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Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 10, 1929
Died
April 7, 2026
Age
97
Place of Birth
Seattle, WA, USA
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Jim Whittaker
Acting
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.
Also known as
James Warren Whittaker · James Whittaker
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Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
2013 · Movie
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Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
1965 · Movie
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Americans on Everest
1965 · Movie
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Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
2002 · Movie
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Return to Mount Kennedy
2018 · Movie
10.0
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013 · Movie
7.8
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
2017 · Movie
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This Is Self Arrest
1967 · Movie
8.0
High Tension
2013 · Movie
Filmography
2018
Return to Mount Kennedy
Movie · Self
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2017
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Movie · Self
7.8
2013
High Tension
Movie · Self
8.0
2013
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Movie · Self
10.0
2013
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
Movie · self
0.0
2002
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Movie · Self
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1967
This Is Self Arrest
Movie · Narrator
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1965
Americans on Everest
Movie · Self
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1965
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
Movie · Self
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