The bodies of two American climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges were found in a glacier in the Himalayas 16 years after their death.
In October 1999 Love and operator of Bridges, who filmed climbing athlete at the peak of Shishapangma height of more than 8000 meters, were killed in an avalanche.
their body last week found two climbers. According to the online fund Alex Lowe, the climbers who found the body, called the widow of Alex Lowe and told that allegedly found the missing 16 years ago, athletes. She identified them on equipment and clothing.
The wife of a climber Jennifer Lowe-Anker said that the body is gradually frozen into glacier and are still in the same place. Now she and her sons plans to visit the place of her husband’s death.
40-year-old Love was one of the best climbers of his generation. He was known for having saved the other athletes. The popularity he gained also thanks to the fact that broadcast their achievements online. He and the 29-year-old Bridges were close friends and often went up to the mountains together.
Together with Lowe and Bridges under the avalanche hit, and Conrad Anker, who two years later married the widow of Love. He was injured, but survived.
Shishapangma is considered to be the 14th highest mountain in the world.
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