Expedition participant in 1952

Edouard Wyss-Dunant
1897 – 1 983, Leader

As an experienced expedition participant with experience of the Arctic, deserts and the Himalayas, and a major mountaineering career, Dr. med. Wyss-Dunant was the obvious choice of leader for the co-ordination of mountaineering and scientific groups in the first expedition to the south flank of Everest. Important progress was made in his advanced investigations into circulation reactions and physiology at high altitude in the Everest region, as well as the associated work on the development of oxygen equipment for use at high altitude. werden.