Robbi Mecus, a New York State forest ranger who led search-and-rescue missions and became a prominent voice within the L.G.B.T.Q. climbing community, died after falling about 1,000 feet from a peak at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska on Thursday. She was 52. Her death was confirmed by the New York State Department of […]
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A Hiker Was Lost in the Woods. Snow Was Falling. Time Was Running Out.
The woman’s call came around 9:45 on a Friday night. Her son, a 33-year-old New York City man, had gone hiking in the Adirondack Mountains that March morning. He sent her a text message from the top of Mount Marcy at 12:45 p.m. but had not checked in since. Now, with up to 19 inches […]
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