Dölf Reist (1921-2000) was a

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

mountaineer Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports ...

, best known for the third successful summit of

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

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 4th highest mountain on earth in 1956. On 18 May 1956, Reiss and Luchsinger successfully climbed ...

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 Swiss summiters of Mount Everest {{Switzerland-bio-stub

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