Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pacific Northwest’s own Jim Whittaker passed away peacefully at his home in Port Townsend on Tuesday. Elliott Almond from ...

The Pacific Northwest’s own Jim Whittaker passed away peacefully at his home in Port Townsend on Tuesday. Elliott Almond from Cascadia Daily News reported the news in an obituary published Wednesday ...

Jim Whittaker, the Army veteran and mountaineer who became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest, died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington. He was 97. Whittaker died ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after ...

Jim Whittaker, a Seattle-born-and-raised mountaineer who achieved legendary status when he became the first American to summit the world’s tallest peak in 1963, died Tuesday in Port Townsend at the ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker, who also served as the first full-time employee of the outdoor ...

SEATTLE — Jim Whittaker, the Seattle-born mountaineer who became the first American to summit Mount Everest and later helped shape the Northwest’s outdoor culture, has died at age 97. Whittaker passed ...

SEATTLE — Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

This video explores the complex and controversial story of the Whittaker family, who went viral after being featured in a documentary that exposed their isolated life in rural West Virginia. What ...