World-renowned mountaineer Alex Lowe had been climbing the 8,013m (26,290ft) Shishapangma peak in Tibet in October 1999 with cameraman David Bridges when they were hit.

The bodies of two American climbers have been found in a glacier in the Himalayas, 16 years after they were killed by a huge avalanche.

They were found by two climbers last week, still trapped in the ice.

Mr Lowe’s wife, Jennifer Lowe-Anker, said they had been “frozen in time”.