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Feb 10, 1929 Seattle, Washington, United States 95 years old
American mountaineer
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About Jim Whittaker
- James W.
- Whittaker (born February 10, 1929), also known as Jim Whittaker, is an American mountaineer and mountain guide.
- Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, 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.
- Once there, Whittaker planted a U.S.
- flag at the top.
