Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest in 1963, has died at 97, his family said, leaving a legacy in ...

Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mt. Everest who then helped build one of the world’s most popular outdoor brands, ...

Jim Whittaker, who has died aged 97, was the first American to reach the summit of Everest, on May 1 1963, and the last ...

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Jim Whittaker became a national celebrity after his 1963 climb and received the Hubbard Medal from President Kennedy.

His historic 1963 ascent made him a national hero and helped promote mountaineering in the United States.

As an executive with the outdoor-supply retailer REI and an experienced climber, he conquered Mount Everest in 1963, when ...

Jim Whittaker, who became the first American mountaineer to summit Mt. Everest in 1963, died April 7. He was 97. MORE: ...

He scaled Mount Everest to its summit on May 1, 1963, a decade after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the top of the ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He was 97.