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<p><b>Jeff Lowe</b> (* <a href="13._September" title="13. September">13. September</a> <a href="1950" title="1950">1950</a> in <a href="Ogden_(Utah)" title="Ogden (Utah)">Ogden (Utah)</a>; † <a href="24._August" title="24. August">24. August</a> <a href="2018" title="2018">2018</a> in <a href="Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a><sup id="cite_ref-standardNet_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-standardNet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Alpinismus" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpinismus">Alpinist</a> mit über 1000 <a href="Erstbesteigung" title="Erstbesteigung">Erstbesteigungen</a>, u. a. in den <a href="Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a>, den <a href="Alpen" title="Alpen">Alpen</a> und im <a href="Himalaya" title="Himalaya">Himalaya</a>. Er galt als Verfechter des <a href="Alpinstil" title="Alpinstil">Alpinstils</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Karriere">Karriere</h2></div>
<p>Lowe wird zugeschrieben, das moderne <a href="Eisklettern" title="Eisklettern">Eisklettern</a> aus <a href="Europa" title="Europa">Europa</a> in die Vereinigten Staaten gebracht und die Grenzen des <a href="Mixed-Klettern" title="Mixed-Klettern">Mixed-Klettern</a> erweitert zu haben. Er gründete die Firmen <i>Latok Mountain Gear</i> und <i>Cloudwalker</i>. Er präsentierte die weltweit erste <a href="Softshell" title="Softshell">Softshell</a>-Jacke während seiner Arbeit bei <i>Latok Mountain Gear</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lowe war auf der Titelseite der Ausgabe vom 11. Dezember 1978 von <a href="Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> zu sehen.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In seinen früheren Jahren arbeitete Lowe für die Colorado <a href="Outward_Bound" title="Outward Bound">Outward Bound</a> School.
</p><p>Ihm wird die Einführung des Eiskletterns als Disziplin der Winter-<a href="X-Games" title="X-Games">X-Games</a> sowie die Erstausrichtung des <a href="Ouray_(Colorado)" title="Ouray (Colorado)">Ouray</a> Ice Festivals zugeschrieben. Er war Organisator des ersten internationalen Kletterwettbewerbs, der jemals in den USA (Snowbird (Utah)) im Jahr 1988 stattfand.
</p><p>Lowe starb am 24. August 2018 im Beisein seiner Tochter Sonja und ihres Freundes, seines Cousins George Lowe<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und enger Freunde.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Auszeichnungen">Auszeichnungen</h2></div>
<p>Lowe erhielt die Ehrenmitgliedschaft im <a href="American_Alpine_Club" title="American Alpine Club">American Alpine Club</a>, der höchsten Auszeichnung des Clubs, für seine Kletterleistungen, seinen Beitrag zur Klettergemeinde und seine Vision. Er erhielt die Ehrenmitgliedschaft im British <a href="Alpine_Club" title="Alpine Club">Alpine Club</a>.
</p><p>Lowe ist Gegenstand des biografischen Dokumentarfilms Jeff Lowes Metanoia 2014 unter der Regie von Jim Aikman.
</p><p>Im Jahr 2017 gewann er den <a href="Piolet_d%E2%80%99Or" title="Piolet d’Or">Piolet d’Or</a> Lifetime Achievement Award.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ausgewählte_Kletterleistungen"><span id="Ausgew.C3.A4hlte_Kletterleistungen"></span>Ausgewählte Kletterleistungen</h2></div>
<ul><li>1958 <a href="Grand_Teton" title="Grand Teton">Grand Teton</a>, <a href="Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> mit seinem Vater</li>
<li>1971 Moonlight Buttress, <a href="Zion-Nationalpark" title="Zion-Nationalpark">Zion-Nationalpark</a>, <a href="Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>. Erstbesteigung mit Mike Weis.</li>
<li>1972 erste Winterbesteigung des Grand Teton mit Greg Lowe</li>
<li>1973 North Face, <a href="Wetterhorn_Peak" title="Wetterhorn Peak">Wetterhorn Peak</a>, <a href="San-Juan-Gebirge" title="San-Juan-Gebirge">San-Juan-Gebirge</a>, <a href="Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. Erstbesteigung mit Paul Hogan</li>
<li>1973 Northeast Corner, Keeler Needle, <a href="Sierra_Nevada_(Vereinigte_Staaten)" title="Sierra Nevada (Vereinigte Staaten)">Sierra Nevada (Vereinigte Staaten)</a>. Erstbesteigung mit John Weiland</li>
<li>1974 Bridal Veil Falls (Telluride), <a href="Telluride_(Colorado)" title="Telluride (Colorado)">Telluride (Colorado)</a>, Erstbesteigung mit Mike Weis.</li>
<li>1974 Green River Lake Dihedral, Squaretop, <a href="Wind_River_Range" title="Wind River Range">Wind River Range</a>. Erstbesteigung mit Greg Lowe.</li>
<li>1975 <a href="Mount_Kitchener_(Alberta)" title="Mount Kitchener (Alberta)">Mount Kitchener (Alberta)s</a> Grand Central <a href="Couloir" title="Couloir">Couloir</a> mit Mike Weis</li>
<li>1979 <a href="Ama_Dablam" title="Ama Dablam">Ama Dablam</a>, <a href="Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> solo</li>
<li>1980 <a href="Skyang_Kangri" title="Skyang Kangri">Skyang Kangri</a> – Versuch</li>
<li>1982 <a href="Kongde_Ri" title="Kongde Ri">Kongde Ris</a> Nordseite mit <a href="David_Breashears" title="David Breashears">David Breashears</a></li>
<li>1985 Bird Brain Boulevard, Ouray, Colorado</li>
<li>1990 <a href="Nameless_Tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Nameless Tower">Nameless Tower</a>, Slowenenroute 2. freie Begehung mit <a href="Catherine_Destivelle" title="Catherine Destivelle">Catherine Destivelle</a></li>
<li>1991 Metanoia, eine neue direkte Route der <a href="Eiger-Nordwand" title="Eiger-Nordwand">Eiger-Nordwand</a>, die er alleine und ohne <a href="Bohrhaken" title="Bohrhaken">Bohrhaken</a> eröffnet hat<sup id="cite_ref-standardNet_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-standardNet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>1994 Octopussy, <a href="Vail_(Colorado)" title="Vail (Colorado)">Vail (Colorado)</a></li></ul>
<p>Sein Versuch, 1978 den <a href="Latok_I" title="Latok I">Latok I</a> mit Jim Donini, Michael Kennedy und George Lowe zu besteigen, wird als schwierigster derzeit unbeendeter Versuch der Welt gesehen.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmografie">Filmografie</h2></div>
<ul><li>1979: The Ice Experience</li>
<li>1986: Climbing</li>
<li>1996: Waterfall Ice</li>
<li>1997: Alpine Ice: Jeff Lowe’s Climbing Techniques</li>
<li>2004: Clean Walls</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Jeff Lowe: <cite style="font-style:italic">Ice Experience</cite>. McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, 1979, ISBN 0-8092-7511-2.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Jeff+Lowe&rft.au=Jeff+Lowe&rft.btitle=Ice+Experience&rft.date=1979&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=0809275112&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill%2FContemporary" style="display:none"> </span></li>
<li>Jeff Lowe: <cite style="font-style:italic">Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing</cite>. Mountaineers, 1996, ISBN 0-89886-446-1.<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Jeff+Lowe&rft.au=Jeff+Lowe&rft.btitle=Ice+World%3A+Techniques+and+Experiences+of+Modern+Ice+Climbing&rft.date=1996&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=0898864461&rft.pub=Mountaineers" style="display:none"> </span></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcijLgIERlH2JyYrXnDSIg">YouTube Channel</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.climbandmore.com/climbing,308,0,1,climbers.html">Jeff Lowe biography at climbandmore.com</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-standardNet-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-standardNet_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-standardNet_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180826041644/https://www.standard.net/news/local/world-renowned-alpinist-jeff-lowe-dies-at-leaving-outdoor-legacy/article_a3da1f34-1a8d-55fa-bf77-7f0e135b9d4a.html"><i>World-renowned alpinist Jeff Lowe dies at 67, leaving outdoor legacy in Ogden.</i></a> 25. August 2018, archiviert vom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.snewsnet.com/press-release/jeff-lowes-most-influential-gear-of-all-time"><i>Jeff Lowe’s Most Influential Gear of All Time.</i></a> Lowe brothers credited with 4 contributions to the Most Influential Gear of All Time by Outside Magazine. Jeff Lowe at Outdoor Retailer Booth # A-107 with the gear and Jeff Lowe’s Metanoia, the documetary film. 24. Juli 2012<span style="display:none">;</span><span class="Abrufdatum" style="display:none"> abgerufen am 18. September 2018</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AJeff+Lowe&rft.title=Jeff+Lowe%E2%80%99s+Most+Influential+Gear+of+All+Time&rft.description=Jeff+Lowe%E2%80%99s+Most+Influential+Gear+of+All+Time&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.snewsnet.com%2Fpress-release%2Fjeff-lowes-most-influential-gear-of-all-time&rft.date=2012-07-24"> </span></span>
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