{{Short description|American rock climber and cinematographer}} '''Greg Lowe''' (born 1949 in Pittsburgh PA) is a noted mountain climber, photographer, Academy Award nominated cinematographer,<ref>[http://blog.lowepro.com/author/smarsh/ Greg Lowe] Retrieved February 27, 2011. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303031346/http://blog.lowepro.com/author/smarsh/ |date=March 3, 2011 }}</ref> and co-founder of Lowe Alpine, along with his brothers Jeff and Mike Lowe. He is a cousin of climber George Lowe. In the mid-1960s, he led some of the most difficult new rock climbs in the world.
* ''Crack of Doom'' 5.11c 1965 City of Rocks ID<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ament |first=Pat |title=A History of Free Climbing in America |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-89997 320 5 |location=Berkekey CA |publication-date=2002 |pages=133-135, 153-158}}</ref> * ''Pass or Flail'' 5.11d 1965 Ogden UT<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climbing History Greg Lowe |url=https://climbing-history.org/climber/1744/greg-lowe |website=Climbing History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Robb |first=David G |title=Ogden Area Climbing guide |publisher=Sharp End |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-892540-38-6 |location=Boulder CO |publication-date=2005 |pages=116}}</ref> * ''Infinite'' 5.11c R/X 1967 City of Rocks ID<ref name=":0" /> * ''Vice Grips'' 5.11d 1967 City of Rocks ID<ref name=":0" /> * ''Macabre Wall'' 5.12a/b 1967 Ogden UT<ref name=":0" />
Lowe invented the internal frame backpack.<ref>{{cite book |last=Breashears |first=David |author-link=David Breashears |year=2000 |title=High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35OAe3lnfCEC&pg=PA92 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |page=92 |isbn=978-0-684-86545-4}}</ref> He established Lowe Alpine in his workshed in Colorado in 1967.<ref>[http://www.lowealpine.com/eng/about-lowealpine.php Lowe Alpine] Retrieved February 27, 2011. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222195204/http://www.lowealpine.com/eng/about-lowealpine.php |date=February 22, 2011 }}</ref> In addition to backpacking gear Lowe is a pioneer in rock climbing hardware, developing some of the first cam-lever protection devices.<ref>[http://climbinglife.com/tech-tips/a-history-of-camming-devices.html A History of Camming Devices] Retrieved February 27, 2011. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527123750/http://climbinglife.com/tech-tips/a-history-of-camming-devices.html |date=May 27, 2011 }}</ref>
== See also == *History of rock climbing *List of grade milestones in rock climbing
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