Jurg marmot biography

Jürg Marmet (14 September – 8 March ) was a Swiss mountaineer. Marmet was part of the first two-man Swiss team which climbed Mount Everest in (Prior to this, only Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had successfully climbed the mountain in ).

Marmet and his climbing partner, Ernst Schmied, became the third and fourth people (and the second two-man team) to reach Mount Everest's summit on 23 May He was also one of the first Swiss citizens to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

1982 everest expedition

Marmet and Schmied narrowly beat the next Swiss team to the top: The next day, the next two-man Swiss expedition of Hansruedi von Gunten and Dölf Reist reached the top of the mountain on 24 May Marmet and Schmied were also the first Swiss to ascend Lhotse in