Jim Whittaker
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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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James Warren Whittaker · James Whittaker
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Known For
Americans on Everest
1965 · Movie
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
1965 · Movie
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
1993 · Movie
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
2002 · Movie
This Is Self Arrest
1967 · Movie
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
2013 · Movie
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
2017 · Movie
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013 · Movie
High Tension
2013 · Movie
Return to Mount Kennedy
2018 · Movie