The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, died aged 77, media reported on Saturday. Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama
Junko Tabei. Pic/AFP
Tokyo: The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, died aged 77, media reported on Saturday. Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama.
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She completed the first conquest of Mount Everest by a woman in 1975, accomplishing the feat via the southeast ridge route. She went on to conquer soaring peaks in several continents heralding the era of women climbers.
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