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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 ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.
After a hard toil of 17 hours, [31] Sinha reached the summit of Mount Everest at 10:55 am on 21 May 2013, as part of the Tata Group-sponsored Eco Everest Expedition, [32] becoming the first female amputee to scale Everest. [31] She took 52 days to reach the summit.
One famous Nepalese female mountaineer was Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali female climber to reach the summit of Everest, but who died during the descent. Another well-known woman Sherpa was the two-time Everest summiter Pemba Doma Sherpa , who died after falling from Lhotse on 22 May 2007.
In October 1988, Bradey successfully solo climbed Mount Everest, making her the first female to reach the summit without supplemental oxygen, as well as the first New Zealand female and the youngest New Zealander at the time. [7] This ascent, like the previous year on Gasherbrum II, broke rules agreed with the Nepalese.
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In 2022, a biographical documentary titled Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest was released, chronicling the life and legacy of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa. Directed by Nancy Svendsen, the film highlights her extraordinary journey to become the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest and the challenges she faced in her pursuit.
In 1995, Hargreaves intended to climb the three highest mountains in the world—Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga—unaided. On 13 May 1995, she became the first woman to reach summit of Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen; [3] on 13 August, she died while descending from the summit of K2. [2] [4] [5]
Country Date Male climber Date Female climber References Afghanistan 2023-05-17: Samuel Dean Sidiqi [1] [2] [3] [4] Albania 2012-05-26: Gjergj Bojaxhi [5]: 2017-05-22 ...