Jim Whittaker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 10, 1929
- Died
- April 7, 2026 (aged 97)
- Birthplace
- Seattle, WA, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Big Jim: An American on Everest
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Return to Mount Kennedy
Movie · as Self
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Movie · as Self
High Tension
Movie · as Self
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Movie · as Self
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
Movie · as self
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Movie · as Self
This Is Self Arrest
Movie · as Narrator
Americans on Everest
Movie · as Self
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
Movie · as Self