{"id":1512869,"date":"2026-06-05T14:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1512869"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:57:45","slug":"national-park-service-ranger-dies-after-falling-into-a-crevasse-on-alaskas-mount-mckinley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1512869","title":{"rendered":"National Park Service ranger dies after falling into a crevasse on Alaska\u2019s Mount McKinley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) \u2014 A ranger in Alaska died after falling into a crevasse on North America\u2019s tallest mountain, the National Park Service said.<\/p>\n

Robin Pendery of Enumclaw, Washington was a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve. She fell Thursday while on climbing patrol on Mount McKinley, and died despite immediate rescue efforts, the park service said.<\/p>\n

The death is under investigation. It comes only a week after three climbers from a Latvian mountaineering expedition died after falling near a treacherous pass on McKinley. A fourth climber was rescued. They were part of a seven-person team traversing a route known for its exposed sections, where many climbers have died or been injured over the years.<\/p>\n

McKinley stands at about 20,310 feet (6,190 meters), and Pendery fell near what\u2019s known as the 14,000-foot (4,328-meter) camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mountaineering rangers dedicate themselves to serving visitors and helping others in one of the most challenging environments in the world,\u201d Denali Superintendent Brooke Merrell said in a statement Friday. \u201cToday, we mourn the loss of a valued colleague, friend and teammate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) \u2014 A ranger in Alaska died after falling into a crevasse on North America\u2019s tallest mountain, the National Park Service said. Robin Pendery of Enumclaw, Washington was a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve. She fell Thursday while on climbing patrol on Mount McKinley, … Continue reading National Park Service ranger dies after falling into a crevasse on Alaska\u2019s Mount McKinley<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1512870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1447],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-national-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-07 14:55:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1512869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512871,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512869\/revisions\/1512871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1512869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1512869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1512869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}