Showing off their chops at the Lumberjack World Championships
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At the Lumberjack World Championships, there is never a dull moment. Razor-sharp axes and saws of all sorts slice through logs of aspen. When the competitors aren't chopping wood, they're climbing it, up to 90 feet in the air, racing across it, rolling on it. Over the course of one summer weekend in Wisconsin, there are more than 20 different events. The festivities begin with a ceremonial log-roll lighting of the torch. "This has been called the 'Olympics of the forest,'" said Nancy Knutson, who does marketing for the Lumberjack World Championships. "This this year we've got competitors from the Czech Republic, Sweden, Japan, Canada, and the United States." The Lumberjack World Championships have been held in the small town of Hayward, Wisconsin since 1960. "If it weren't for lumberjacks, we wouldn't be standing here," Knutson said.  "Logging was the industry of Hayward?" asked correspondent Conor Knighton. "It was. It was the reason why Hayward is here." More than a century ago, lumb
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