This past weekend, Jen competed at the Scotland County Highland Games, finishing 3rd overall in the women’s open division. On her way to her placing, she won the Caber Toss with a perfect 12 o’clock toss. The caber toss, a Scottish Highland Games event, likely originated from practical lumberjack tasks of tossing logs across rivers or streams, and possibly from military tactics for crossing obstacles. The first recorded event dates back to the mid-1500s, with the word “caber” coming from the Gae