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New York park ranger Robbi Mecus died while ice climbing Mount Johnson

A longtime New York state forest ranger and transgender advocate died Thursday night after falling more than 1,000 feet while attempting to scale a steep cliff in Alaska, officials said. Robi Mekas, 52, of Keene Valley, and her climbing partner fell while ice climbing a particularly dangerous section of Mount Johnson known as the “escalator” […]