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“Emotional…Powerful Stuff”: ‘Torn’ Director Max Lowe On Story Of His Mountaineer Father’s Death In An Avalanche, And What Came Next

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Filmmaker Max Lowe was just a kid when his father, the mountaineer Alex Lowe, was killed in an avalanche while climbing in the Tibetan Himalayas.

It was a private family tragedy, and yet a public story—Lowe’s death made headlines around the world because he was considered perhaps the greatest mountain climber of his time.“Alex Lowe, 40, Alpinist, Dies, Swept Away on a Tibet Ascent,” the New York Times reported in October 1999.

The snows entombed Lowe and David Bridges, a 29-year-old cameraman who took part in the expedition organized by North Face, the recreation products company.

Conrad Anker, Lowe’s best friend and fellow world-class climber, sustained injuries in the avalanche but survived.In his new documentary Torn, Max Lowe shares the

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