SEATTLE — The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He was 97.
The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at the age of 97.
As an executive with the outdoor-supply retailer REI and an experienced climber, he conquered Mount Everest in 1963, when ...
Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97.
West Coast climber Jim Whittaker reached the highest point on Earth on May 1, 1963. He later turned recreation co-op REI into ...
An exercise psychologist from Leeds has set her sights on becoming the first woman with incurable cancer to summit Mount ...
Jim Whittaker died Tuesday in Port Townsend. The legendary Washington mountaineer made history in 1963 as the first American ...
Jim Whittaker, a Seattle born and raised mountaineer who achieved legendary status when he became the first American to ...
A Leeds researcher is aiming to become the first woman with incurable cancer to summit Mount Everest.Dr Shaunna Burke, an exercise psychologist at the ...