Jim Whittaker
Known for: Acting
Born: February 10, 1929
Died: April 7, 2026
Place of birth: Seattle, WA, USA
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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Filmography
10 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Return to Mount Kennedy
2018
7.8
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
2017
8.0
High Tension
2013
10.0
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013
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Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
2013
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Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
2002
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Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
1993
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This Is Self Arrest
1967
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Americans on Everest
1965
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Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
1965