As it turned out, Jackford Stockard Manwood III was scheduled for two of the nine competitions the following day: Logrolling, Standing Chop, Hot Sawing, Boom Running, Axe Throwing, Double Back, Single Back, Underhand Chop, and Speed Pole Climbing. I found the website of the Lumberjack Challenge online and studied its three pages. Jack was scheduled for the Underhand Chop challenge with nine other competitors at eleven o’clock the next morning. Then there was lunch. Following lunch, he was listed as a competitor for the Standing Chop among eleven other competitors.
Because I lacked the local knowledge and common jargon of the Lumberjack Challenge, I looked both competitions up. As far as I understood the Underhand Chop challenge was exactly like its title: a chop where the axeman (or axewo
