Acting
Jim Whittaker
- Born
- Feb 10, 1929 · Aged 97
- Died
- Apr 7, 2026
- Place of birth
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 10
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (2)
- James Warren Whittaker
- James Whittaker
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.
