{"id":348659,"date":"2026-06-05T22:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348659\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T22:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:21:47","slug":"park-ranger-dies-after-falling-into-a-crevasse-on-mount-mckinley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348659\/","title":{"rendered":"Park ranger dies after falling into a crevasse on Mount McKinley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p>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<p>The death is under investigation. It comes only a week after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mount-mckinley-denali-climbers-deaths-d7c7be8ceb179ee7a5a4314ad4e8c88d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three climbers<\/a> 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<p>McKinley stands at about 20,310 feet, and Pendery fell near what\u2019s known as the 14,000-foot camp.<\/p>\n<p>\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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[4162,142737,339,142734,142736,142738,42334,142735,142739,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-348659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-alaska","tag-crevasse","tag-death","tag-denali-national-park","tag-mount-mckinley","tag-mountaineering","tag-national-park-service","tag-ranger","tag-robin-pendery","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}