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12 Axe Women Loggers lead regular lives — until they start sawing Michelle Morse, who's been married for 14 years, is a health and physical education teacher and athletic director at Narraguagus High School in Harrington, Maine. Just as track and field has different events, so does competition in timber sports, said Wetherbee, who affectionately calls the lumberjills her "girls." Chopping, which might include the most dangerous portion of the show, has two main events: "Underhand chop," where the women stand atop a log and slice between their feet, and "standing block chop," where they slice the log as if they're using a baseball bat, intended to simulate what's done to take down a standing tree. The final segment, log rolling, includes a 20-by-20 swimming pool with a 12-foot-long western cedar log floating inside.