Ernst Reiss

Seriously, " Ere " Reiss ( born February 24, 1920 in Davos, † August 3, 2010 in Basel) was a Swiss mountaineer. Together with Fritz Luchsinger him on May 18, 1956 succeeded in the first ascent of 8516 meter Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world.

Life

Reiss grew up in Davos, got fitter and worked as an aircraft Spengler at the airfield under Bach at Meiringen. During this time he was involved in the spectacular rescue of the downed American Dakota C-53. Later he moved to Basel and worked until retirement at a company for sportswear. He was an active trade unionist in the Swiss metal and watches Workers Association, a member of the Tourist Association Friends of Nature and the Swiss Alpine Club. The Austrian Alpine Club took him on as an honorary member.

The avid mountaineer reach several first ascents in the Alps, including the northeast wall of the Gspaltenhorns and the southeast wall of the small corrugated horn in the Bernese Oberland.

In the fall of 1952 Reiss reached with the Swiss post-monsoon expedition to the South Col on Everest, but this was forced by a storm to repentance.

Reiss in 1956 was head of the Swiss mountaineer Everest Lhotse Expedition. The expedition erected in late April / early May, several high camp. From the high camp at the "Geneva Spur" reached Luchsinger and Reiss on May 18, the summit of Lhotse, Ernst Schmied and Marmet Jürg on May 23, and a day later Dölf Reist and Hans Ruedi von Gunten succeeded in the second or third ascent of Mount Everest.

1959 succeeded Ernst Reiss with Erich Haltiner the second ascent of Pumasillo in the Peruvian Andes, first ascents in the Andes reach him on another expedition in 1965.

Works

• My path as a mountaineer. Frauenfeld: Huber 1959