Jim Whittaker
Jim Whittaker
Person

Jim Whittaker

Actor 1929-02-10 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

FILMOGRAPHY
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Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey

Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey

2017 · Self

High and Hallowed: Everest 1963

High and Hallowed: Everest 1963

2013 · Self

High Tension

High Tension

2013 · Self

Americans on Everest

Americans on Everest

1965 · Self

Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak

Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak

1965 · Self

Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger

Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger

2013 · self

Sherpa: The Proving Grounds

Sherpa: The Proving Grounds

2002 · Self

This Is Self Arrest

This Is Self Arrest

1967 · Narrator

Return to Mount Kennedy

Return to Mount Kennedy

2018 · Self