8 Feb 2022

Max Lowe on life after devastating loss at 10 years old

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 8 February 2022

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Max Lowe was just ten when his father left for work  and never came back.  Alex Lowe made his living as a mountaineer. Adventure was his oxygen. But he died in an avalanche in Tibet along with a cameraman on the expedition. Alex's best friend and climbing partner, Conrad Anker, survived that avalanche, married Alex Lowe's widow  and helped raise Max and his two younger brothers.   Now a photographer and filmmaker, We'll talk to  Max Lowe about his new documentary called Torn  about loss and love and why family may be the grandest adventure of all.

Max Lowe

Max Lowe Photo: supplied

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