Here is a news article: KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Swiss climber who found the long-lost bodies of a renowned mountaineer and his cameraman on one of the world's tallest mountains said it took days for him and his climbing partner to realize whom they had found. 
  
 Mountaineer Ueli Steck said he and David Goettler were attempting to climb China's Mount Shishapangma and saw the bodies on a glacier at a height of 5,900 meters (19,350 feet). 
  
 It was only when they got back to base camp after their failed attempt that they thought the bodies may have been of Alex Lowe and David Bridges, who were swept away by an avalanche in 1999 and had been attempting to climb the world's 14 highest mountains. 
  
 Lowe was regarded as the world's greatest mountain climber when he was swept to his death at age 40. Bridges, then 29, was an accomplished high-altitude climber and cinematographer. 
  
 "We didn't realize this could be Alex and David. But when we were back in base camp we were talking about this and were like — oh these two bodies could be," Steck said Monday in Kathmandu after returning from the mountain. 
  
 Steck said Goettler then called Cornad Anker, who was climbing with Lowe and Bridges at the time of avalanche, and gave him a description of the clothes, shoes and backpack on the bodies. 
  
 "Conrad made the conclusion that it was the two friends of his," Steck said. 
  
 Steck said he did not touch or move the bodies, which were found on the mountain's difficult "British route," which is not very popular. Steck and Goettler were the only climbers this season on the southern face of the 8,027-meter (26,330-foot) mountain. 
  
 Steck climbed the peak in 2011 but on a route slightly to the right and did not see the bodies then. 
  
 Lowe was known as "Lungs With Legs" for his incredible strength and stamina. He climbed Mount Everest twice, and is credited with rescuing several climbers in Alaska in 1995, a year when six climbers died on Mount McKinley. |||||  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 April 10th, 2016 
  
 April is here and this is the time that many trekking and climbing expeditions come to Nepal and venture into the high valleys of the Himalaya. We are one year out from the devastating earthquakes that shook Nepal last April and recovery is ongoing. 
  
  
  
 On behalf of our ALCF Board, I would like to thank all of you who donated for earthquake relief in the last year. We responded to need immediately and were able to disburse over 100 thousand dollars in emergency and long term aid to six regions within three months of the quakes. Your donations purchased food, clothing, temporary and permanent shelter, first aid and porter wages to deliver aid. In addition, we helped to reestablish power and water to the community of Phortse where our work with the Khumbu Climbing Center is focused and ongoing. 
  
  
  
 Phortse village is home to a approximately 350 people, mostly Sherpa and of those living here, there are 80 living Everest summiters. This tiny community has more Everest summiters than anywhere on Earth with several generations of climbers in some families. Thus it is a fitting place for the Khumbu Climbing Center which has been educating indigenous climbers now for fourteen years. 
  
  
  
 With a crippled economy after the quakes and fuel embargoes to make things worse, the vocation of a climbing Sherpa is still a sought after position and one that bolsters the economy of many mountain communities in Nepal. 
  
 The technical education provided by the Khumbu Climbing Center is vital to the safety of high altitude workers. In fourteen years we have educated over 1000 students with technical climbing, mountain rescue and safety. 
  
  
  
 We are now in full construction mode to finish an earthquake safe, passive solar building to house the KCC and serve as a community center and library for the village of Phortse. With no overhead, our funds go directly into the economy of Nepal. Please help us to provide a permanent and enduring home for the high altitude Indigenous climbers. 
  
  
  
 Donate today! With gratitude, Jenni 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 June 4th, 2015 
  
  
  
 Dear friends of Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation, On behalf of our ALCF board, I want to take a moment to thank you for your generous donation for earthquake relief in Nepal. The situation there is dire since the second quake that devastated many remote villages, killing people and precious livestock and damaging roads and trails that are vital for food supply. There will be many ongoing negative impacts with the arrival of the monsoons this month. Since the first earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25th , ALCF was able to mobilize immediately with the infrastructure of our Khumbu Climbing School and Magic Yeti teams. We have sent forty thousand dollars in emergency aid to remote districts of Nepal that were hard hit by the quakes. The money was used to purchase food, shelter, medical supplies and to pay for porters to carry donated supplies to remote roadless areas. We have also delivered nine large duffels of tents, rain gear and warm clothes essential to survival during the monsoon. Our ALCF team has helped to organize donation transport and allocation for many more donated goods. With donations that they helped raise, Mike Auldridge and Parker Webb volunteered to travel to Nepal for ALCF on the 15th of May and were able to trek into the Khumbu and provide assistance to many people there including helping the village of Phortse to restore their water and electricity. Mike is now helping to rebuild a school and Parker is helping to rebuild homes in lower regions that were heavily damaged. This week we will send another twenty thousand dollars and eight more duffels of clothes and tents with board member Steve Mock and his wife Jan who have volunteered their time and resources to travel to Nepal. In the coming weeks, Pete Athans and Liesl Clark directors of the Magic Yeti Library will also travel to Nepal for documentary work and will assist in delivering much needed aid. Thanks once again for helping to bring hope and care to those in need in Nepal. With Gratitude, Jenni Lowe-Anker 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 April 13, 2015 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 Dear Friends of Nepal, 
  
 The disheartening news of yesterday's quake left us reeling with the magnitude of this disaster. We heard from some of our ALCF team in Nepal as they continue to respond to the crisis in the capacity that we can, helping to fund emergency aid to remote regions. It is of utmost importance that you spread the word to colleagues and friends to dig deep with compassion and donate to the ORG or your choice to support Nepal. The quake yesterday added magnitudes of damage to high mountain villages so the relief effort and rebuilding process will take years. Our immediate response has been to allocate emergency funds to four badly affected regions, including Manang, Langtang, Ghorka and Solukhumbu and we are organizing a large building crew including skilled carpenters and masons to visit the Solukhumbu region in the autumn and help rebuild. Our volunteers will donate their time, travel expenses and efforts and funds will go to aid, supplies and salaries for indigenous people. In the months to come, plan a trip to Nepal and spread the wealth of our own lives to those who are less fortunate. It is still a beautiful country with magnificent mountains, valleys with extraordinary people and rich culture. Your heart will fill if you can travel and see first hand that your dollars are reviving the economy. Thanks to all who have already given! 
  
 With Kind Regards, Jenni 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 April 11, 2015 
  
  
  
  
  
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 It has been two weeks since the earthquake shook Nepal exactly one week and a year after last years Everest disaster, dwarfing the magnitude of tragedy that we felt then. The aftershocks continued to frighten people for nearly a week causing many to sleep outside for fear of returning to their homes. This was dangerous at altitude for the elderly and very young who may have been injured. Although the Khumbu fared pretty well aside from some damaged structures, Thame is mostly flattened with 90 percent of houses there destroyed but only 2 casualties. 
  
  
  
  
  
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 I have had a bit of communication with Dr. Luanne Freer of Everest ER who worked three seasons as the KCC medical instructor. She returned to Nepal as soon as she heard the news and has worked the front lines of rescue teams, tending to injured. Her HRA team at basecamp tended to some seventy injuries immediately after the avalanche. The news from Langtang and Manaslu was grim as rescue workers and aid finally reached those areas. Tsering, our KCC building project manager, sent us a dispatch from Langtang where he was on a rescue team and Ang - a seasoned KCC instructor, spearheaded rescue efforts as well. I was pleased to realize that the KCC students who have gone through our ranks were using their mountain rescue and first aid skills as well as their leadership skills to help their own and other communities. 
  
  
  
  
  
 We have also been in communication with Dave Morton of Juniper Fund who was in Thame during the quake. ALCF will continue our relationship with Juniper Fund to support those who lost family members on Everest. 
  
  
  
  
  
 Board member and KCC Director Pete Athans and Liesl Clark, Magic Yeti Libraries Director, jumped in with communicating and helping to assess loss and organize aid. Our Magic Yeti libraries suffered some damage and the Thame one was destroyed. Pete and Liesl are heading over to do a documentary within the next month or so and will be able to help organize the repairs and rebuilds. 
  
  
  
  
  
 Conrad and I spoke to Willy Benegas, Everest guide and longtime supporter of KCC, who was there during the quake. He left Nepal briefly to organize some aid for those remote areas which were being overlooked. He is returning this week to organize and pay surviving villagers in Manaslu to carry loads of food and aid supplies that were left at the end of the road or far down valley from where they are needed. This is a good way to infuse money into the economy. ALCF has committed to support this project and will also support aid to Langtang. 
  
  
  
  
  
 Mike Auldridge, a professional builder who has worked on the earthquake safe KCC building, is headed over to Nepal for us on May 15th. Parker Webb, who interned at KCC two years ago and lived for a year in Nepal will join him. They will take stock of the KCC building project in Phortse and assess other damage to structures there. They will also transport emergency supplies. 
  
  
  
  
  
 Board member and KCC Director Steve Mock and his wife Jan are headed over to Phortse on June 5th and will also carry emergency supplies for those areas most in need. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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 May 1st, 2015 
  
  
  
  
  
 The April 25th, 2015 mega earthquake in Nepal has affected every one of the villages where we have children’s libraries. Our hearts are with our friends and colleagues all over Nepal. One of our libraries has been flattened, while the others have suffered much damage. The buildings will need to be rebuilt and repaired. In the immediate term, we’ve put together a team of Nepali and foreign volunteers from all over the world to address the needs of the people in the most hardest hit communities in Nepal. This team is working with Kathmandu Living Labs to get the most reliable local information about the remote communities that need basic shelter for their people. We are moving tarps, tents and blankets from India, Hong Kong and the USA to Nepal through the help of aid organizations and volunteers around the world willing to bring these supplies into the country as part of the checked baggage. We’ve created a person-to-person giving network to get these urgently-needed supplies to Nepal and out to the remote villages that are currently blank spots on the aid map. 
  
  
  
  
  
 We’re also raising money for our longer-term mission of helping to rebuild the community centers and schools where our Magic Yeti Children’s libraries are housed. As soon as our immediate mission of getting tarps and tents out to the tens of thousands of homeless people left to sleep out in the open in the oncoming monsoon, we will turn our attention back to the villages where we are committed to help bring increased literacy to families and loved-ones. Any help you can provide will be appreciated and we thank you for all of your support during these heartbreaking times. 
  
 Liesl Clark 
  
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 April 26, 2015 
  
  
  
  
  
 It is with a heavy heart that I write on behalf of The Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation today. We are deeply saddened to hear the news of a devastating earthquake in Nepal that has destroyed structures and taken many lives throughout the country. The quake caused a catastrophic avalanche from Pumori to sweep into Everest base camp resulting in many injured and dead. We send our prayers and condolences to Nepal and especially to those who have lost family members and homes. 
  
  
  
  
  
 The news from Mount Everest is grim as the earthquake triggered an enormous avalanche that swept down into camp. The aftershocks continue to send smaller avalanches into and near base camp and the icefall. Right now, it appears that at least 18 have died in or near base camp. That toll may very well rise as many are still unaccounted for. Also, there were many climbers and guides at camps 1 and 2 above the ice fall when the avalanche occurred. Earthquake-induced movement within the ice fall has damaged or destroyed much of this already tenuous route through the treacherous terrain, the site of last year's major disaster. Everest Base Camp is frightening as every aftershock or loud sound leads to fear of another avalanche. 
  
  
  
  
  
 We also have some very sparse reports that Phortse, the home to Khumbu Climbing Center, as well as some other nearby villages were badly damaged.We have no direct reports, though, as the quake apparently destroyed many cellular towers, and presently phone communication throughout much of the Khumbu region is impossible. 
  
  
  
  
  
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 Jennifer Lowe-Anker, President 
  
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  ||||| KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The bodies of two renowned U.S. climbers, found in Tibet 16 years after they died on one of the world’s tallest mountains, have been left untouched out of respect, one of the mountaineers who found the remains said on Monday. 
  
 Ueli Steck, a mountaineer from Switzerland, speaks to the media during an interview at a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 
  
 Alex Lowe and David Bridges were swept away in 1999 by an avalanche during their attempt to scale the world’s 14th highest peak, Shishapangma. 
  
 Ueli Steck of Switzerland and David Goettler of Germany, who were attempting the same South Face route to the 26,291-foot (8,013 m) peak, stumbled upon the bodies of the pair, encased in ice, at an altitude of 19,356 feet (5,900 m). 
  
 “The bodies were two meters (six feet) apart,” Steck told Reuters after returning to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu from neighboring Tibet. 
  
 A charity run by Lowe’s widow, Jenni Lowe-Anker, announced the find on May 2. 
  
 Steck and Goettler, who had heard about the disappearance of the legendary climbers on the same route 16 years ago, descended to their advanced base camp, set up at 18,700 feet (5,700 m). 
  
 Goettler called Conrad Anker, who was part of the 1999 expedition and survived the avalanche, describing their findings. 
  
 “We did not know them and we could not recognize them,” Steck said, outside his hotel in Kathmandu. 
  
 Based on the description, Anker had little doubt of the identities of the two bodies, as their clothing, boots and backpacks matched the gear Lowe and Bridges had when they disappeared. 
  
 “We did not touch them out of respect and left the bodies on the mountain in the same position as we had discovered (them),” said the 40-year-old mountaineer from Interlaken, Switzerland. 
  
 Bodies of climbers who perish in the Himalayas remain buried under the snow and emerge as the ice melts or glaciers move. 
  
 Lowe, who was 40 at the time of his death, was regarded as the best American mountaineer of his generation when he and Bridges were swept away during an expedition that aimed to ski down Shishapangma. 
  
 Lowe’s accomplishments included two climbs to the top of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, several first ascents in Antarctica and dozens of less prominent but highly technical ascents. 
  
 Steck and Goettler made two attempts to reach the summit of Shishapangma this month, but failed because of bad weather. |||||
A summary of this is?
– The mountaineers who discovered the bodies of long-lost American climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges in Tibet left them untouched out of respect—and it took them days to realize who they were. Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck tells Reuters that he was on the way up Mount Shishapangma with German climber David Goettler when they found the bodies encased in ice at 19,356 feet. The men, who perished in an October 1999 avalanche, were just 6 feet apart. "We did not touch them out of respect and left the bodies on the mountain in the same position as we had discovered [them]," says Steck, considered one of the world's best mountaineers—just as Lowe was at the time of his death, notes the Guardian. "We didn't realize this could be Alex and David. But when we were back in base camp we were talking about this and were like—oh, these two bodies could be," Steck tells the AP. Goettler called Conrad Anker, who survived the 1999 avalanche. Based on the description of the men's clothing and gear, Anker said he was sure that the bodies were those of Lowe, considered the best American climber of his generation, and renowned cameraman Bridges. Steck and Goettler were the only climbers to attempt the difficult southern route of Shishapangma this year, but they were unable to reach the summit in two attempts because of bad weather. Anker married Lowe's widow, Jennifer, in 2001 and adopted his three sons. "Conrad, the boys, and I will make our pilgrimage to Shishapangma," Jennifer Lowe-Anker said in a statement after the bodies were found. "It is time to put Alex to rest." (The mother of a vegan who died trying to climb Mount Everest is demanding answers.)
Här är en nyhetsartikel: KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — En schweizisk klättrare som hittade de sedan länge försvunna kropparna av en känd bergsbestigare och hans kameraman på ett av världens högsta berg sade att det tog dagar för honom och hans klätterpartner att inse vem de hade hittat. Mountaineer Ueli Steck sade att han och David Goettler försökte bestiga Kinas Mount Shishapangma och såg kropparna på en glaciär på 5 900 meters höjd (19 350 fot). Det var först när de kom tillbaka till baslägret efter deras misslyckade försök som de trodde att kropparna kan ha varit av Alex Lowe och David Bridges, som sveptes bort av en lavin 1999 och hade försökt bestiga världens 14 högsta berg. Lowe betraktades som världens största bergsklättrare när han sveptes till sin död vid 40 års ålder. Broar, då 29, var en skicklig höjdklättrare och kinematograf. "Vi visste inte att det här kunde vara Alex och David. Men när vi var tillbaka i baslägret talade vi om detta och var som — åh dessa två kroppar kunde vara», sade Steck måndagen i Katmandu efter att ha återvänt från berget. Steck sade att Goettler då ringde Cornad Anker, som var på klättring med Lowe och Bridges vid lavintiden, och gav honom en beskrivning av kläderna, skorna och ryggsäcken på kropparna. »Conrad drog den slutsatsen, att det var hans båda vänner», sade Steck. Steck sade att han inte rörde eller flyttade kropparna, som hittades på bergets svåra "brittiska rutt", vilket inte är särskilt populärt. Steck och Goettler var de enda klättrarna denna säsong på södra sidan av berget 8.027-meter (26.330-fots). Steck besteg toppen 2011 men på en sträcka något åt höger och såg inte kropparna då. Lowe var känd som "Lungar med ben" för sin otroliga styrka och uthållighet. Han besteg Mount Everest två gånger, och krediteras med att ha räddat flera klättrare i Alaska 1995, ett år då sex klättrare dog på Mount McKinley. 10 april 2016 April är här och det är nu som många vandrings- och klätterexpeditioner kommer till Nepal och ger sig ut i Himalayas höga dalar. Vi är ett år från de förödande jordbävningar som skakade Nepal i april förra året och som håller på att återhämta sig. Å ALCF:s vägnar vill jag tacka er alla som donerade för jordbävningshjälp under det senaste året. Vi reagerade omedelbart på behovet och kunde betala ut över 100 000 dollar i nöd- och långsiktigt stöd till sex regioner inom tre månader efter skalvet. Dina donationer köpte mat, kläder, tillfälligt och permanent husrum, första hjälpen och porter löner för att leverera bistånd. Dessutom hjälpte vi till att återställa kraft och vatten till samhället Phortse där vårt arbete med Khumbu Climbing Center är fokuserat och pågående. Phortse by är hem för cirka 350 personer, mestadels Sherpa och av dem som bor här, det finns 80 levande Everest toppare. Detta lilla samhälle har fler Everest-toppare än någonstans på jorden med flera generationer klättrare i vissa familjer. Därmed är det en passande plats för Khumbu Climbing Center som har utbildat inhemska klättrare nu i fjorton år. Med en lamslagen ekonomi efter skalven och bränsleembargona för att förvärra situationen är kallelsen till en klättrande sherpa fortfarande en eftertraktad position och en som stärker ekonomin i många bergssamhällen i Nepal. Den tekniska utbildning som tillhandahålls av Khumbu Climbing Center är avgörande för säkerheten för höghöjdsarbetare. På fjorton år har vi utbildat över 1000 studenter med teknisk klättring, fjällräddning och säkerhet. Vi är nu i fullt konstruktionsläge för att avsluta en jordbävning säker, passiv sol byggnad för att husera KCC och fungera som ett samhälle centrum och bibliotek för byn Phortse. Utan omkostnader går våra medel direkt in i Nepals ekonomi. Hjälp oss att få ett permanent och bestående hem för de höghöjdsbestigande. Donera idag! Med tacksamhet, Jenni 4 juni, 2015 Kära vänner till Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation, På uppdrag av vår ALCF styrelse, Jag vill ta ett ögonblick att tacka er för din generösa donation för jordbävningshjälp i Nepal. Situationen där är svår sedan det andra skalvet som ödelade många avlägsna byar, dödade människor och dyrbar boskap och skadade vägar och stigar som är nödvändiga för livsmedelsförsörjningen. Det kommer att bli många pågående negativa effekter med ankomsten av monsunerna denna månad. Sedan den första jordbävningen gungade Nepal den 25 april kunde ALCF omedelbart mobilisera med infrastrukturen i våra Khumbu Climbing School och Magic Yeti team. Vi har skickat fyrtiotusen dollar i katastrofhjälp till avlägsna områden i Nepal som drabbades hårt av skalven. Pengarna användes för att köpa mat, husrum, sjukvårdsmateriel och för att betala för portierer att bära med sig donerade förnödenheter till avlägsna väglösa områden. Vi har också levererat nio stora tältdubbar, regnutrustning och varma kläder som är nödvändiga för att överleva under monsunen. Vårt ALCF-team har bidragit till att organisera donationstransporter och tilldelning för många fler donerade varor. Med donationer som de hjälpte höja, Mike Auldridge och Parker Webb frivilligt att resa till Nepal för ALCF den 15 maj och kunde vandra in i Khumbu och ge hjälp till många människor där, inklusive att hjälpa byn Phortse att återställa sitt vatten och elektricitet. Mike hjälper nu till att bygga upp en skola och Parker hjälper till att bygga upp bostäder i lägre regioner som var kraftigt skadade. Den här veckan kommer vi att skicka ytterligare tjugotusen dollar och ytterligare åtta påsar kläder och tält med styrelsemedlemmen Steve Mock och hans fru Jan som har frivilligt sin tid och sina resurser för att resa till Nepal. Under de kommande veckorna kommer Pete Athans och Liesl Clark regissörer för Magic Yeti Library också att resa till Nepal för dokumentärt arbete och hjälpa till att leverera välbehövlig hjälp. Tack än en gång för att du hjälpte till att ge hopp och omsorg till de behövande i Nepal. Med Tacksamhet, Jenni Lowe-Anker 13 april 2015 Dear Friends of Nepal, De nedslående nyheterna om gårdagens jordbävning lämnade oss i rörelse med omfattningen av denna katastrof. Vi hörde från några av våra ALCF-team i Nepal när de fortsätter att reagera på krisen i den kapacitet som vi kan, och hjälpa till att finansiera katastrofhjälp till avlägsna regioner. Det är av yttersta vikt att ni sprider ordet till kollegor och vänner att gräva djupt med medkänsla och donera till ORC eller ert val att stödja Nepal. Jordbävningen i går ökade skadorna på höga bergsbyar, så hjälpinsatserna och återuppbyggnadsprocessen kommer att ta flera år. Vårt omedelbara svar har varit att anslå nödmedel till fyra svårt drabbade regioner, bland annat Manang, Langtang, Ghorka och Solukhumbu och vi organiserar en stor byggnadspersonal inklusive skickliga snickare och murare för att besöka Solukhumburegionen under hösten och hjälpa till med återuppbyggnaden. Våra volontärer kommer att donera sin tid, resekostnader och insatser och pengar kommer att gå till bistånd, förnödenheter och löner för ursprungsbefolkningar. Under de kommande månaderna, planera en resa till Nepal och sprida rikedomen i våra egna liv till dem som är mindre lyckligt lottade. Det är fortfarande ett vackert land med magnifika berg, dalar med extraordinära människor och rik kultur. Ditt hjärta kommer att fylla om du kan resa och se med egna ögon att dina pengar återupplivar ekonomin. Tack till alla som redan har gett! Med vänliga hälsningar, Jenni 11 april 2015 Kära vänner, Det har gått två veckor sedan jordbävningen skakade Nepal exakt en vecka och ett år efter förra årens Everestkatastrof, vilket är en fördunkling av den tragedi som vi kände då. Efterskalven fortsatte att skrämma människor i nästan en vecka och fick många att sova utomhus av rädsla för att återvända till sina hem. Detta var farligt på höjden för äldre och mycket unga som kan ha skadats. Även om Khumbu klarade sig ganska bra bortsett från några skadade strukturer, är Thame mestadels tillplattad med 90 procent av hus där förstörda men bara 2 dödsoffer. 18 dog på baslägret som omfattade 12 nepali. Jag har haft lite kontakt med dr Luanne Freer på Everest ER som jobbade tre säsonger som KCC-läkare. Hon återvände till Nepal så fort hon fick höra nyheten och har arbetat frontlinjen för räddningsteam, som tenderar att skadas. Hennes HRA-team på baslägret tenderade till ett sjuttiotal skador direkt efter lavinen. Nyheten från Langtang och Manaslu var dyster när räddningsarbetare och bistånd slutligen nådde dessa områden. Tsering, vår KCC byggprojektledare, skickade oss ett meddelande från Langtang där han var med i ett räddningsteam och Ang - en erfaren KCC instruktör, spjutspetsad räddningsinsatser också. Det gladde mig att kunna konstatera att KCC-studenterna som har gått igenom våra led använder sina kunskaper i bergsräddning och första hjälpen samt sin ledarförmåga för att hjälpa sina egna och andra samhällen. Vi har också varit i kommunikation med Dave Morton från Juniper Fund som var i Thame under skalvet. ALCF kommer att fortsätta vår relation med Juniper Fund för att stödja dem som förlorade familjemedlemmar på Everest. Styrelseledamot och KCC-direktör Pete Athans och Liesl Clark, Magic Yeti Libraries Director, hoppade in med att kommunicera och hjälpa till att bedöma förlust och organisera bistånd. Våra Magiska Yeti-bibliotek fick en del skador och Themsen förstördes. Pete och Liesl är på väg över för att göra en dokumentär inom den närmaste månaden eller så och kommer att kunna hjälpa till att organisera reparationer och ombyggnader. Conrad och jag pratade med Willy Benegas, Everest guide och länge anhängare av KCC, som var där under skalvet. Han lämnade Nepal kort för att organisera lite hjälp till de avlägsna områden som förbisågs. Han återvänder den här veckan för att organisera och betala överlevande bybor i Manaslu för att bära med sig massor av mat och biståndsmaterial som lämnades vid vägens slut eller långt ner i dalen från där de behövs. Detta är ett bra sätt att ingjuta pengar i ekonomin. ALCF har åtagit sig att stödja detta projekt och kommer också att stödja stöd till Langtang. Mike Auldridge, en professionell byggmästare som har arbetat med den jordbävningssäkra KCC byggnaden, är på väg till Nepal för oss den 15 maj. Parker Webb, som internerade på KCC för två år sedan och bodde i Nepal i ett år, kommer att ansluta sig till honom. De kommer att granska KCC:s byggnadsprojekt i Phortse och bedöma andra skador på strukturer där. De kommer också att transportera nödförråd. Styrelseledamot och KCC-direktör Steve Mock och hans fru Jan är på väg till Phortse den 5 juni och kommer även att bära nödförråd till de områden som mest behöver. Tack för ert fortsatta stöd. 1 maj, 2015 Den 25 april 2015 har megajordbävningen i Nepal påverkat alla byar där vi har barnbibliotek. Våra hjärtan finns hos våra vänner och kollegor i hela Nepal. Ett av våra bibliotek har blivit tillplattat, medan de andra har lidit stor skada. Byggnaderna måste byggas om och repareras. På kort sikt har vi satt ihop ett team av nepali och utländska volontärer från hela världen för att möta behoven hos människorna i de hårdast drabbade samhällena i Nepal. Detta team arbetar med Kathmandu Living Labs för att få den mest tillförlitliga lokala informationen om de avlägsna samhällen som behöver grundläggande skydd för sitt folk. Vi flyttar presenningar, tält och filtar från Indien, Hongkong och USA till Nepal genom hjälp av hjälporganisationer och frivilliga runt om i världen som är villiga att föra in dessa förnödenheter i landet som en del av det incheckade bagaget. Vi har skapat en person-till-person ger nätverk för att få dessa akut-behövliga leveranser till Nepal och ut till de avlägsna byar som för närvarande är tomma fläckar på hjälpkartan. Vi samlar också in pengar för vårt långsiktiga uppdrag att hjälpa till att återuppbygga de lokala centra och skolor där våra Magic Yeti Barnbibliotek är inrymda. Så snart vårt omedelbara uppdrag att få ut presenningar och tält till de tiotusentals hemlösa som lämnas att sova ute i det fria i den mötande monsunen, kommer vi att vända vår uppmärksamhet tillbaka till de byar där vi är fast beslutna att bidra till att öka läskunnigheten för familjer och nära och kära. All hjälp du kan ge kommer att uppskattas och vi tackar dig för allt ditt stöd under dessa hjärtslitande tider. Liesl Clark Director, Magic Yeti Children’s Libraries Besök avdelningen Magic Yeti Children’s Libraries för att lära dig mer. 26 april 2015 Det är med tungt hjärta som jag skriver på uppdrag av Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation idag. Vi är djupt ledsna över att höra nyheten om en förödande jordbävning i Nepal som har förstört strukturer och tagit många liv i hela landet. Skalvet gjorde att en katastrofal lavin från Pumori svepte in i Everests basläger vilket resulterade i många skadade och döda. Vi sänder våra böner och kondoleanser till Nepal och särskilt till dem som har förlorat familjemedlemmar och hem. Nyheten från Mount Everest är dyster, när jordbävningen utlöste en enorm lavin som svepte ner i lägret. Efterskalven fortsätter att skicka mindre laviner in i och nära baslägret och isfallet. Just nu verkar minst 18 ha dött i eller nära baslägret. Den siffran kan mycket väl stiga, eftersom många fortfarande är oberäkneliga. Det fanns också många klättrare och guider vid läger 1 och 2 ovanför isfallet när lavinen inträffade. Jordbävningsframkallade rörelser inom isfallet har skadat eller förstört en stor del av denna redan svaga väg genom den förrädiska terrängen, platsen för förra årets stora katastrof. Everest Base Camp är skrämmande då varje efterskalv eller högt ljud leder till rädsla för en annan lavin. Vi har också några mycket glesa rapporter om att Phortse, hem till Khumbu Climbing Center, liksom några andra närliggande byar var svårt skadade.Vi har dock inga direkta rapporter, eftersom skalvet uppenbarligen förstörde många celltorn, och för närvarande telefonkommunikation i hela stora delar av Khumbu regionen är omöjligt. Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation (ALCF) accepterar hjälpdonationer som kommer att betalas ut till de inhemska klättringssamhällena i Nepal för att bidra till att minska förlusten av liv, försörjning eller hem. Vår infrastruktur är på plats. Använd knappen Donera på nedre högra sidan av webbplatsen och dela gärna med sociala medier. Eller så kan du skicka en check till ALCF till polisen. Box 6666, Bozeman, MT 59771. Namaste, Jennifer Lowe-Anker, President Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ueli Steck, en bergsbestigare från Schweiz, talar till media under en intervju på ett hotell i Katmandu, Nepal 30 maj 2016. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar Alex Lowe och David Bridges sveptes bort 1999 av en lavin under deras försök att skala världens 14:e högsta topp, Shishapangma. Ueli Steck från Schweiz och David Goettler från Tyskland, som försökte samma South Face-väg till toppen på 8 013 meter, snubblade över parets kroppar, inneslutna i is, på en höjd av 5 900 meter. “Kropparna var två meter (sex fot) ifrån varandra,” Steck berättade Reuters efter att ha återvänt till den nepaliska huvudstaden Katmandu från grannlandet Tibet. En välgörenhetsorganisation som drevs av Lowes änka, Jenni Lowe-Anker, meddelade fyndet den 2 maj. Steck och Goettler, som hade hört talas om de legendariska klättrarnas försvinnande på samma rutt för 16 år sedan, steg ned till sitt avancerade basläger, som var uppställt på 1700 meters höjd. Goettler kallade Conrad Anker, som ingick i expeditionen 1999 och överlevde lavinen, och beskrev deras fynd. — Vi kände dem inte och vi kunde inte känna igen dem, sade Steck, utanför sitt hotell i Katmandu. Utifrån beskrivningen hade Anker föga tvivel om de båda kropparnas identiteter, då deras kläder, stövlar och ryggsäckar matchade den växel Lowe och Bridges hade när de försvann. — Vi rörde dem inte av respekt och lämnade kropparna på berget i samma läge som vi hade upptäckt (dem), sade den 40-årige bergsbestigaren från Interlaken i Schweiz. Kroppar av klättrare som omkommer i Himalaya förblir begravda under snön och kommer fram när isen smälter eller glaciärerna rör sig. Lowe, som var 40 år vid tiden för sin död, betraktades som sin generations bästa amerikanska bergsbestigare då han och Bridges sveptes bort under en expedition som syftade till att åka skidor nerför Shishapangma. Lowes bedrifter omfattade två klättringar till toppen av Mount Everest, världens högsta topp, flera första bestigningar i Antarktis och dussintals mindre framträdande men högst tekniska bestigningar. Steck och Goettler gjorde två försök att nå toppen av Shishapangma denna månad, men misslyckades på grund av dåligt väder. En sammanfattning av detta är?
Here is a news article: KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Swiss climber who found the long-lost bodies of a famous mountaineer and his cameraman on one of the world's tallest mountains said it took him and his climbing partner days to realize who they had found. Mountaineer Ueli Steck said that he and David Goettler tried to climb China's Mount Shishapangma and saw the bodies on a glacier at a height of 5,900 metres (19,350 feet). It was only when they came back to base camp after their failed attempts that they believed the bodies might have been of Alex Lowe and David Bridges, who were swept away by an avalanche in 1999 and had attempted to climb the world's 14 highest mountains. Lowe was regarded as the world's largest mountain climber when he was swept to his death at the age of 40. Bridges, then 29, were a skilled height climber and cinematographer. "We didn't know this could be Alex and David. But when we were back in base camp we talked about this and were like — oh these two bodies could be," said Steck Monday in Kathmandu after returning from the mountain. Steck said Goettler then called Cornad Anker, who was on climb with Lowe and Bridges at avalanche time, and gave him a description of the clothes, shoes and backpack on the bodies. "Conrad concluded that it was his two friends," Steck said. Steck said he did not touch or move the bodies, which were found on the mountain's difficult "British route", which is not very popular. Steck and Goettler were the only climbers this season on the south side of mountain 8,027-metre (26,330-foot). Steck climbed the summit in 2011 but on a stretch slightly to the right and did not see the bodies then. Lowe was known as "Lungs with Bones" for his incredible strength and endurance. He climbed Mount Everest twice, and is credited with saving several climbers in Alaska in 1995, a year when six climbers died on Mount McKinley. April 10, 2016 April is here and it is now that many hiking and climbing expeditions come to Nepal and set out in Himalayan high valleys. We are one year away from the devastating earthquakes that shook Nepal last April and are recovering. On behalf of the ALCF, I would like to thank all of you who donated for earthquake relief over the past year. We reacted immediately to the need and were able to pay over $100,000 in emergency and long-term aid to six regions within three months of the quake. Your donations purchased food, clothing, temporary and permanent shelter, first aid and porter wages to deliver aid. In addition, we helped restore power and water to the community of Phortse where our work with the Khumbu Climbing Center is focused and ongoing. Phortse village is home to about 350 people, mostly Sherpa and of those who live here, there are 80 living Everest peakers. This small community has more Everest peaks than anywhere on earth with several generations of climbers in some families. Thus, it is a fitting place for the Khumbu Climbing Center which has trained native climbers now for fourteen years. With a crippled economy following the quakes and fuel embargoes to exacerbate the situation, the call to a climbing sherpa is still a sought-after position and one that strengthens the economy of many mountain communities in Nepal. The technical training provided by the Khumbu Climbing Center is crucial for the safety of high-altitude workers. In fourteen years we have trained over 1000 students with technical climbing, mountain rescue and safety. We are now in full design mode to end an earthquake safe, passive solar building to house the KCC and serve as a community center and library for the village of Phortse. Without costs, our funds go directly into Nepal's economy. Help us to have a permanent and permanent home for the high - altitude climbers. Donate today! With gratitude, Jenni 4 June, 2015 Dear friends of Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation, On behalf of our ALCF board, I would like to take a moment to thank you for your generous donation for earthquake relief in Nepal. The situation there is difficult since the second quake that devastated many remote villages, killed people and expensive livestock, and damaged roads and paths necessary for food supplies. There will be many ongoing negative effects with the arrival of the monsoons this month. Since the first earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25, ALCF was able to immediately mobilize with the infrastructure of our Khumbu Climbing School and Magic Yeti teams. We have sent $40,000 in emergency aid to remote areas of Nepal that were hit hard by the quakes. The money was used to buy food, shelter, medical supplies and to pay for porters to carry donated supplies to remote roadless areas. We have also delivered nine large tent studs, rain gear, and warm clothing necessary to survive under the monsoon. Our ALCF team has helped organize donations and allotment for many more donated goods. With donations that they helped raise, Mike Auldridge and Parker Webb volunteered to travel to Nepal for the ALCF on May 15 and were able to wander into Khumbu and provide help to many people there, including helping the village of Phortse restore its water and electricity. Mike now helps build a school and Parker helps build homes in lower regions that were heavily damaged. This week we will send another twenty thousand dollars and eight more bags of clothes and tents with board member Steve Mock and his wife Jan who have volunteered their time and resources to travel to Nepal. In the coming weeks, Pete Athans and Liesl Clark directors of the Magic Yeti Library will also travel to Nepal for documentary work and help deliver much needed help. Once again, thank you for helping to give hope and care to those in need in Nepal. With Gratitude, Jenni Lowe-Anker 13 April 2015 Dear Friends of Nepal, The disappointing news of yesterday's earthquake left us in motion with the extent of this disaster. We heard from some of our ALCF teams in Nepal as they continue to respond to the crisis in the capacity that we can, and help finance disaster relief to remote regions. It is of the utmost importance that you spread the word to colleagues and friends to dig deeply with compassion and donate to ORC or your choice to support Nepal. The earthquake yesterday increased the damage to high mountain villages, so the relief efforts and the reconstruction process will take several years. Our immediate response has been to allocate emergency funds to four severely affected regions, including Manang, Langtang, Ghorka and Solukhumbu, and we organize a large building staff including skilled carpenters and masons to visit the Solukhumbu region in the autumn and help with reconstruction. Our volunteers will donate their time, travel expenses and efforts and money will go to aid, supplies and salaries for indigenous peoples. In the coming months, plan a trip to Nepal and spread the wealth of our own lives to those who are less fortunate. It is still a beautiful country with magnificent mountains, valleys with extraordinary people and rich culture. Your heart will fill if you can travel and see for yourself that your money revives the economy. Thank you to all who have already given! With friendly greetings, Jenni 11 April 2015 Dear friends, It has been two weeks since the earthquake, Nepal shook exactly one week and one year after last year's Everest disaster, which is a obscuration of the tragedy that we felt then. The aftershocks continued to scare people for nearly a week and caused many to sleep outdoors for fear of returning to their homes. This was dangerous at the height of the elderly and very young who may have been injured. Although Khumbu did quite well apart from some damaged structures, Thame is mostly flattened with 90 percent of houses there destroyed but only 2 casualties. 18 died at the base camp which included 12 Nepali. I've had some contact with Dr. Luanne Freer at Everest ER who worked three seasons as a KCC doctor. She returned to Nepal as soon as she heard the news and has worked the front line for rescue teams, which tend to be injured. Her HRA team at base camp tended to around seventy injuries right after the avalanche. The news from Langtang and Manaslu was bleak when rescuers and aid finally reached these areas. Tsering, our KCC construction project manager, sent us a message from Langtang where he was on a rescue team and Ang - an experienced KCC instructor, spearheaded rescue efforts as well. I was pleased to note that the KCC students who have gone through our ranks use their knowledge of mountain rescue and first aid as well as their leadership skills to help their own and other communities. We have also been in communication with Dave Morton of Juniper Fund who was in Thame during the quake. ALCF will continue our relationship with Juniper Fund to support those who lost family members at Everest. Board member and KCC Director Pete Athans and Liesl Clark, Magic Yeti Libraries Director, jumped in by communicating and helping assess loss and organize aid. Our Magic Yeti libraries suffered some damage and the Thames were destroyed. Pete and Liesl are on their way over to make a documentary within the next month or so and will be able to help organize repairs and alterations. Conrad and I talked to Willy Benegas, Everest guide and longtime supporters of the KCC, who were there during the quake. He left Nepal briefly to organize some help to the remote areas overlooked. He returns this week to organize and pay surviving villagers in Manaslu to carry with him lots of food and aid materials left at the end of the road or far down the valley from where they are needed. This is a good way to inject money into the economy. The ALCF is committed to supporting this project and will also support support for Langtang. Mike Auldridge, a professional builder who has worked on the earthquake-proof KCC building, is on his way to Nepal for us on May 15. Parker Webb, who interned at the KCC two years ago and lived in Nepal for a year, will join him. They will review KCC's building projects in Phortse and assess other damage to structures there. They will also transport emergency supplies. Board member and KCC Director Steve Mock and his wife Jan are on their way to Phortse on 5 June and will also carry emergency supplies to the areas most in need. Thank you for your continued support. May 1, 2015 On April 25, 2015, the mega earthquake in Nepal has affected all villages where we have children's libraries. Our hearts are with our friends and colleagues throughout Nepal. One of our libraries has been flattened, while the others have suffered great damage. The buildings must be rebuilt and repaired. In the short term, we have put together a team of Nepali and foreign volunteers from all over the world to meet the needs of the people of the hardest hit communities in Nepal. This team works with Kathmandu Living Labs to get the most reliable local information about those remote communities that need basic protection for their people. We move tarpaulins, tents and blankets from India, Hong Kong and the United States to Nepal through the help of relief organizations and volunteers around the world who are willing to bring these supplies into the country as part of the checked baggage. We have created a person-to-person providing networks to get these urgently needed supplies to Nepal and out to the remote villages that are currently empty spots on the help map. We also raise money for our long-term mission to help rebuild the local centers and schools where our Magic Yeti Children's libraries are housed. As soon as our immediate mission to get tarpaulins and tents out to the tens of thousands of homeless left to sleep out in the open in the oncoming monsoon, we will turn our attention back to the villages where we are determined to help increase the literacy of families and loved ones. All the help you can provide will be appreciated and we thank you for all your support during these heartbreaking times. Liesl Clark Director, Magic Yeti Children’s Libraries Visit the Magic Yeti Children’s Libraries section to learn more. April 26, 2015 It is with a heavy heart that I write on behalf of Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation today. We are deeply saddened to hear the news of a devastating earthquake in Nepal that has destroyed structures and taken many lives throughout the country. The quake caused a catastrophic avalanche from Pumori to sweep into Everest's base camp resulting in many injured and dead. We send our prayers and condolences to Nepal and especially to those who have lost family members and homes. The news from Mount Everest is gloomy when the earthquake triggered a huge avalanche sweeping down the camp. The aftershocks continue to send smaller avalanches into and near the base camp and icefall. At the moment, at least 18 appear to have died in or near base camp. That figure may well rise, as many are still erratic. There were also many climbers and guides at Camps 1 and 2 above the icefall when the avalanche occurred. Earthquake-induced movements within the icefall have damaged or destroyed much of this already weak road through the treacherous terrain, the site of last year's great disaster. Everest Base Camp is frightening as any aftershock or loud noise leads to fear of another avalanche. We also have some very sparse reports that Phortse, home to the Khumbu Climbing Center, as well as some other nearby villages were badly damaged.However, we have no direct reports, because the quake apparently destroyed many cell towers, and currently telephone communication throughout much of the Khumbu region is impossible. The Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation (ALCF) accepts aid donations that will be paid out to the native climbing communities of Nepal to help reduce the loss of life, livelihood or home. Our infrastructure is in place. Use the Donate button on the bottom right side of the website and share with social media. Or you can send a check to the ALCF to the police. Box 6666, Bozeman, MT 59771. Namaste, Jennifer Lowe-Anker, President Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation Ueli Steck, a mountaineer from Switzerland, speaks to the media during an interview at a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal 30 May 2016. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar Alex Lowe and David Bridges were swept away in 1999 by an avalanche during their attempt to scale the world's 14th highest peak, Shishapangma. Ueli Steck of Switzerland and David Goettler of Germany, who attempted the same South Face road to the summit of 8,013 metres, stumbled over the bodies of the couple, enclosed in ice, at an altitude of 5,900 metres. “The bodies were two meters (six feet) apart,” Steck told Reuters after returning to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu from neighbouring Tibet. A charity run by Lowe's widow, Jenni Lowe-Anker, announced the find on May 2. Steck and Goettler, who had heard of the disappearance of the legendary climbers on the same route 16 years ago, descended to their advanced base camp, which was set at a height of 1,700 metres. Goettler called Conrad Anker, who was part of the 1999 expedition and survived the avalanche, describing their findings. “We didn’t know them and we couldn’t recognize them,” Steck said, outside his hotel in Kathmandu. Based on the description, Anker had little doubt about the identities of the two bodies, as their clothes, boots and backpacks matched the gear Lowe and Bridges had when they disappeared. “We did not touch them out of respect and left the bodies on the mountain in the same position as we had discovered (them), said the 40-year-old mountaineer from Interlaken, Switzerland. Bodies of climbers killed in the Himalayas remain buried under the snow and emerge as the ice melts or the glaciers move. Lowe, who was 40 years old at the time of his death, was regarded as the best American mountaineer of his generation when he and Bridges were swept away during an expedition aimed at skiing down Shishapangma. Lowe's achievements included two climbs to the top of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, several first ascents in Antarctica and dozens of minor but highly technical ascents. Steck and Goettler made two attempts to reach the top of Shishapangma this month, but failed due to bad weather. A summary of this is?
– Bergsmännen som upptäckte kropparna av sedan länge försvunna amerikanska klättrare Alex Lowe och David Bridges i Tibet lämnade dem orörda av respekt – och det tog dem dagar att inse vilka de var. Den schweiziske bergsbestigaren Ueli Steck berättar för Reuters att han var på väg uppför berget Shishapangma med den tyske klättraren David Goettler när de fann kropparna inneslutna i is på 19 356 fot. Männen, som omkom i en lavin i oktober 1999, var bara 6 meter ifrån varandra. "Vi rörde dem inte av respekt och lämnade kropparna på berget i samma läge som vi hade upptäckt [dem]," säger Steck, ansedd som en av världens bästa bergsbestigare – precis som Lowe var vid tiden för sin död, konstaterar Väktaren. "Vi visste inte att det här kunde vara Alex och David. Men när vi var tillbaka i baslägret pratade vi om detta och var som – oh, dessa två kroppar kunde vara, säger Steck till AP. Goettler ringde Conrad Anker, som överlevde lavinen 1999. Baserat på beskrivningen av männens kläder och utrustning, Anker sade att han var säker på att kropparna var de av Lowe, anses vara den bästa amerikanska klättrare i sin generation, och berömda kameramannen Bridges. Steck och Goettler var de enda klättrarna som detta år försökte den svåra sydliga rutten Shishapangma, men de lyckades inte nå toppen i två försök på grund av dåligt väder. Anker gifte sig 2001 med Lowes änka, Jennifer, och adopterade hans tre söner. "Conrad, pojkarna, och jag skall göra vår pilgrimsfärd till Shishapangma", sade Jennifer Lowe-Anker i ett uttalande efter kropparna hittades. "Det är dags att få Alex att vila." (Modern till en vegan som dog när hon försökte bestiga Mount Everest kräver svar.)
“The mountain men who discovered the bodies of long-lost American climbers Alex Lowe and David Bridges in Tibet left them untouched by respect – and it took them days to realize who they were. Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck tells Reuters that he was heading up Mount Shishapangma with German climber David Goettler when they found the bodies contained in ice at 19,356 feet. The men, who died in an avalanche in October 1999, were only 20 feet [6 m] apart. "We did not touch them out of respect and left the bodies on the mountain in the same position as we had discovered [them]," says Steck, considered one of the world's best mountaineers – just as Lowe was at the time of his death, the Guardian notes. "We didn't know this could be Alex and David. But when we were back in base camp, we talked about this and were like – oh, these two bodies could be," says Steck to AP. Goettler called Conrad Anker, who survived the avalanche in 1999. Based on the description of the men's clothing and equipment, Anker said he was sure the bodies were those of Lowe, considered the best American climber of his generation, and famous cameraman Bridges. Steck and Goettler were the only climbers this year tried the difficult southern route of Shishapangma, but they failed to reach the summit in two attempts due to bad weather. Anker married Lowe's widow, Jennifer, in 2001 and adopted his three sons. "Conrad, the boys, and I will make our pilgrimage to Shishapangma," Jennifer Lowe-Anker said in a statement after the bodies were found. "It's time to get Alex to rest." (The mother of a vegan who died trying to climb Mount Everest demands answers.)