Jim Whittaker
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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.
Known for
Credits
Americans on Everest (1965)
as Self
Nawang Gombu - Heart of a Tiger (2013)
as self
Pilgrimage to a Mountain Peak (1965)
as Self
This Is Self Arrest (1967)
as Narrator
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 (2013)
as Self
Sherpa: The Proving Grounds (2002)
as Self
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (2017)
as Self
Return to Mount Kennedy (2018)
as Self
High Tension (2013)
as Self
Big Jim: An American on Everest (2026)
as Self (archive footage)