From champion choppers and limber logrollers to a pole climbing world record, these lumberjacks (and jills) were a cut above the competition.
The Axemen Cometh: Scenes From the Lumberjack World Championships 2013
Tim Gruber and Jenn Ackerman for TIME
A target from the axe throwing competition at the 2013 World Lumberjack Championships in Hayward, Wis.
