Jim Whittaker
Acting·Feb 10, 1929·Seattle, WA, USA
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NA/10 avgNo member ratings yetJames 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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 Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears1993 · related character | related character |
 This Is Self Arrest1967 · Narrator | Narrator |