Gentlemen, start your engines
The world's elite woodcutters crown their champion.
In September 2009, axemen from near and far met in Brienz, Switzerland, to find out who was the world’s best. Matching strength, speed and technique, they chopped, sawed and climbed until all that remained was woodchips, sawdust and around 20 exhausted men. Jason Wynyard of New Zealand, a multiple world record-holder, won. (Justin Häne, swissinfo.ch)
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