BOULDER, Colo.-
An autopsy Tuesday could not immediately determine the death of a 65-year-old Littleton man who died while participating in the Bolder Boulder, the first fatality in the race’s 29-year history.
Ross “Jack” Lowe collapsed Monday and could not be revived. More laboratory studies, which could take weeks, are needed to determine a cause of death, deputy coroner Dr. John E. Meyer said in a statement.
Friends said Lowe was a retired engineer who still did some work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and who also was an avid sailor, and the best person to ask a question about the sport.
“If you asked him about something and he didn’t know, he would do research and write a paper,” friend and fellow sailor Bob Malouff, who owns Malouff Engineering, said Tuesday. “He was a very fair guy, too.”
Lowe had just put his sailboat, a Catalina Capris 22 named “Mariah,” in Chatfield Reservoir on Friday.
“It’s surprising to see a guy like that go,” Malouff said. “He was always active, always going. He was touring the rivers of France last year.”
Friends said Lowe had bypass surgery a few years ago.
Although his address was listed as Littleton, Lowe lived in unincorporated Douglas County with his wife, Ellen, friends said.
