Jim Whittaker
Acting1929Seattle, 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 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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10- 2026Big Jim: An American on EverestMovieas Self (archive footage)
- 2018Return to Mount KennedyMovieas Self
- 2017Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred BeckeyMovieas Self
- 2013High TensionMovieas Self
- 2013High and Hallowed: Everest 1963Movieas Self
- 2013Nawang Gombu - Heart of a TigerMovieas self
- 2002Sherpa: The Proving GroundsMovieas Self
- 1967This Is Self ArrestMovieas Narrator
- 1965Americans on EverestMovieas Self
- 1965Pilgrimage to a Mountain PeakMovieas Self