AND THE BEST FRIEND WHO
SURVIVED AND MARRIED HIS WIFE
They were two of the world’s best
mountaineers – so what happened when
Conrad Anker lost his climbing partner,
Alex Lowe? United by grief, Anker and
Lowe’s widow fell in love and he became
father to her children. Now the eldest son
has made an extraordinary documentary
about a family changed for ever by tragedy.
Ben Machell hears their story
The Lowe-Anker family in Tibet in
June 2016, at the memorial on Mount
Shishapangma for Alex Lowe and David
Bridges (who died the same day).
Below: Conrad and Jenni’s wedding
in Ravello, Italy, 2001, with sons (in
height order) Max, Sam and Isaac