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Jim Whittaker

American climber and mountain guide, first American Everest summiteer. Jim Whittaker was born on 10 February 1929.

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Jim Whittaker is best known for First American to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1963. Jim Whittaker is an American public figure. Jim Whittaker was born on 10 February 1929, which places Jim Whittaker among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1920s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Jim Whittaker is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: First American to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1963
Nationality: American
Born: 10 February 1929

About Jim Whittaker

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. Whittaker's father, Charles Whittaker was a traveling salesman for burglar alarms and bank safes. His mother, Horetense Elizabeth (Gant) was a homemaker. In the 1940s, the twins started climbing, taking lessons from the Mountaineers Club of Seattle while in the Boy Scouts. A biology major, after graduating from Seattle University, Whittaker and his brother joined the Army. As experienced mountain climbers, they were assigned as Special Forces instructors, teaching Soldiers skiing and mountaineering skills. On July 25, 1955, Whittaker became the first full-time employee...

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Jim Whittaker is known for First American to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1963.

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Jim Whittaker was born on 10 February 1929.

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Jim Whittaker's nationality is American.

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