conrad anker

It’s May, summit month on Everest. This season several expeditions are particularly connected to the Mountainfilm in Telluride community.

Eddie Bauer/First Ascent’s team consists of Jake Norton, David Morton, Brent Bishop and Charley Mace and they are tackling the West Ridge route pioneered by Americans Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein. Norton is featured in the film Wild Love: Jake Norton and Wende Valentine, which will screen at this year’s festival and is about life, love and risk in the mountains.

Mountains and Passion Converge with Conrad Anker and Jenni Lowe-Anker

Telluride, Colorado –Join mountaineering legend Conrad Anker and his wife, author, artist and adventurer, Jenni Lowe-Anker for a free Mountainfilm in Telluride presentation. Anker will share stories from his historic first ascent of Mount Meru – one of India’s most defiant peaks — a tale that is intertwined with the couple’s extraordinary love affair.

Lowe-Anker’s husband, Alex Lowe, was one of the world’s greatest mountaineers, and he was Anker’s best friend. After Lowe died tragically during a Himalaya expedition with Anker, Anker married his widow and adopted their three children. Lowe-Anker tells her unusual story of love, loss and courage in her memoir, Forget Me Not and will share her perspective in conjunction with Anker.

On July 1, Montana experienced its own version of the Gulf Oil spill of 2010 when the flood stage Yellowstone River damaged a submerged riverbed pipeline. In the hour that oil flowed, approximately 42,000 gallons of crude oil escaped downstream. Anytime oil mixes with water, be it fresh or saline, there are serious consequences. Due to the high water, the oil moved into 20 to 250 miles of delicate riparian habitat, making the clean-up process that much more difficult. It is estimated that only 10 to 15 percent of the oil will be recovered.