Jim Wickwire
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 2
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- June 8, 1940
- Also known as
- James Wickwire
Biography
Jim Wickwire is the first American to summit K2, the second highest mountain in the world (summit at 8,611 m (28,251 ft)). Wickwire is also known for surviving an overnight solo bivouac on K2 at an elevation above 27,000 ft or 8,200 m; considered "one of the most notorious bivouacs in mountaineering history".
