Jim Whittaker
2/10/1929 – 4/7/2026Seattle, 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.
Filmography (10 titles)
MovieReturn to Mount Kennedy
Self · 2018
7.8MovieDirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
Self · 2017
8.0MovieHigh Tension
Self · 2013
10.0MovieHigh and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self · 2013
MovieNawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
self · 2013
MovieSherpa: The Proving Grounds
Self · 2002
MovieEverest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
related character · 1993
MovieThis Is Self Arrest
Narrator · 1967
MovieAmericans on Everest
Self · 1965
MoviePilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
Self · 1965