Dölf Reist (1921-2000) was a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internati ...

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 (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow ...

on 23 May 1956, as part of the

1956 Swiss Expedition to Everest and Lhotse Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,849 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range of Solukhumbu district (Province 1 in present days), Nepal. Timeline 1921: Reconnaissance ex ...

. 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.

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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

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