Alex Lowe

Stewart Alexander Lowe was an American mountaineer known for difficult ascents on rock ice and highaltitude peaks worldwide He established new routes in the Himalayas Karakoram and the Tetons and made first ascents in Antarctica and on Baffin Island In 1995 he received the American Alpine Clubs Underhill Award for outstanding mountaineering achievement Lowe was killed in an avalanche on Shishapangma in Tibet in 1999 during an expedition that aimed to produce the first American ski descent of an 8000meter peak Lowes remains were discovered in the glacier in 2016 The Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation was established in his name