Top of the Trees
THACA — When Keith Luscinski thinks about climbing a tree, plastic forts and toy rope swings are not exactly what he has in mind.
Luscinski, who finished his junior year at Cornell University in May, has taken the classic backyard activity of tree-climbing and transformed it into more of an extreme sport. He easily can ascend 70 feet in a tree by using just ropes, carabineers, a harness and mechanical ascenders.
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