Career
Marmet was part of the first two-man Swiss team which climbed Mount Everest in 1956. (Prior to this, only Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had successfully climbed the mountain in 1953). He was also one of the first Swiss citizens to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
Marmet and Schmied were also the first Swiss to ascend Lhotse in 1956.
Marmet was born in Bern, Switzerland, on September 14, 1927. He was a chemical engineer by profession and retired in 1992.
Jürg Marmet died in Allschwil, Switzerland, on March 8, 2013, at the age of 85.