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Jim Whittaker
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 Mo…
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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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2018
Return to Mount Kennedy
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2017
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
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2013
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
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2013
High Tension
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2013
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger
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2002
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds
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1993
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
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1967
This Is Self Arrest
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1965
Americans on Everest
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1965
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak
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