Walking in well-heeled circles, the mountaineer was the recipient of a hearty toast offered one night by astronaut John Glenn, whose personalized salute drew laughs when he said, "Jim Whittaker ...

Whittaker and his twin brother Jim Whittaker — who in 1963 became ... Lou Whittaker, a Seattle-born and -raised mountaineer and glacier travel guide who climbed Mount Rainier more than 250 ...

He was 95. He had congestive heart failure, said his son Peter Whittaker. With his twin brother, Jim, Mr. Whittaker formed what the BBC once described as the “First Family of American ...

Jim Whittaker had also made a name for himself ... to lead climbs unlike any he’d imagined before. Warren Thompson, a mountaineer who is now an institutional investor, received a call from ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents ... Whittaker and his twin brother Jim Whittaker — who in 1963 became the first American to summit ...

SEATTLE — Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents ... Whittaker and his twin brother Jim Whittaker — who in 1963 became the first American to summit Everest ...