{"id":17940,"date":"2013-12-18T09:45:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T16:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=17940"},"modified":"2013-12-18T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T19:44:54","slug":"eveenig-jeff-lowe-ice-climbing-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/18\/eveenig-jeff-lowe-ice-climbing-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"A Evening with Jeff Lowe: Ice Climbing Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeff Lowe and Conrad Anker<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

On December 17, hospital<\/a> 2013, try<\/a> I enjoyed an incredible evening attending a fund raising event at the American Alpine Club for Jeff Lowe’s movie, sick<\/a> Metanoia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It was a who’s who of climbing with Jeff, himself, Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, George Lowe, Eric Weinheimer, Charley Mace, Lynn Hill, Tom Hornbein all speaking or in attendance.<\/p>\n

If you don’t know Jeff Lowe, he is credited for practically inventing ice climbing as we know it today and pioneered unbelievable new routes including on the Eiger.<\/p>\n

The list of his climbs are impressive as he set new ways of looking at climbing difficult ice including the first ascent of Colorado’s Bridalveil Falls, setting the standard for steep ice at the time. In 1979 he made the first solo ascent of a major new route in the Himalaya, the South Face of Ama Dablam.<\/p>\n

Jeff now has a form of ALS and is in a wheelchair but was at last night’s event bringing further inspiration to the packed house through his humor, wit and presence. While under hospice care he is working hard to raise enough money to see the movie come to life in 2014. Please consider a donation to take his movie from a dream to reality at http:\/\/jeffloweclimber.com\/The-Movie.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Click this link to see the trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

One of Jeff’s signature climb was a 9 day climb on the North face of the Eiger in Switzerland in 1991. During the fund raiser, Jon Krakuer, who filmed the climbed, talked us through a slide show the climb. As Jeff neared the summit, he had to abandon his pack when he couldn\u2019t find any anchors at the end of his rope. He free soloed the last 50 feet to the summit ridge where he was picked up by a helicopter, just hours before a climb ending storm hit the North Face.<\/div>\n
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In 2011, Josh Wharton retrieved Jeff Lowe’s pack from high on the North Face.<\/div>\n