Have wife will carry: Couples vie in wife-carrying contest
NEWRY, Maine (AP) " Dozens of participants are vying for cash " and beer " in the North American Wife Carrying Championship.More than 60 couples are registered, and more are on a waiting list, for the annual event Saturday at the Sunday River in Maine.Contestants carry their partners on their backs on a 278-yard (254-meter) alpine obstacle course. They're competing for the partner's weight in beer and five times her weight in cash.The legend behind the event is based on [...]
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