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Junko Tabei
Japanese mountaineer
Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountaineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, located between Nepal and China, and the first woman to ascend all the Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent. Wikipedia
Born: September 22, 1939, Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Died: October 20, 2016, Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Spouse: Masanobu Tabei (m. 1967–2016)
Children: Shinya Tabei
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Junko Tabei (田部井 淳子 Tabei Junko, born Ishibashi Junko; 22 September 1939 – 20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, located between Nepal and China, and the first woman to ascend all the Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent.
Early life · Career
Known for: First woman to summit Mount Everest; first woman to ascend the Seven Summits
Died: 20 October 2016 (aged 77); Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
Children: 2
Born: Junko Ishibashi; 22 September 1939; Miharu, Fukushima, Japan
Sep 22, 2019 · Google on Sunday is honoring Junko Tabei with an animated doodle marking what would have been the Japanese mountain climber's 80th birthday. ... Before her death in 2016, Tabei also became the first woman to conquer the "Seven Summits," the highest mountains on all seven continents.
Sep 18, 2019 · Junko Tabei, (Junko Ishibashi), Japanese mountaineer (born Sept. 22, 1939, Miharu, Japan—died Oct. 20, 2016, Kawagoe, Japan), was the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. ... By 1992 Tabei had become the first woman to summit the highest mountain on each of the seven continents ...
Sep 21, 2019 · Even though Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, the Japanese mountaineer ...
Sep 22, 2019 · Junko Tabei survived an avalanche and defied stereotypes to become the first woman to scale ...Duration: 1:11
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Sep 22, 2019 · Sunday's Google Doodle celebrated the feats of Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the ceiling of the earth by scaling Mount Everest, on what ...
Junko Tabei was a pioneering alpinist who dramatically changed the landscape of mountaineering around the world. Previously available only in Japanese, ...
Sep 22, 2019 · Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, was a pioneering mountaineer who challenged cultural stereotypes in Japan.
Sep 23, 2019 · TODAY marks what would have been Junko Tabei's 80th birthday. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975 ...
Sep 22, 2019 · Google Doodle celebrates the 80th birthday of Junko Tabei. Who was she and what is she famous for?