The annual logging show held in Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest is the "real thing" - not a tourist show - where loggers, past loggers and wanna be loggers compete. Men and women team up to cut through a hard spruce log in a timed event called "Jack and Jill". They use the "Misery Whip", a two-person blade saw that takes muscles and skill to
The annual logging show held in Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest is the &quot;real thing&quot; --not a tourist show--where loggers, past loggers and wanna be loggers compete.  Men and women team up to cut through a hard spruce  log in a timed event called &quot;Jack and Jill.&quot; They use the &quot;Misery whip,&quot; a two person bladed saw that takes muscles and skill to maneuver.There was a two person wheelbarrow race.  They also compete to empty a skiff full of water, toss hatchets at a target, throw chain saws, stack wood, and the big event is to climb a 65 foot pole..