On May 1, 1963 Jim Whitaker became the first American, & 10th person, to reach the summit of this mountain
Grudgingly, the West Ridgers agreed to wait to take the mountain their way,... [DOC] [TLE] Mount Everest Facts [PAR] Mount Everest Facts: The Mountain ... 1963: Jim Whittaker became the first 
American to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 1st May 1965: Nawang 
Gombu became the first person to have reached the summit of Everest twice, ... 
1978: The first German to reach the summit of Everest was Reinhard Karl on the 
10th May [DOC] [TLE] forewords to the first edition - Bookshout [PAR] Jim Whittaker on the summit of Mount Everest, May 1, 1963 (courtesy ... Having 
climbed the mountain via the South Col route, Jim became the first American to 
summit .... As a young man, he started climbing with his brothers in the pristine 
beauty of the .... Jims being the first American to reach the highest point on 
earth... [DOC] [TLE] Everest 50: Getting high on the mountain  Planet Jackson Hole [PAR] May 14, 2013 ... Jim Whittaker remembers posing for his shot on top of the world on May 1, 1963.