Ernst schmied biography

Ernst Schmied (1924 in Bern, Switzerland - 22 March 2002) was a Swiss Mountaineer.
Ernst Schmied was a Swiss Mountaineer.
Ernst Schmied was born in Bern, Switzerland in 1924.

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Who were the third and fourth people to ascend Mount Everest successfully?

Swiss mountaineers Ernst Schmied and Jurg Marmet were the third and fourth individuals to ascend Mount Everest successfully. They were members of Albert Eggler’s 1956 Swiss expedition.

In 1952, the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research (SFAR) in Zurich had mounted a serious assault on Everest. The expedition, led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, aimed to conquer Everest via the South Col route, pioneering what would become the standard approach to the mountain.

Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the main attempt on the summit. They reached a height of about 28,200ft, tantalisingly just 800ft from the summit, setting the new altitude record, before being forced to turn back due to exhaustion and worsening weather. Their efforts demonstrated the route’s feasibility and set the stage for Norgay’s eventual success with Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953.

In 1956, SFAR organised a second expedition to Mount Everest and Albert Eggler was invited to lead a party of ten of the count

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3 May 2012 Third Person Journal - Ernst Schmied

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Ernst Schmied was born in Bern, Switzerland in 1924. He loved climbing mountains and went on climbing trips often. He scaled several mountains in Europe and Asia. On one of his expeditions, he met a girl named Dora whom he later married. Her brother would accompany them later, on their Everest

18 June 2012 One week and one day

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Student Blogs The girls and I have one week and one day until we head off to Greenland. Get to know them a little better through their blogs. Links to their blogs as they send them to me will be posted under "Resources". ###Student Biographies I've asked each student to either create a video or

16 June 2012 Off to the Aufeis!

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Aufeis tonight! Meet at the dining hall at 7:30. I've seen it on the announcement board and missed it several evenings, but this past Thursday after dinner everything fell in place for me to join the group to see the aufeis! Another "wow" hike! We drove south on the Dalton Highway down to

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(1) Friedrich Alfred Schmid Noerr, a member of the German resistance, interviewed Hans Mend in December 1939.

Because he was an Austrian and physically unfit, Hitler had been rejected when he volunteered for service in August 1914. He was unemployed in Munich at the time, and his intention had simply been to get into the army so as to have a square meal again.... After being rejected by the medical board, he stationed himself outside the Wittelsbacher Palace in Munich at a time when he knew King Ludwig usually left the building. He managed to waylay the king as he emerged with his adjutant general, von Leonrod. Hitler barred Leonrod's path and accosted him: he was an Austrian, he said, but did not wish to serve in Austria. He had volunteered for wartime service in Munich, but had been turned down, so please would His Majesty endorse his request. Leonrod made a note of his name, and that, according to Hitler, was how he came to join the List Regiment.
Hitler never had anything to do with guns from the time he joined us at the front as