Tag: Whittaker
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Jim Whittaker: Reflections from a Mountaineering Legend
[ad_1] Ascents nonetheless contain planning, preparation and willpower for Jim Whittaker, arguably probably the most well-known American climber of the twentieth century: first American to summit Mount Everest, vacationer with presidents, first paid full-time worker of REI, after which the co-op’s second CEO. However at 96, the size of the climbs has modified. At the…
