Seattle mountaineering legend Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Everest, dies at 97

Seattle mountaineering legend Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Everest, dies at 97

SEATTLE— Jim Whittaker, the Seattle-born mountaineer who turned the first American to summit Mount Everest and later helped form the Northwest’s outside tradition, has died at age 97. Whittaker handed away on Tuesday in Port Townsend, as confirmed by his household. RELATED | Lou Whittaker, among the most famous American mountaineers, has died at age…

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