Lifting weights together he says to his
Dad, “See, I can bench press two
hundred and fifty pounds...,one, two,
three, times--- can you do more?” “ Make
it two seventy five and we'll see . Watch,
one, two, three, four!” “Hey Dad, you
want to arm wrestle?” And the challenge
continues till one day...,but today The
Burl Hunter is still tossing around very
heavy chunks of burl wood for a living.
His brother, the Captain, on board the
fishing boat tells his crew members
encountering a seemingly immovable
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object, “You have to want it to move,” as he
reaches for the line and begins forcefully
yanking, with powerful hand over hand
strokes to rip it through the sheave, one,
two, three, four, more ..., “sometimes” he
says
“it requires a call to your inner
strength.” It appears both the woodsman
and the fisherman have taken to heart the
wor