America doffs its hat to one of its greatest modern outdoorsmen: the first among our countrymen to conquer the two highest peaks in the world ...
Jim Whittaker, the famous Washington mountaineer who was the first American to summit Mount Everest and later became the CEO ...
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.
The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at the age of 97.
Seattle-born mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit the tallest peak on Earth, passed away at home on ...
Jim Whittaker died Tuesday in Port Townsend. The legendary Washington mountaineer made history in 1963 as the first American ...
West Coast climber Jim Whittaker reached the highest point on Earth on May 1, 1963. He later turned recreation co-op REI into ...
Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker’s 1963 ...
Celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at the age of 97 years, 63 years ...