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

Seattle mountaineering legend Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, died at the age of 97 in Port ...

The mountaineer, REI visionary, and environmental advocate was the defining figure of 20th-century American climbing.

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

For many climbers, standing on the summit of Mount Everest feels like the finish line. But in May 1996, the real disaster ...

Jim Whittaker, the first citizen of the United States to reach the top of Mount Everest, died at his home in Port Townsend, ...

The lifelong outdoors advocate and former president of retailer REI returned to Everest decades later with his son.

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: Jim Whittaker, the celebrated climber who became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died ...

Whittaker’s ascent of Everest made him an instant celebrity who ultimately ended up changing the climbing world forever ...