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Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker’s 1963 ...

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

Whittaker ascended Everest in 1963, 10 years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled the peak.

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

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