Jim Whittaker
Born: 1929-02-10 in Seattle, WA, USA
Died: 2026-04-07
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2018
- Return to Mount Kennedy as Self
2017
2013
- Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger as self
- High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 as Self
- High Tension as Self
2002
- Sherpa: The Proving Grounds as Self
1993
- Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears as related character
1967
- This Is Self Arrest as Narrator
1965
- Americans on Everest as Self
- Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak as Self