Tomorrow, the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith will ring with the sound of axes and saws, as the lumberjacks (and jills) of the SUNY Cobleskill Woodsmen's Team put on a display of their prowess at chopping and sawing. Also, there'll be demonstrations of log skidding with draft horses, a woodlot management talk with the Catskill Forest Association, and a chance to see the sawmill in action.
In case you were wondering: Yes, lumberjacking is a proper college sport. From a recent story featuring the SUNY Cobleskill Woodsmen in the Albany Times Union:
This stuff is on ESPN. Well, ESPN2 or ESPNU, at least. And according to Stihl, the chainsaw-making sponsors of this sport, the Stihl Timbersports Series is caught on TV by more than 20 million viewers a year. More than 60 colleges and universities field teams, not to mention the professional circuit. Frankly, I'd rather see [SUNY Cobleskill's Kyle] Dente in the standing block chop than watch a Mariners homestand any day.
Woodsmen's Show at the Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Highway 12, East Meredith. Saturday, 5.7.2011. 10am-5pm. Admission $8.50; $6.50 seniors; children under 12 free. 800.295.4992. hanfordmills.org
