Can i advise that in your clip you put some of the story. Even a teaser to a good yarn like this. There's so much competition that if you only post the source then not many will see your clips. You are granted 1,000 words and I normally use everyone! Good clipping.

"Every year, the small Finnish town of Sonkajärvi hosts the Wife Carrying World Championships. All men have to do is sprint around an obstacle course while carrying their wives. And the women? They have to hold on tight -- which isn't as easy as it sounds.

It sounds like it could be some primitive Scandinavian skill, dating to when skin-wearing Nordic tribes had to haul their women from burning huts before an onslaught of maraud...

Can i advise that in your clip you put some of the story. Even a teaser to a good yarn like this. There's so much competition that if you only post the source then not many will see your clips. You are granted 1,000 words and I normally use everyone! Good clipping.

"Every year, the small Finnish town of Sonkajärvi hosts the Wife Carrying World Championships. All men have to do is sprint around an obstacle course while carrying their wives. And the women? They have to hold on tight -- which isn't as easy as it sounds.

It sounds like it could be some primitive Scandinavian skill, dating to when skin-wearing Nordic tribes had to haul their women from burning huts before an onslaught of marauding Vikings (more...) or maybe Huns from the eastern steppes."


The title is your choice. Sometimes you can produce a better one than the original. Good luck