Jim Whittaker - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • For being the first American to scale Mount Everest, Whittaker was awarded the Hubbard Medal by United States President John F. Kennedy.
“ If you aren't living on the edge, you are taking up too much space. ”
“ You never conquer a mountain. Mountains can't be conquered; you conquer yourself. ”

(This is essentially equivalent to George Mallory's question and answer: "Have we conquered an enemy? None but ourselves," quoted in Everest: the West Ridge, p. 27. )

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