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Jim Whittaker, the Army veteran and mountaineer who became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest, died at 97.

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Whittaker trained Army soldiers at Camp Hale during the Korean War before becoming the first American to summit Everest and later becoming the CEO of REI.

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