Alex Lowe climbs Great Sail Peak on Baffin Island, in 1998 Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie
In September 1999, climbing legend Alex Lowe lost his life in an avalanche on Tibet’s
Shishapangma, leaving behind his wife Jennifer and three sons. In the months that followed
this devastating tragedy, Jennifer and Alex’s climbing partner Conrad Anker, who survived
the avalanche that killed Alex, found solace in each other and were married in 2001. Now, Jennifer Lowe-Anker’s new book Forget Me Not, A Memoir, offers a portrait of Alex Lowe
through letters and expedition notes, spanning continents to tell the story of three people
whose lives intertwine to a degree they could never have imagined. Lowe-Anker, a successful
painter and founder of the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation, will tell the story of how she navigated her
shattered life and survived, ultimately finding transformative love through great loss.
Location
Tickets
Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic Society
1600 M Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
+1 202 857 7700
