Greg Lowe

Greg Lowe, born in 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an American mountain climber, photographer and Academy Award nominated cinematographer who co-founded the outdoor equipment company Lowe Alpine with his brothers Jeff and Mike Lowe. In the mid-1960s he led some of the most difficult new rock climbs in the world, among them Crack of Doom (5.11c) at City of Rocks, Idaho, and Pass or Flail (5.11d) at Ogden, Utah, both in 1965. He is credited with inventing the internal frame backpack and is regarded as a pioneer of rock climbing hardware, having developed some of the first cam-lever protection devices. He also created the Lowepro line of protective camera bags. He is a cousin of the climber George Lowe, and the article places the start of Lowe Alpine in his workshed in Colorado in 1967.