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{{Short description|Castellers human tower}}

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[[File:2 de 8 amb folre dels dels Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia.JPG|thumb|2 in 8 with double base by [[Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia]]]]

A '''2 in 8 with double base''', which in([[Catalan language|Catalan]]: is called '''{{lang|ca|2 de 8 amb folre}}''' or '''{{lang|ca|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 ({{lang|ca|folre}} in Catalan) in the second level, which helps the third level. The top crown consists of the pair (''{{lang|ca|dosos}}''), a bending child (''{{lang|ca|acotxador}}'') and the crowner (''{{lang|ca|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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brotons |first1=Xavier |chapter=Apèndix I: Tots els castells |title=Castells i castellers. Guia completa del món casteller |publisher=Lynx Edicions |date=March 1995 |pages=174 |isbn=84-87334-17-2 |ref=Brotons, 1995|language=catalan}}</ref>

It is a very fragile [[castell|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.<ref name="Tots els castells: Gamma alta de 8, 2de8f">{{cite web|url=http://castell.manies.cat/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=53#tab_8a |title=Tots els castells: 2de8f |publisher=castell.manies.cat |language=catalan }}</ref>

It has been completed by [[Colla Vella dels Xiquets de Valls]], [[Nens del Vendrell]], [[Castellers de Vilafranca]], [[Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls]], [[Minyons de Terrassa]], [[Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona]], [[Xiquets de Reus]], [[Xiquets de Tarragona]], [[Castellers de Terrassa]], [[Castellers de Barcelona]], [[Bordegassos de Vilanova]], [[Capgrossos de Mataró]], Xics de Granollers, [[Xicots de Vilafranca]], [[Sagals d'Osona]], [[Castellers de Sants]], [[Castellers de Lleida]], [[Castellers de la Vila de Gràcia]], [[Castellers de Sabadell]], [[Castellers de Sant Cugat]], [[Marrecs de Salt]] and [[Moixiganguers d'Igualada]].

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