Dölf Reist

Dölf Reist (left) standing next to Ernst Reiss in 1951, on the summit Fleischbank mountain in the Kaiser mountain range in the Alps

Dölf Reist (1921-2000) was a Swiss mountaineer, best known for the third successful summit of Mount Everest on 23 May 1956, as part of the 1956 Swiss Expedition to Everest and Lhotse.[1][2]

Reist and Ernst Reiss are said to have formed "one of the best leaderless rope teams in Switzerland".[3]

Reist was part of the second two-man team to reach the Summit, and he climbed with Hans Ruedi von Gunten.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kuenzi, Renat. "Massive Everest as photographed by little Dölf Reist". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  2. ^ "EverestHistory.com: Dolf Reist". www.everesthistory.com. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  3. ^ "50 Years Everest-Lhotse Expedition: Dölf Reist". www.alpinfo.ch. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  4. ^ Kuenzi, Renat. "Massive Everest as photographed by little Dölf Reist". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2019-01-23.


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