1981: Geoff Capes struggles with caber toss at Highland Games

With enough imagination, a sport can be made out of anything. The Caber Toss is a classic example of this. Caber tossing is a traditional Scottish Highland Games event where athletes attempt to flip a large heavy wooden log, called a caber, end over end. The goal isn’t distance, but to have the caber land perfectly straight in line with the thtower’s path. So at the Wauchope Highland Gathering over the weekend, I had a crack at it. My first attempt was not good - I didn’t manage to flip the cabe

Scottish history made: Caber tossing world record set in Inverness

Scottish history made Caber tossing world record set in Inverness Guinness World Records