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]

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

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]

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References

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  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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