On October 5, 1999, Alex Lowe, the 40-year-old mountaineer from Bozeman, Montana, considered the world's finest climber, perished in an avalanche on the slopes of Shishapangma, a 26,398-foot peak in southern Tibet, along with cameraman Dave Bridges, a 29-year-old climber from Aspen, Colorado. On April 27, 2016, the bodies of climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges Were found in Tibet 16 years after avalanche hit Himalayas.
