Raymond Lambert (18 October 1914 – 24 February 1997) [1] [2] was a Swiss mountaineer who together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached an altitude of 8611 metres[3] (just 237 metres from the summit) of Mount Everest, as part of a Swiss Expedition in May 1952. At the time it was the highest point that a climber had ever reached. There was a second Swiss expedition in autumn 1952, but a party including Lambert and Tenzing was forced to turn back at a slightly lower point. The following year Tenzing returned with Edmund Hillary to reach the summit on 29 May 1953.
- ^ L'homme aux pieds d'ours - Quand il rencontre Raymond Lambert, Tenzing Norgay ne voit d'abord que ses pieds amputés de moitié. Ensemble, le guide suisse et le sherpa vont devenir les plus hauts amis du monde et ouvrir la voie du sommet
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- ^ Unsworth, Walt (2000). Everest - The Mountaineering History (3rd ed.). Bâton Wicks. pp. 289–290. ISBN 978-1-898573-40-1.