National Park Service ranger dies after falling into crevasse on Mount McKinley during climbing patrol

Colleagues rushed to reach her, but the rescue became a recovery. In their grief, fellow rangers called her part of the “Denali family,” a quiet acknowledgment that those who work this peak know the risks too well. Pendery’s death comes just days after three Latvian climbers were killed on the same mountain, adding to a grim toll of 130 lives lost. Yet every season, climbers still return, and rangers like Robin still step forward — knowing the cost, and choosing to serve anyway.