First American on Everest - Jim Whittaker

Fifty years and one month since Americans first summited Mt. Everest, the mountain remains a symbolic achievement for climbers, but serious climbers often downplay the skill required to tackle it. The first American to stand on the world's tallest point, Jim Whittaker, tells Boyd that wasn't the case when he reached the top in 1963; their understanding of nutrition and the day's equipment wasn't nearly as advanced as now, and a great degree of luck was involved in reaching the summit.