Great Alaska Lumberjack Show

A Crew ID is GOLDEN! Many places realize that crew are their best marketing method, so we often receive deeply discounted tickets to shows and activities to we will spread the word to passengers. When I first heard about the lumberjack show, I thought it sounded a little lame. I wouldn't have paid to $35 to go see it, but when somebody told me that crew can see it for free I figured the only thing I had to lose was an hour of my time and it might be fun.

So, one day in Ketchikan Ashley and I headed over to the show. Not only would I recommend the show, but I have now seen it twice! Just last week I went again with my friends Jen, Karyn, and Will. It's a little bit cheesy (they're lumberjacks), but it's a lot of fun. The audience is divided in half and each half cheers on a team of two lumberjacks. Some of it is a little scripted, but it doesn't seem fake, just cheesy.

I never realized the timber sports were a legitimately competitive sport, but I guess they are. All the lumberjacks are professional athletes and they compete in twelve events throughout the show. After each event, the winning team gives a member of their audience a wood chip (I didn't get one either time. I don't know what I would do with it, but I still wanted one). Both lumberjacks I cheered for the first time competed the second time I saw the show, but they were on different teams.

The youngest lumberjack, Michael. He just graduated high school and Collette's reaction to the picture was "It's a baby lumberjack!" He is small, and young, but he was really good.

The Ax Throw seems like an accident waiting to happen! Sometimes they have perfect aim,


Sometimes their aim is not so good!
It is crazy how quickly they can destroy a log that large!

It probably took less than ten second for them to complete this cut.

The Climb
Log Rolling: This is about seconds before one slipped and landed straddling the log!
Who can resist a picture with lumberjacks?

So, if you are ever in Ketchikan and happen to have some free time, go see the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show. You won't regret it, I promise!