COLUMBIA — Equipped with her climbing boots, hardhat, ropes and saddle, Ann Koenig jumps from branch to branch of a towering white oak. Cars pass on a nearby road, and if curious drivers noticed the ropes dangling to the ground, they might have caught a surprising glimpse of a woman more than 40 feet up in a tree.
Climbing to new heights
Ann Koenig of Columbia, an urban forester for the Missouri Department of Conservation, will compete in the 2008 International Tree Climbing Championship.
Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 7:20 p.m. CDT;
updated 1:16 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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