James Wickwire in WA (Washington)

James F Wickwire, age 80s, Seattle, WA View Details

Locations: Seattle WA Possible Relatives: Catherine Louise Wickwire, David F Wickwire, James F Wickwire

James M Wickwire, Vancouver, WA View Details

Locations: Vancouver WA Possible Relatives: Clement I Israel, Francisco A Montoya Wickwire, Tiffanie Dawn Seybold

James Michael Wickwire, age 39, Vancouver, WA View Details

Cities: Vancouver WA Possible Relatives: Tiffanie Dawn Miller, Daniel W Wickwire, Gail S Wickwire

James F Wickwire, age 76, Soap Lake, WA View Details

Cities: Soap Lake WA Possible Relatives: Peggy A Wickwire

James F Wickwire, age 76, Soap Lake, WA View Details

Locations: Soap Lake WA Possible Relatives: Peggy A Wickwire

Gerald James Wickwire, age 74, Gladstone, OR View Details

Locations: Gladstone OR, Portland OR Possible Relatives: Ashley Dawn Armbruster, Elleanora I Wickwire

James M Wickwire View Details

Address:***** Clark Ave, Vancouver, WA. Phone Number: (360) 213-****

James W Wickwire View Details

Address:***** 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA

Summiting 'Savage Mountain': The harrowing ... - The Seattle Times • seattletimes.com

Jim Wickwire of Seattle and Louis Reichardt were the first two to summit, followed the next day by John Roskelley and Rick Ridgeway. The expedition's leader was the legendary Jim Whittaker, who ...

James Wickwire • uaf.edu

James "Jim" Wickwire was interviewed on May 9, 2000 by Dave Krupa at Jim's legal offices in downtown Seattle, Washington. In this interview, Jim describes his climbing experiences throughout the world, including the ill-fated trip to Alaska where he lost his climbing partner, Chris Kerrebrock, in a freak crevasse fall on the Peters Glacier. ...

James Wickwire's Slideshow | Project Jukebox • uaf.edu

James Wickwire. jiwi.gif. Growing up in Washington, at an early age Jim Wickwire developed a love of the outdoors and an interest in climbing. Over decades of climbing all over the world, including being the first American to summit K2 in the Himalayas in 1978, he became a world-famous climber who has accomplished much and endured even more ...

Addicted to Danger: Affirming Life in the Face of Death • amazon.com

Adventurist Jim Wickwire has lived life on the edge -- literally. An eyewitness to glory, terror, and tragedy above 20,000 feet, he has braved bitter cold, blinding storms, and avalanches to become what the Los Angeles Times calls "one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers." Although his incredible exploits have inspired a feature on 60 Minutes, an award ...

Jim Wickwire Interview about Addicted to Danger • mountainzone.com

With the release of his new book, Jim Wickwire, the first American to climb K2, talks about a lifetime of climbing. After 35 years of climbing, one of the most notorious bivouacs in mountaineering history, and some of the most tragic events ever to befall one climber, Jim Wickwire has written about his experiences in the mountains. Striking in its honesty, and refreshingly free of the self ...

Project Jukebox | Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks ... • uaf.edu

James "Jim" Wickwire was interviewed on May 9, 2000 by Dave Krupa at Jim's legal offices in downtown Seattle, Washington. In this interview, Jim describes his climbing experiences throughout the world, including the ill-fated trip to Alaska where he lost his climbing partner, Chris Kerrebrock, in a freak crevasse fall on the Peters Glacier.

Addicted to Danger: A Memoir by Jim Wickwire | Goodreads • goodreads.com

In 1971, Jim Wickwire nearly died trying to climb Mount Ranier's Willis Wall. Only the heroic efforts of his climbing partner saved Wickwire's life. Wickwire was 31 years old at the time, with a wife and 5 small children at home. Wickwire had started climbing in 1960, a year in which he survived a 50 foot fall with only a fractured wrist.

Addicted to Danger: Affirming Life in the Face of Death • amazon.com

Wickwire's book is a series of chapters that detail his K-2 ascent but also many other climbs throughout the world that became a fixation for him. Addicted to Danger is an appropriate title as it is the only explanation for why someone who loves his wife and his five children and repeatedly refers to them in his writings would willingly expose ...

Jim Wickwire - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia • alchetron.com

Jim Wickwire (born June 8, 1940) is the first American to summit K2, the second highest mountain in the world (8,611 m 28,251 feet). Wickwire is also known for surviving an overnight solo bivouac on K2 at an elevation above 27,000ft or 8,200m considered one of the most notorious bivouacs in mo