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Dölf Reist (1921-2000) was a Swiss
Gallery of Swiss Everest expedition as photographed by little Dölf Reist
(swissinfo.ch) 1921 births 2000 deaths Swiss mountain climbers {{Switzerland-bio-stub
Dölf Reist (1921-2000) was a Swiss mountaineer
Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...
, best known for the third successful summit of Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...
on 23 May 1956, as part of the 1956 Swiss Expedition to Everest and Lhotse.
Reist and Ernst Reiss
Ernst Reiss (24 February 1920, Davos – 3 August 2010, Basel) was a Swiss mountaineer, who together with Fritz Luchsinger was the first to climb the fourth highest mountain on earth in 1956.
On 18 May 1956, Reiss and Luchsinger successfully clim ...
are said to have formed "one of the best leaderless rope teams in Switzerland".
Reist was part of the second two-man team to reach the Summit, and he climbed with Hans Ruedi von Gunten.
See also
*List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
Mount Everest, at is currently the world's highest mountain and is a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This is a list of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest in the 20th century. Overall about 1,383 people summited Evere ...
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Gallery of Swiss Everest expedition as photographed by little Dölf Reist
(swissinfo.ch) 1921 births 2000 deaths Swiss mountain climbers {{Switzerland-bio-stub