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Francys Arsentiev. First U.S. woman to climb Mount Everest without help of oxygen; died on the descent. Francys Arsentiev (January 18, 1958 – May 24, 1998) became the first woman from the United States to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of bottled oxygen, on May 22, 1998. [1] She then died during the descent.
Green Boots. Green Boots is the body of an unidentified climber that became a landmark on the main Northeast ridge route of Mount Everest. [1][2] There exist several theories regarding the body's identity; the most popular one claims the body belongs to Tsewang Paljor, an Indian member of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition (ITBP) who ...
Spouse. Gerhard Schmatz. Hannelore Schmatz (14 February 1940 – 2 October 1979) was a German climber and the fourth woman to summit Mount Everest. She collapsed and died as she was returning from summiting Everest via the southern route; Schmatz was the first woman and first German citizen to die on the upper slopes of Everest. [1][2]
Biographical documentary. 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.
Junko Tabei. 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. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Tabei wrote ...
Mountaineers climbing during their ascend to summit Mount Everest on May 7, 2021. - Pemba Dorje Sherpa/AFP/Getty Images ‘Their bodies will get frozen into the mountain’
Death. Yasuko Namba, Mt. Everest, May 1996. On May 10, 1996, the 47-year-old Namba reached the summit of Everest, becoming the oldest woman to do so (her record was later broken by Anna Czerwińska of Poland who summited Everest at age 50). She was still high on the mountain rather late into the afternoon, and was descending when a blizzard struck.
The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest said Saturday that the world's highest peak is too crowded and dirty, and the mountain is a god that ...