Ear Weight
North Pole High School
North Pole, Alaska
Mr. Richard Henert
By Jonah Wilterding, Vincent Fontana, Aidan
Clifford, Alexia Anderson, Nathan Eckhart, and
Margaret Gilbert.
How to Play/Rules
“The weights used in this event are 16 one
pound lead ingots, which are threaded through
twine. The contestant must loop the twine
around one ear and by lifting straight up,
without using the cheek, pack the "weight" and
go for distance. Before lead weights were used,
sacks such as twenty-five pounds of flour were
used. Distances of over 2,000 feet are
attained.”
How to Play/Rules
In a nutshell, in order to win the prize and
title of Ear Weight Olympic Champion of
WEIO contestant must complete the
following:
Attach 16 pounds of individual weights, the
lead ingots, with twine to their ears.
They must do so by attempting to loop the
twine around one ear and lifting straight
upwards without assistance of their cheek
anatomic matter.
After accumulating thy 16 pounds of lead
ingots needed, the contestants must
travel with the weight solely on their ear
cartilage and structure.
*PLEASE ADD PHOTO HERE*
To practice or train for this game, you can loop strings
or rubber bands around your ears and loop those to or
tie to an object and pull. Or you can practice with a
friend.
Game Importance
The Ear-Weight game requires a great deal of strength and the ability
to resist pain. Strength and mental toughness was an important part of
surviving the harsh environments of Alaska back then.
One reason someone might want to
participate in the Ear-Pull game is to train
themselves to be able to resist pain. People
should know that this game can be very
painful, and to play at their own risk.
History/Facts
In the old days, it was a 25 lb. bag of flour.
The world record for this is: Michael Paulsen 2,886'10" 1998 WEIO
A game of stamina to pain, the victor demonstrates he/she can withstand
pain, a trait sometimes needed to survive the harsh realities of the
Northern hemisphere.
Bibliography
http://www.weio.org/the_games.php
http://www.brownielocks.com/eskimoolympics.html
http://www.weio.org/results_worldrecords.php
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/more-sports/arcticwinter-games/ear-pull-hoopla.html
http://awg2014.org/about
http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/newsminer.com/c
ontent/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/15/31535801-16ae-57da8209-468870570bc9/50db78b4adc92.image.jpg
http://thedailyomnivore.net/2011/02/24/ear-pull/
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/flour-sack-13567237.jpg