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Renaissance man Shawn Lyons, who wrote the book on Alaska hiking, dies at 66
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Print article Shawn Lyons poet, classical guitarist, teacher, historian, restauranteur and an adventurous hiker who left his footprints across the Chugach Mountains and far, far beyond died suddenly Tuesday at an Anchorage hospital. He was 66. Lyons was the unique center of a wildly diverse Venn diagram. He wrote the multi-volume “Walk-About Guide to Alaska,” was a board member of the Alaska Huts Association, played classical guitar nightly at a Mediterranean restaurant, taught music and English at UAA, wrote poetry and was a regular on a podcast that discussed philosophy and psychology.
Print article A big fish deserves a big fish story, and we’re here to tell you how 11-year-old Aimee Pike of Wasilla used her bare hands to pull a 34.5-inch, 9.5-pound burbot out of the icy waters of Lake Louise last month. It was around midnight on the last night of a three-day fishing trip, and everyone in the party of four had caught a fish but Pike. Everyone was relaxing around a fire when Pike decided to get her gloves from a tent sheltering her fishing setup. What she found inside made her forget all about her gloves.