A New York State forest ranger who worked in the Adirondacks, she died after falling about 1,000 feet from a peak at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. By Gaya Gupta Robbi Mecus, a New ...
Robbi Mecus of Keene Valley, New York, a 52 year-old climber died. Her climbing partner was seriously injured. The incident happened when the pair fell while attempting a route on a peak in Denali ...
Robbi Mecus, a transgender forest ranger and mountain-rescue team member who has been described as a “pillar of strength”, has fallen to her death in Alaska at the age of 52. Mecus, who led search-and ...
The first time I met Robbi Mecus, she told me she liked my skirt. I was 25, working as an interior caretaker in the Adirondack High Peaks, my first job with the New York Department of ...
New York's outdoor community is grieving the loss of a state forest ranger who died while climbing in Alaska last week. North Country Public Radio's Emily Russell reports that 52-year-old Robbi ...
Talk to anyone who worked with Forest Ranger Robbi Mecus and they’ll likely have an amazing story to share, like how she found a frostbitten, hypothermic hiker this winter who was lost in the ...
Friday’s rescue was the culmination of a days-long effort to reach the two climbers who had holed up in a snow cave for days.