Lou Whittaker

Lou Whittaker

Infobox Person
name = Lou Whittaker


caption = Lou Whittaker (left) in 1996 on Mount Rainier. Photo by Erik Charlton
birth_date = birth date and age|1929|02|10|mf=y
birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.
known_for =
occupation = Mountaineer

Lou Whittaker (born in 1929) cite web| url= http://www.thenewstribune.com/1008/story/174154.html| title = Lou Whittaker A mountaineering pioneer| date = 2008-03-27| publisher = TheNewsTribune.com] is a higher-altitude and glacier-travel guide.

Whittaker and his twin brother Jim were born and raised in Seattle.

Besides his worldwide climbing experience, he became the most experienced guide for climbing Mount Rainier with over 250 summits, developed a group of successful climbing-related businesses at the Rainier Base Camp in Ashford, Washington, adjacent to Mount Rainier National Park, and led the training of several generations of Rainier guides, many of whom continue to guide and climb elsewhere. He also led the first American ascent of the North Col of Mount Everest in 1984. cite web| url = http://www.rmiguides.com/about/guides/lou_whittaker.html| title = Lou Whittaker]

He has recorded his experiences in "Lou Whittaker - Memoirs of a Mountain Guide", written with Andrea Gabbard.He is also the founder of Rainier Mountaineering, Inc, a Washington state guiding company.

References

External links

* [http://www.rmiguides.com/about/guides/lou_whittaker.html Lou Whittaker's page] on the Rainer Mountaineering, Inc site
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=giwgcfS8g9IC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22lou+whittaker%22+%22north+col%22&source=web&ots=NkxP1jTs8D&sig=tjkpd_Q7VYVetfr6X79yoaIKwoI&hl=en#PPP1,M1 Lou Whittaker: Memoirs of a Mountain Guide] at Google Books


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