Jerstad, Luther G.

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Mani-rimdu
Book 1969

Summary: Luther Gerald "Lute" Jerstad was an American mountaineer and mountain guide who was a member of the 1963 American Mount Everest expedition. He reached the summit of Mount Everest by the South Col route on May 22, 1963 with Barry Bishop. Three weeks earlier, on May 1, Jim Whittaker and Indian mountaineer Nawang Gombu, who was of Sherpa origin, had reached the summit, placing an American flag there. Jerstad and Bishop were the second and third Americans to summit Mount Everest. Jerstad described seeing the flag as he and Bishop approached the summit, "Just then we came over the last rise and there was that American flag -- and what a fantastic sight! That great big flag whipping in the breeze, and the ends were tattered." Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3]
Born: 1936 [1][3]
Died: 1998 [3]; 1998-10-31 [1]
Country: United States [3]
Occupation: mountaineer [1]
Profession: Bergsteiger [3]

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