Raymond Lambert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raymond Lambert

Swiss mountain climber

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1997

Profession: mountaineer, Himalayan mountaineer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Raymond Lambert (18 October 1914 – 24 February 1997) was a Swiss mountaineer who together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached an altitude of 8611 metres (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.