Dölf Reist
Illustration — 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. Reist and Ernst Reiss 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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Dölf Reist
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- Born
- 1921 · Sumiswald.
- Died
- 2000 · Interlaken.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- mountain guide · photographer · tinsmith · mountaineer
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Illustration — 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. Reist and Ernst Reiss 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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Dölf Reist is recorded with the occupation mountain guide. Recorded as mountain guide, photographer, tinsmith and mountaineer.
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1921
Dölf Reist was born on 22 March 1921.
2000
Dölf Reist died on 20 October 2000.
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Sumiswald.
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Interlaken.
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