Jim Whittaker
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- 10 Şubat 1929 · Seattle, WA, USA
- 7 Nisan 2026
Biyografi
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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Filmografi
- Big Jim: An American on Everest · Kendisi
- Return to Mount Kennedy · Kendisi
- Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey · Kendisi
- High Tension · Kendisi
- High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 · Kendisi
- Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger · Kendisi
- Sherpa: The Proving Grounds · Kendisi
- This Is Self Arrest · Narrator
- Americans on Everest · Kendisi
- Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak · Kendisi