Famous US climbers Jeff Lowe and Tom Frost die on same day
Pair made climbs together as part of expeditions to Himalayas
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Your support makes all the difference.Two famed American climbers, alpinist Jeff Lowe and Yosemite National Park stalwart Tom Frost, have died on the same day.
Mr Lowe’s longtime partner Connie Self said he died on Friday evening at a care facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, aged 67.
He suffered for years from an unknown neurodegenerative disorder.
In his career, Mr Lowe climbed peaks around the world, including an epic solo ascent of the forbidding Eiger in the Swiss Alps in 1991.
Mr Frost’s biographer Steve Grossman said the rock climber died of cancer on Friday aged 81 in Oakdale, California.
Mr Grossman, author of the upcoming book Tom Frost: A Climbing Life, said Mr Frost was one of the pillars of the “golden age” of Yosemite climbing.
Joyce Frost said her husband died “peacefully and with dignity”.
She said they were married for 22 years and she was “truly blessed”.
Mr Lowe and Mr Frost also made climbs together as part of expeditions to the Himalayas.
Associated Press
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