Junko Tabei

Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)

Junko Tabei (田部井 淳子, Tabei Junko, 22 September 1939 – 20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. She completed her climb of Mount Everest in 1975. [1] She was also the first woman to climb all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent. She was born in Miharu, Fukushima.

Junko Tabei
Tabei at Communism Peak in 1985
Personal information
Birth name田部井 淳子
Born22 September 1939
Miharu, Fukushima
Died20 October 2016(2016-10-20) (aged 77)

Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on 20 October 2016 in Kawagoe, Saitama. She was 77.[2]

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  1. Fawehinmi, Yolanthe (2019-11-28). "Moment in Time - May 16, 1975: Junko Tabei first woman to reach Mount Everest summit". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. "Japanese Climber Junko Tabei, First Woman To Conquer Mount Everest, Dies At 77". NPR. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.