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First American to climb Mount Everest dies at 97
Image via Getty Images Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest, has died at age 97. The Seattle native made ...
The mountaineer, REI visionary, and environmental advocate was the defining figure of 20th-century American climbing.
Whittaker’s place in history was sealed in 1963, when he summited Mount Everest alongside Sherpa climber Nawang Gombu.
Jim Whittaker, who became the first American mountaineer to summit Mt. Everest in 1963, died April 7. He was 97. MORE: ...
Jim Whittaker, a pioneer in high-altitude climbing and the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died at ...
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