Greg Lowe (born in Pittsburgh) is a noted
mountain climber, photographer, Academy Award nominated cinematographer, and co-founder of
Lowe Alpine
Lowe Alpine is an US outdoor equipment manufacturer founded in Utah in 1972 by brothers Mike, Greg and Jeff Lowe. Today it is owned by Rab.
History
In 1967 Greg created a back pack, named the Expedition Pack, with internal phenolic resin lamin ...
, along with his brothers Jeff and Mike Lowe.
Lowe invented the internal frame
backpack. He established Lowe Alpine in his workshed in Colorado in 1967. In addition to backpacking gear Lowe is a pioneer in rock climbing hardware, developing some of the first cam-lever protection devices.
A History of Camming Devices
Retrieved February 27, 2011.
See also
*History of rock climbing
In the history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines: bouldering, single-pitch climbing, and big wall (or multi-pitch) climbing can trace their origins to late 19th-century Europe. Bouldering started in Fontainebleau, and was advance ...
* List of first ascents (sport climbing)
References
American rock climbers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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