Fritz Luchsinger
Fritz Luchsinger (born March 8, 1921 , † April 28, 1983 at Shishapangma ) was a Swiss mountaineer. On May 18, 1956, together with Ernst Reiss , he managed the first ascent of the 8,516-meter-high Lhotse , the fourth highest mountain on earth.
Luchsinger was a member of the Swiss Himalaya Expedition in 1956 to Mount Everest and Lhotse. Upon arrival, Luchsinger fell ill with appendicitis . In the monastery of Tengboche , the expedition doctor Eduard Leuthold managed to cure Luchsinger with antibiotics without surgery . The expedition set up several high camps in late April / early May. From the high camp on the “Genfer Sporn”, Luchsinger and Reiss reached the summit of Lhotse on May 18th, Ernst Schmied and Jürg Marmet on May 23rd and a day later Dölf Reist and Hansruedi von Gunten achieved the second and third ascent of Mount Everest.
In 1980 he was able to climb another eight-thousander with the Dhaulagiri . 1983 Luchsinger died while climbing Shishapangma at a pulmonary edema .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aargauer Zeitung of April 25, 2006
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| SURNAME | Luchsinger, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss mountaineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1921 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1983 |
| Place of death | Shishapangma |