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Bookmark or Share- Junko Tabei, First Woman to Conquer Everest, Dies at 77Oct. 26, 2016. Junko Tabei, a Japanese alpinist who became the first woman to scale Mount Everest and to ascend the highest summit of every continent, died on Oct. 20 in a hospital near Tokyo....
- Japanese Climber Junko Tabei, First Woman To Conquer Mount ... - NPRMore than 40 years after she became the first woman to climb the world's highest mountain, Junko Tabei has died at age 77, according to Japanese media. Tabei was just 4'9", but she was a giant...
- Junko Tabei - WikipediaJunko Tabei (Japanese: 田部井 淳子, Hepburn: Tabei Junko, née Ishibashi; 22 September 1939 – 20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and first woman to ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.
- Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Mount Everest, dead at 77CNN — Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb the world’s highest peak, has died at age 77. Tabei reached the 29,000-foot summit of Mount Everest in 1975. She was 35 at the time. She died on...
- Junko Tabei, First Female to Summit Mount Everest, DiesOctober 22, 2016. • 4 min read. In the often male-dominated sport of climbing, a few women have made it easier for others to succeed in the field. The sport lost one of these pioneers this week....
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