Fritz Luchsinger was a Swiss mountaineer who lived from 8 March 1921 to 28 April 1983. Together with Ernst Reiss he made the first ascent of Lhotse, at 8,516 metres the fourth highest mountain in the world, on 18 May 1956. On the approach march he fell ill with severe appendicitis and had to recuperate in a room lent to the Swiss expedition by the lama of Tengboche monastery. He disappeared during an attempt on Shishapangma in 1983.
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