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A Life Well Lived | Jim Whittaker & 50 Years of Everest

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Celebrating 50 years since Seattle University alum Jim Whittaker's historic Everest ascent. Whittaker was the first American to summit Mount Everest. He summited on May 1, 1963 with the Sherpa Nawang Gombu (a nephew of Tenzing Norgay). They ran out of oxygen but managed to reach the summit. Once there, Whittaker planted a US flag at the top. Directed by Eric Becker