Tree Topping: Hart of gold

Greg Hart, so quick up the pole on the way to the ESPN Great Outdoor Games Tree Topping gold medal, took his time coming down. He exchanged notes with silver medalist Wade Stewart as they rested atop the 65-foot cedar poles, per custom, then descended

2000 Tree Topping

Day Two wrap, part II

Day Two notebook

Great Outdoor Games Day Two notebook

2002 Tree Topping results

Final results from the 2002 Great Outdoor Games in Lake Placid

Day Two wrap, part I

2002 Timber Team Relay results

Final results from the 2002 Great Outdoor Games in Lake Placid

2001 Timber Team Relay

Bartow takes gold by a hair

Greg Hart was in light spirits, considering that he had just passed a torch to a man 18 years his junior, 65 feet above the Great Outdoor Games timber stage.

Bartow climbs to gold

Tree Topping lumberjacks sit on top of the world and bring the crowd to their feet at the Great Outdoor Games presented by Dodge. At the highest point over Willow Island, Brian Bartow won the Tree Topping event over Greg Hart.

Day Two digest

Team Zalewski takes relay gold

The final event for the timber sports was the Team Relay, in which eight separate teams are put together of competitors from all fields of the timber events. Team Zalewski, captained by Nancy Zalewski of Plymouth, Wis., took the gold medal.

Team Zalewski takes relay gold

The final event for the timber sports was the Team Relay, in which eight separate teams are put together of competitors from all fields of the timber events. Team Zalewski, captained by Nancy Zalewski of Plymouth, Wis., took the gold medal.

Bartow takes gold by a hair

Greg Hart was in light spirits, considering that he had just passed a torch to a man 18 years his junior, 65 feet above the Great Outdoor Games timber stage.

Bartow climbs to gold

Tree Topping lumberjacks sit on top of the world and bring the crowd to their feet at the Great Outdoor Games presented by Dodge. At the highest point over Willow Island, Brian Bartow won the Tree Topping event over Greg Hart.