2 in 8 with double base

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Catalan. (July 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Catalan Wikipedia article at [[:ca:2 de 8 amb folre]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ca|2 de 8 amb folre}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

A 2 in 8 with double base (Catalan: 2 de 8 amb folre or torre de vuit amb folre) is a castellers human tower with 8 levels and 2 people per level in the trunk. It is strengthened by a second base (folre) in the second level, which helps the third level. The top crown consists of the pair (dosos), a bending child (acotxador) and the crowner (enxaneta). The last two members of the tower are the only ones that climb down through the opposite row they have used to climb up.^[1]

It is a very fragile human tower and it needs technical and equilibrated castellers to complete it. It is considered the third most difficult tower of 8 levels, after the 4 in 8 and the 3 in 8, and the first of the high range of 8, followed by the 7 in 8 and 5 in 8. Until 2014, 22 groups of castellers have attempted this tower and all of them have completed it.^[2]

Media related to 2 de 8 amb folre at Wikimedia Commons

This article related to Catalonia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e