Forget Me Not

A Memoir

By: Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Jon Krakauer - foreword

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

In 1999, well-known mountaineer Alex Lowe died tragically in an avalanche on the remote Himalayan Mountain Shishapangma, leaving his wife Jennifer alone to raise their three children. Alex was widely considered one of the greatest modern climbers of our time, and the world mourned his loss.

While Jenni and her sons faced the absence of a husband and father, Alex's longtime climbing partner, Conrad Anker, who survived the accident that killed Lowe, faced his own grief and survivor's guilt. Jenni and Conrad gradually, and unexpectedly, found solace in each other.

Through letters and expedition notes from Alex, Forget Me Not spans continents and tells the story of three people whose lives intertwine to a degree they could never have imagined. From the valleys of Montana, to the peaks of the Himalayas, this is the story of growing up, falling in love, finding adventure, rejoicing in parenthood, living through heartbreak, and believing in possibility—above all else.

Listeners will be spit from their armchairs, soaring across the heights of the highest peaks, and into the heart of the American west—with the voice of a soulful friend guiding their path.

©2009 Jennifer Lowe-Anker (P)2025 Tantor Media