For more than 40 years, Alaskans have been gathering in the tiny coastal town of Valdez to celebrate the art of climbing ice Corey Buhay Alaska’s hardiest residents have gathered around the frozen ...

A longtime New York forest ranger and trans advocate was killed Thursday night after falling more than 1,000 feet while attempting to climb a steep cliff in Alaska, officials said. Robbi Mecus, 52, of ...

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 Environmental ...

Robbi Mecus was a New York State Forest Ranger working in the Adirondacks. (Emily Russell) A well-known and beloved Adirondack forest ranger died while ice climbing in Alaska on Thursday. Robbi Mecus, ...

DENALI PARK, Alaska — A Grandville woman is in a hospital in Alaska after falling 1,000 feet while ice climbing at Denali National Park. Melissa Orzechowski, 30, is a graduate of Grandville High ...

A well-known and beloved Adirondack forest ranger died while ice climbing in Alaska on Thursday. Robbi Mecus, who was 52 years old, died while climbing with a partner, Melissa Orzechowski, in Denali ...

KEENE VALLEY — Robbi Mecus, a forest ranger with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and a beloved member of the Keene Valley and local LGBTQ-plus community, died in an ice climbing ...