Stewart Alexander Lowe was an American mountaineer.
10 Facts About Alex Lowe
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Alex Lowe died in an avalanche in mount Shishapangma, in Tibet.
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Alex Lowe improved his upper body strength as a result of a daily exercise regimen that included 400 chin-ups and hundreds of dips.
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Alex Lowe disliked downtime and knew where to do pull-ups in many airports.
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In June 1995, Alex Lowe helped the National Park Service rescue several Spanish climbers on 20,320-foot Denali in Alaska.
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Alex Lowe's group were crossing a flat glacier when a large serac broke loose 6,000 feet above and tumbled downhill.
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Alex Lowe was survived by his wife Jennifer and three sons, Max, Sam, and Isaac.
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Jennifer Alex Lowe-Anker published a memoir, Forget Me Not in 2008, that recounts her life shared with Alex Lowe, his death and the life she continued with Anker.
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In 1995, Alex Lowe received the American Alpine Club's Underhill Award for outstanding mountaineering achievement, the highest honor in US mountaineering.
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Alex Lowe climbed for nearly 10 years with The North Face professional climbing team, which included in the later years mountaineer Jon Krakauer, author of the bestseller Into Thin Air.