Jürg Marmet
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Jürg Marmet was a Swiss mountaineer. Marmet was part of the first two-man Swiss team which climbed Mount Everest in 1956.. Marmet and his climbing partner, Ernst Schmied, became the third and fourth people to reach Mount Everest's summit on 23 May 1956.
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Jürg Marmet was a Swiss mountaineer. Marmet was part of the first two-man Swiss team which climbed Mount Everest in 1956.. Marmet and his climbing partner, Ernst Schmied, became the third and fourth people to reach Mount Everest's summit on 23 May 1956. He was also one of the first Swiss citizens to climb to the top of Mount Everest. 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 1956. Marmet and Schmied were also the first Swiss to ascend Lhotse in 1956.
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