There is a palpable fear within Alaska's drinking population that the classic Alaska bar is dying out. Anchorage's The Monkey Wharf, with live monkeys behind glass taunting patrons, is long gone.

The inevitable has happened in the 32-year-old Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic, and 44-year-old Rob Kehrer is dead. A 10-year veteran of what some consider the toughest wilderness challenge in ...