PoCo arborist heading to world tree climbing championships

Certified arborist Kali Alcorn ascends a tree with ropes. Alcorn will be competing in the International Tree Climbing Championships in Washington, D.C. on July 28-30.
Kali Alcorn aimed and threw, arcing a weighted sack the size of a beanbag and attached to a thin rope over the branch she had targeted, 50 feet above her head.
It wasn’t some bare branch sticking out all on its lonesome; she hit her target through a crowded canopy of jumbled branches and leaves.
It’s important she clear