Acting
Jim Whittaker
- Born
- 1929-02-10 · Seattle, WA, USA
- Died
- 2026-04-07
- Filmography
- 10 titles on TMDB
About Jim Whittaker
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.
Backdrop from This Is Self Arrest
Films & television
10 titles
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