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 ...

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

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 ...