Robbi Mecus was a leader among forest rangers in the Adirondacks and in the LGBTQ+ climbing community.
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 National Park.Mecus and Orzechowski were ascending a route on Mt. Johnson known as “the Escalator,” a steep and technical 5,000 ft. climb.
Orzechowski, 30, was airlifted out on Friday morning and was in critical condition, receiving medical care at a hospital in Anchorage. . Orzechowski lives in California, though previously lived and worked in the Adirondacks, including at the North Country SchoolShe was part of hundreds of searches and rescues over her career, most recently Robbi Mecus, left, on a winter rescue in the Adirondacks in 2018.
Mahar commended Mecus’s work “advancing diversity, inclusion, and LGBTQ belonging throughout the agency. Ranger Mecus will be dearly missed, and my thoughts are with her family and friends, fellow Forest Rangers, and DEC staff fortunate to have known her and learned from her.”wrote on social media“Robbi was such an incredible person. A pillar of strength,” Seggos wrote. “Always there for the most difficult NYSDEC rescues and crises, and a tremendous leader for LGBTQIA+ rights.
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