Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Mount Everest, died at age 97.
Jim Whittaker, who became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1963, died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington at age 97. His historic climb came 10 years after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled the peak. Whittaker later became a close friend of Robert Kennedy and led various climbing expeditions throughout his career.
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Jim Whittaker, first American to reach peak of Mount Everest, dead at 97
Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97
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Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, dies at 97
Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97
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