Jim Whittaker
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday10 February 1929
Died7 April 2026 (age 97)
Place of birthSeattle, WA, USA
Known credits10
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.
Return to Mount Kennedy
2018 · Self
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
2017 · Self
High Tension
2013 · Self
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013 · Self
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
2013 · self
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
2002 · Self
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
1993 · related character
This Is Self Arrest
1967 · Narrator
Americans on Everest
1965 · Self
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
1965 · Self
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