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Junko 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.
Oct 22, 2016 · Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest, died Thursday of peritoneal cancer at age 77. Her lifelong love of climbing propelled her to summit the world’s highest peak, climb a...
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Oct 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. She was 77. The...
Oct 20, 2017 · On October 20, 2016, mountaineering lost one of its most important figures—77-year-old Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the top of Everest and to climb the Seven Summits.
Oct 22, 2016 · More 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.
Oct 23, 2016 · TOKYO (AP) — The first woman to climb Mount Everest didn’t stop there. Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died Thursday at 77, devoted her adult life to scaling peaks, climbing the tallest mountains in more than 70 countries. Her philosophy was to live life to the fullest.
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In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest. As just the 36 th person ever to climb the mountain, Tabei’s incredible achievement made her a global...
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