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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 the 8,516-metre (27,940 ft) Lhotse, the 4th highest mountain on earth. [1]
- Erhard Loretan
- Ueli Steck
- Matthias Zurbriggen
- Horace Bénédict de Saussure
- Sophie Lavaud
- Ernst Reiss
- Fritz Luchsinger
- Melchior Anderegg
- Peter Taugwalder
- Jean Troillet
Born in the canton of Fribourg, Erhard Loretan lived between the years 1959 and 2011. He began mountain climbing at the age of 11 and made his first official expedition in 1980 in the Andes. In 1982, he began climbing peaks 8,000 or more meters above sea level including the deadly Nanga Parbat at 8,126 in the western Himalayas. But the climb that r...
Ueli Steck was born in Langnau im Emmental in the canton of Bern in 1976. He is best known for being the first mountaineer to solo-climb Annapurnavia its South Face, a mountain in north-central Nepal and the world’s tenth-highest mountain at 8,091 meters above sea level. When he was only 17 years old, Steck achieved the international federation for...
Matthias Zurbriggen was born in 1856 in Saas-Fee, a mountain resort village in Switzerland. He became famous for climbing peaks throughout the Andes, the Alps, the Himalayas, and New Zealand. His best-known first accent was Aconcagua in Argentina. At 6,961 meters above sea level, it’s the highest mountain in the Americas. He climbed it alone in Jan...
Horace Bénédict de Saussure lived between 1740 and 1799. In addition to mountaineering, he was an accomplished Genevan geologist, physicist, and meteorologist. Known as the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, he built the first successful solar oven. He also developed an improved hygrometer, an instrument used to measure atmospheric humidit...
Born in Lausanne in 1968, Sophie Lavaud holds Swiss, Canadian, and French citizenship and now lives in Geneva. She formerly worked in the hotel industry and the luxury and cosmetics industry before operating an event management company with her brother. She is now a consultant in external affairs for futura21, a coaching institute. Sophie spends mu...
The Swiss mountaineer Ernst Reiss was born in 1920 in Davos and died in Basel in 2010 of natural causes at the age of 90. In 1956, Reiss and his companion climber Fritz Luchsinger were the first to successfully summit the 8,516-meter Lhotse, the earth’s fourth-highest mountain. Their colleagues Jürg Marmet and Ernst Schmied were the second to reach...
The Swiss mountaineer Fritz Luchsinger was born in St. Gallen in 1921. A training officer in the Swiss army, his ancestor Jacob Geiger emigrated to the USA in 1851. A large number of his offspring reside in Wisconsin’s New Glarus area. Together with his climbing companion Ernst Reis, Luchsinger is credited with the first ascent of Lhotse, the earth...
Melchior Anderegg lived between the years 1828 and 1914. A Swiss mountain guide from Zaun, Meiringen, he was the first to conquer the summit of many prominent peaks in the western Alps during what is known as the golden and silver ages of alpinism. Most of Anderegg’s clients were British and included the famous writer and critic Leslie Stephen. And...
Zermatt native Peter Taugwalder was born in 1820 and died in July 1888. He and his son of the same name were Swiss mountaineers and guides. Both Taugwalders were among seven men that made the first climb of the famous Matterhorn in 1865. Taughwalder, his son, and Edward Whymper were the only survivors. Taugwalder was also the first to ascend the Ho...
Born in 1948 in Orsières, Valais, Switzerland Jean Troilletis a professional mountaineer and has had mountain guide qualifications since 1969. When he was 21, he set a record for ascending the Matterhorn in 4 hours and 10 minutes. He has climbed 10 peaks over 8,000 meters all without supplemental oxygen which is the true alpine style. Troillet clim...
May 4, 2006 · Just a few days earlier, on May 18, Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss became the first climbers to scale Lhotse (8,501 metres). The mountaineers were welcomed home as heroes when they stepped off...
Ernst «Ere» Reiss war ein Schweizer Bergsteiger. Zusammen mit Fritz Luchsinger gelang ihm am 18. Mai 1956 die Erstbesteigung des 8516 Meter hohen Lhotse, des vierthöchsten Bergs der Erde.
Aug 3, 2010 · Ernst Reiss was a Swiss mountaineer, who together with Fritz Luchsinger was the first to climb the fourth highest mountain on earth in 1956. Career. On 18 May 1956, Reiss and Luchsinger successfully climbed the 8516 meter-high Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain on earth.
Jul 2, 2018 · Alpinists Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss climbed to the top of the Lhotse on the 18th of May. With its 27,890 feet, it was the highest mountain on earth yet unconquered. “A hearty comradeship and trustful and well-timed co-operation among all the participants had permitted this triumph.”
Ernst Reiss, Mount LhoTse is the fourth highest mountain in the world after Mt Everest, Mt K2, and Mt. Kanchenjunga. LhoTse in Tibetan mean the “South Peak”.
