It was a bear, Dave. Or should I say an elephant.
It felt like trying to slay an elephant w/ a slingshot.

Watching that Japanese hewer again got me thinking: he's letting the axe do the work. You always hear "let the saw do the work..." Well, he's letting the axe just fall into the log...just guiding it. He also had a nice long handled axe.

At TTRAG, I, on the other hand, was beating that poor log senseless; it took bites out of me too!