Jim Whittaker
1929 - 2026 (age 97) • Acting
Jim Whittaker
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
Return to Mount Kennedy
Self
2018
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Self
2002
Americans on Everest
Self
1965
Return to Mount Kennedy
Self
2018
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
78%
Self
2017
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
100%
Self
2013
High Tension
80%
Self
2013
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
self
2013
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
Self
2002
Americans on Everest
Self
1965