Jürg Marmet

Jürg Marmet (September 14, 1927 – March 8, 2013) was a Swiss mountaineer. Marmet was part of the first two-man Swiss team which climbed Mount Everest in 1956. (Prior to this, only Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had successfully climbed the mountain in 1953). 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 May 23, 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 May 24, 1956. Marmet and Schmied were also the first Swiss to ascend Lhotse in 1956.

Marmet was born in Bern, Switzerland, on September 14, 1927. He married Elsbeth Knoerr and had three children. He was a chemical engineer by profession and retired in 1992.

Jürg Marmet died in Allschwil, Switzerland, on March 8, 2013, at the age of 85.