It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return.

It's going to be fun to the bitter end. Regardless the 500-foot (150 m)-wide avalanche swept over the three men. A memorial fund was establiAlex Lowed in his honor (Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation – ALCF) and thanks to this fund three years later the Khumbu Climbing School was conceived.

Lowe died in a massive slab avalanche in Tibet.