Speed Climbing
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Eight climbers will compete in a head-to-head format with speed as the focus. In each bracket the two climbers will begin their climb at the same time, ascending a 65' Spar Pole (similar to a telephone pole) with the assistance of climbing gear. When they reach the top of the pole they strike a line and then begin their descent, free-falling every 20 feet as they return to the ground. The first climber in each bracket to complete their climb, strike a line atop the pole and return to the ground wins their bracket.
Timber terms
Birling
Log rolling
Boom
A long string of logs that are connected end to end, for easy storage & transportation.
Buck
To cut a fallen tree into smaller sections.
Cookie
The section of wood that is severed during crosscut or power sawing events.
Cut-out
To cut over the line marked on wood by the judge that indicates the width of wood to be sawed within.
Drive
Last portion of a chopping event when the axeman places his most powerful hits to severe the block. "he's going for the drive."
Drivers
Power hits in any chopping event used to severe the wood.
Jigger
a slang term (Australia & New Zealand) c meaning "up & down."
M Tooth
Saw with a distinctive pattern of its teeth forming an "M". Each tooth acts as a cutter & raker, with every other tooth reversed, so that both sides of the groove are cut. The chips produced are small & confetti-like. An M Tooth is very efficient in hard woods.
Peg & Raker
A saw with teeth that appear in two "pegs" which cut alternate sides of the groove, a "raker" rakes the cut wood out in long, single strands. With this saw, a single cut can run the entire diameter of the wood.
Pike
Pole used in the River drive competition
Pockets
Holes cut into springboard poles into which the springboard itself is inserted. A good pocket is cut in 4 hits.
River pig
A logger who runs out into jammed logs to open the flow of timber. Also used synonymously for a "river driver" competition.
Scarf
In chopping events, the portion of wood that has been removed from the block.
Slab
A portion of the log, which has been dislodged as a result of a split off to a foothold or running up, of the first chip in the standing event. May result in disqualification. Note: competitors prepare their competition blocks by using "slab nail" around the edges to prevent.
Slide-chop
Technique used primarily by Australian axemen where the top hand slides toward the axe head after the stroke as the competitor raises the ace for the next swing.
Wedger
Assistant used in the cross-cut sawing events who wedges the wood open & lubricates the saw.
