Jim Whittaker
February 10, 1929 (97 years old) in Seattle, WA, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Return to Mount Kennedy as Self
- 2017 · Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey as Self
- 2013 · High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 as Self
- 2013 · High Tension as Self
- 2013 · Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger as self
- 2002 · Sherpa: The Proving Grounds as Self
- 1993 · Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears as related character
- 1967 · This Is Self Arrest as Narrator
- 1965 · Americans on Everest as Self
- 1965 · Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak as Self