Widely regarded as the greatest mountaineer of his generation, Alex Lowe is definitely a towering figure in the world of outdoor sports. But he looks even bigger in the eyes of his eldest son Max, who was just 11 years old in 1999 when Alex was buried by an avalanche alongside cameraman David Bridges as the two skied the north face of Mount Shishapangma in the Tibetan Himalayas.
Seventeen years after their deaths, the bodies of Lowe and Bridges were found by two climbers following the same route. In the months that followed, Lowe's family traveled to the remote mountain to collect the bodies. In TORN's powerful and deeply moving documentary, filmmaker Max Lowe explores the long-buried feelings that suddenly came over him and his family, including his mother Jennifer, younger brothers Sam and Isaac, and stepfather Conrad Anker, Alex's climbing partner and best friend.