Marcel Rüedi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marcel Rüedi

Swiss explorer (1938-1986)

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1938

Place of Birth: Winterthur, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 25-Sep-1986

Profession: explorer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Marcel Rüedi (born November 1, 1938 in Winterthur, died September 25, 1986 in Makalu) was a Swiss mountaineer who reached the summit of ten of the eight-thousanders. In 1980, Rüedi ascended Dhaulagiri.
In 1981 he forged a new route along the North Face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps.
In 1983, together with Erhard Loretan and Jean-Claude Sonnenwyl, Rüedi managed to climb the three main summits of the Gasherbrum Group within 15 days, reaching Gasherbrum I via a variation in the standard route.
In 1984, he climbed the peaks of Manaslu and Nanga Parbat, meaning he had climbed five eight-thousanders in just twelve months. In 1986, Rüedi was the first Swiss, along with Peter Habeler, to summit Cho Oyu.
That same year, he and Krzysztof Wielicki attempted to climb Makalu via a variation in the standard route.
Wielicki reached the summit a few hours before Rüedi and was able to descend to the nearest bivouac shelter.
Rüedi did not succeed.
Reinhold Messner, who was also at Makalu at the time, claims to have seen Rüedi descending from the summit, and watched as he disappeared behind a snowdrift.
Messner later found Rüedi sitting dead in the snow just below his camp.