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Jim Whittaker
American mountaineer (1929–2026)
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James Warren Whittaker (February 10, 1929 – April 7, 2026) 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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🇺🇸 Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest’s Summit, Dies at 97As an executive with the outdoor-supply retailer REI and an experienced climber, he conquered Mount Everest in 1963, when fewer than 10 people were kn...
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🇺🇸 Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled the peak....
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