This story, Alex's story, isn't about the death of a climber - another adrenaline sports junkie who played a numbers game and eventually lost. Besides, everyone who knew Alex Lowe wouldn't die making a mistake - he was just too good. It is about life and what's possible for a human who lives it to the limit. The year was 1991, and a professional climber Marc Twight had just finished a out on Kusum Kanguru, a 6,300-meter peak in the Everest region of Nepal. His Sidar was brewing coffee and talking about some tall, lunatic American who had been there a few years before.
E wint up to solo dey mountain but lef with no backpack, caring jus' candy bars end a water bottle.
Den he jus' disappear. The man threw up his hands, not knowing what to think. Marc knew exactly what to think. He spent the night alone and hiked back around the next morning. This same feet would have entailed months of planning, a fat pig of a backpack and four or five days of hard work for any other pro.