Jim Whittaker Oral History
Item Metadata
Title
Jim Whittaker Oral History
Rights
Copyright the American Alpine Club
Description
Oral history interview conducted with Jim Whittaker at the 2013 American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner. Mr. Whittaker speaks about the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, conservation and his love of climbing and mountaineering and for the outdoors. Topics also include tissue deterioration due to lack of oxygen in the Death Zone, the differences between climbing Everest today and climbing it in 1963, the friendships he formed with his expedition team members and his wife Dianne Roberts, who is also an accomplished mountaineer in her own right.
Type
Language
English
Identifier
OralHistory0018
Format
Publisher
The American Alpine Club Library
Contributor
Jim Whittaker
Dianne Roberts
Photo courtesy of James Aikman
Date
February, 2013
Interviewer
Unknown
Interviewee
Jim Whittaker
Location
Craneway Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
Original Format
.wav
Duration
21:19
Citation
“Jim Whittaker Oral History,” The Collections of the American Alpine Club Library, accessed December 26, 2024, https://library.americanalpineclub.org/items/show/106.