The bodies of two of the world's greatest mountaineers have been found in Tibet 16 years after they were buried in a huge avalanche. The remains of Alex Lowe and David Bridges, both Americans, were found on Wednesday by Swiss and German alpinists.Their bodies partially emerged from a melting glacier on Shishapangma, the only 8,000m mountain located entirely in Tibet.Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Lowe's widow, said: "Alex and David vanished - were captured and frozen in time. Sixteen years have passed and now they are found. We are thankful."Ueli Steck, 39, and David Goettler, 37, who found the bodies while scouting a new route up the mountain, got Conrad Anker, who had been on the expedition and survived, to confirm their identities."They were close to each other. Blue and red North Face backpacks. Yellow Koflach boots. It was all that gear from that time period. They were pretty much the only two climbers who were there."The bodies will be recovered from the mountain and a funeral service will be held in a nearby village."It's never something you look forward to," said Lowe-Anker. "To see the body of somebody you loved and cared about. But there is a sense that we can put him to rest, and he's not just disappeared."Lowe was described by Outside magazine as the best mountain climber in the world.Lowe and Bridges were part of a nine-man expedition in October 1999 hoping to achieve the first American ski descent from the summit of the Shishapangma when tragedy struck.Along with Anker, the pair were part of an advance party crossing a glacier at 5700m when an ice ridge broke off 1800m above them, triggering an avalanche.Anker, who was badly injured, spent two days searching for the bodies with the other members of the expedition but failed to find them beneath the snow deluge...