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2024 Hatchet Job

Martha King

Martha King was a legacy on the Penn State Mont Alto woodsmen team, for which her dad, Rob King, once competed. He went on to open a tree service in Chadds Ford; she went on to become the team MVP and go to work for him and then, last summer, become the first lumberjill (yes, it’s a real thing) ever to win three U.S. titles in the Stihl Timbersports U.S. Women’s Championship. Chopping wood has taken the 35-year-old around the world — not to mention built up some awesome biceps. “Every day at work is a training session,” she says.

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