{"id":36814,"date":"2026-04-08T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/08\/jim-whittaker-first-american-to-reach-everests-summit-dies-at-97-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:30:13","slug":"jim-whittaker-first-american-to-reach-everests-summit-dies-at-97-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/08\/jim-whittaker-first-american-to-reach-everests-summit-dies-at-97-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest\u2019s Summit, Dies at 97 &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE5RSXJOelZpVEV0ZmY0em9oa3M0WmxNNXdOVVVnaS1ZNnpSczB5ZDFEOWQ4NG1ZMDk2aW5idWtMVzNpTF9vU19HcjRCQkxhSkhrR3lBQkctTlBmR3VqeUZXY2JadEt2bG5DRzIxN3h1cGZweXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest\u2019s Summit, Dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTE5FWExubWNVcDgxa0Q2MEtZVDRrUjdKOHB2OFlJbGpiaHZhUGlJdTJ3VEZIRklEQ1NuYmc0Umx1MmhISHd4YlYxcWhKOUZYMC1xYnMwWlowT04zOExkejRnalByZTFIZXdqVTFrcg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxOdUUzTHYwU1ZKZmY0aDVmTmd2NF93RUpsbDRPOURxZEt6Q05QMnNZaEZ5ZF9OVC1jZk5JejBYX3A5NHo1QVh5R0dnRTdzblZFaTBNUGhRUkVxU1pfa1NYMm9GZlJDbWR6VFkxeWV4M2ZzVjlSZXNNSU9JSlBicS03OXdydXNRTlN3c3lyUnplODQ3aDNsa0tvaFNxZkFJbUNiM2Q0V3JhMk5EMXhnOEZvdmlPaFJNNFFPM3d6NlhfY2Nodw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">WA climbing legend, the first American to summit Everest, dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Seattle Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNLTJ1eXE0M3RGODNxUFcxRFhaZlhvR25oTnVwLURya252QVRFeHNOaVotSzlpMlk3M21mWERsOHlTNGhEbEZLU2lsa2F6cHhuWnE3LU5nR1NTUDZydVRMQmRIOGpPRVdVNDlHMWtoN29ZbVJkeFNwYldHM0JtQ2xqVFM2YkJ0VGVwcmJZUzAtZkJHZnpWM29LWHhkNjNiRjVTTjRxclVoZ19lME5rMjAxYlp1bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">West Coast climber who was the first American to summit Everest dies at 97<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">New York Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNbWFveGtqZVhaSXBRVzVFWV8zVW04R1dOY0NESnltaEp0Rk9mVk84MHEtUGppNDlkNGRyVnNqRHhMdXRzT3lyMmdVOGV1bVhXQzRSTVlvR2lGSW9CU25JbDE3a2ZBb2FGa2ZON0xTbHpvdTBVMzd3YTB2c3V6WDQyRVNqWFFjWURoQmpqMmJMMkNNQnE4ZmRLMFYycS1oa0xncGhURmY2TGFaRHVxNlBJX2hadjg0OU5ib3RPRg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018An enduring spirit:\u2019 Friends, family, associates reflect on NW icon Jim Whittaker<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Cascadia Daily News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest\u2019s Summit, Dies at 97&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN WA&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/08\/jim-whittaker-first-american-to-reach-everests-summit-dies-at-97-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}