Junko Tabei

Born

September 22, 1939

Died

October 20, 2016 (aged 77)

Known as

explorer, mountaineer

Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountaineer, author and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.

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