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Each week, we highlight a historic or famous person named James. This week's famous James is:

James “Jim” Warren Whittaker

(born February 10, 1929) On May 1, 1963 he became the first North American (and tenth man) to climb to the top of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. His Sherpa guide was Nwang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Xorkey, the Sherpa who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on the first successful Everest climb in 1953. In September 1978, Jim led the first successful American team to summit K2, the world's second tallest mountain and arguably a harder mountain to climb than Everest; that team had the first woman to climb K2. In 1990, he led the International Peace Climb to Everest; the team had climbers from the U.S., Russia, and China. Jim began climbing early; as a teen, he was in the Mountaineers club, the National Ski Patrol, and Seattle’s Mountain Rescue Council. In 1950, he became a guide on Mount Rainier. After graduating college, he was in the Army's Mountain and Cold Weather Training Command; he taught skiing, mountaineering, and winter survival to troops. Quote: "Mountain climbing brings out the best in a person. It forces him to try to get something normally beyond his reach."

The name "James" is the English equivalent of Jacob; the first Jacob in the Bible was the patriarch of the 12 tribes of Israel. "James" is consistently among the most popular names for boys in the U.S.

Plural form of James: According to the Carnegie Mellon Style Guide, "Form plurals of family names that end in 's' by adding 'es.'  Right: The Jameses live in Edgewood."  See also StackExchange.com.

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