{{Short description|Swiss mountaineer (1921–1983)}} {{For|Swiss curler|Fritz Luchsinger (curler)}} thumb|Fritz Luchsinger in 1956 '''Fritz Luchsinger''' (8 March 1921 – 28 April 1983) was a Swiss mountaineer. Together with Ernst Reiss, he made the first ascent of Lhotse (8,516 m), the 4th highest mountain in the world, on 18 May 1956.<ref name=AAJ_1957/> During the approach march Luchsinger came down with severe appendicitis, and had to recuperate in a room given to the Swiss expedition by the lama of Tengboche monastery.<ref name=sfar/>

Luchsinger disappeared during an attempt on Shishapangma in 1983.<ref name=Scott2014/>

== References == <references>

<ref name=AAJ_1957> {{cite journal | title = Everest &mdash; Lhotse, 1956 | journal = American Alpine Journal | year=1957 | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 121 | author = Marmet, JÜRG | others = Translated from the German by H. Adams Carter | url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12195712100/Everest-Lhotse-1956 | accessdate = 10 April 2016}}</ref> <ref name=Scott2014> {{cite book | title = Shishapangma: The alpine-style first ascent of the South-West Face | author1 = Scott, Doug | author2 = MacIntyre, Alex | publisher = Vertebrate Publishing | year = 2014 | isbn = 9781910240069 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U6usAwAAQBAJ&dq=Shishapangma+1983+luchsinger&pg=PT334 | accessdate = 10 April 2016}}</ref> <ref name=sfar> {{cite web | title = 50 Years Everest-Lhotse Expedition: The Swiss Mount Everest/Lhotse Expedition 1956 | url = http://www.sfar-evev06.ch/en/expeditions/everest_lhotse56.html | publisher = Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research | accessdate = 10 April 2016 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091003064234/http://www.sfar-evev06.ch/en/expeditions/everest_lhotse56.html | archivedate= 2009-10-03}}</ref>

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Category:Deaths on Shishapangma

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