Bozeman Premier- "The Endless Knot", 10/14, Bozeman, Montana
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A Benefit for the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation
On Tuesday, October 14th at 7:30 PM in MSU's Strand Union ballrooms, world renowned alpinist Conrad Anker and author Jennifer Lowe-Anker will discuss their life story, as well as introduce adventure filmmaker Michael Brown and the Bozeman premier of his award-winning documentary, The Endless Knot.
In October of 1999, Michael Brown accompanied a North Face team of top athletes as they attempted to climb and ski Shishapangma, an 8000 meter peak in the Tibetan Himalaya. Tragedy struck in the form of a massive avalanche that took the life of Bozeman climber Alex Lowe and his companion, David Bridges. Lowe’s best friend Conrad Anker survived the avalanche and returned to offer solace to Jennifer Lowe and her three young sons. Lowe and Anker eventually married and Jennifer Lowe-Anker chronicled her story of life with two world-class mountaineers in her recent memoir Forget Me Not.
Brown’s 57- minute film The Endless Knot chronicles the friendship of two men, the love of family, overcoming survivor’s guilt and helping others to avoid a similar fate. Alex Lowe’s death was one of many sad stories that unfold when families lose loved ones in the mountains. The celebrated high altitude Sherpas of the Himalayas suffer more loss of life than any other group as they work at extreme altitude for Western expeditions. Brown’s film follows Conrad and Jennifer as they seek meaning beyond tragedy with the Khumbu Climbing School, a mountaineering school for Sherpas and high altitude Nepali workers. Under the direction of the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation, the Khumbu Climbing School was launched in 2002.
Featuring Conrad Anker, Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Timmy O'Neill and The Khumbu Climbing School, Michael Brown has created a film that will warm the heart and leave you inspired. The Endless Knot has played in over twenty film festivals worldwide and has garnered accolades and six awards.
Tickets are $3.00 for students and $5.00 for the public, with all proceeds to benefit the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation. This presentation is sponsored by ASMSU, MSU Leadership Institute http://www.montana.edu/leadership , The Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, MSU’s School of Architecture and Department of English. Tickets may be purchased at the Bobcat Ticket Office, Barrel Mountaineering, Northern Lights Trading Company and local TicketsWest Outlets and online at http://www.ticketswest.com. For more information call the MSU Leadership Institute at 994-7275.
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Carmen McSpadden
Director
MSU Leadership Institute
C/O Strand Union Building 221
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana 59717
406-994-7275
(FAX) 406-994-6911
leadershipinstitute@montana.edu
http://www.montana.edu/leadership 
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