Jim Whittaker
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 10
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- February 10, 1929
- Died
- April 7, 2026
- Place of birth
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Also known as
- James Warren WhittakerJames Whittaker
Biography
James Warren Whittaker was an American climber and mountain guide. On May 1, 1963, he became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest as a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, alongside the Sherpa Nawang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Norgay. They ran out of oxygen, but managed to reach the summit.
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Filmography
Acting
10 titles
2013
