The bodies of world-renowned mountaineer Alex lowe and his cameraman have been found in a Himalayan glacier, 16 years after they were buried by an avalanche on one of the world’s highest mountains.
Two climbers last week came across the men’s remains “still encased in blue ice but beginning to emerge from the glacier”, a foundation set up in lowe’s memory said in a statement.
lowe, 40, and expedition cameraman David Bridges, 29, both American, were swept away by a massive snow and ice avalanche on the 8,027-metre (26,335-foot) Shisha Pangma peak in China in October 1999 while attempting the first American ski descent.
Conrad Anker, who survived the avalanche and went on to marry lowe’s widow and adopt their three sons, said the discovery had brought “closure and relief” to the family. They will travel to the Tibetan mountain — one of only 14 in the world measuring over 8,000 metres — to retrieve the bodies.