ObituariesApr 9, 2026Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Mount Everest and former REI president, dies at 97 in Port Townsend, WashingtonJim Whittaker, 97, the American mountaineer who became the first U.S. citizen to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1963 (with Nawang Gombu), died Tuesday at his h...Jim WhittakerMount EverestREI+1
ObituariesApr 9, 2026Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Mount Everest (1963), dies at 97Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest (alongside Nawang Gombu), has died at age 97 at his home in Port Townsend, ...Jim WhittakerMount EverestREI
