic though (Donaldson says 16-20, Wilkins says 12-15) CiphriusKane ( talk) 11:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Is it true that balancing with the smaller end at the top is easier? In my experience with brooms it is easier to balance with the heavy end at the top. 155.4.132.220 ( talk) 14:02, 20 December 2023 (UTC)