Junko Tabei
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Birth name | 田部井 淳子 |
Born | 22 September 1939 Miharu, Fukushima |
Died | 20 October 2016 | (aged 77)
Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on 20 October 2016 in Kawagoe, Saitama. She was 77.[2]
Junko Tabei Media
The volcanic Chausu Peak of Mount Nasu
Junko Tabei on Communism Peak in 1985 together with two other Japanese and four Estonian mountaineers
References
- ↑ Fawehinmi, Yolanthe (2019-11-28). "Moment in Time - May 16, 1975: Junko Tabei first woman to reach Mount Everest summit" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. . https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2019/11/28/moment-time-may-16-1975-junko-tabei-first-woman-reach-mount/. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ↑ Japanese Climber Junko Tabei, First Woman To Conquer Mount Everest, Dies At 77. NPR. 22 October 2016. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/22/498971169/japanese-climber-junko-tabei-first-woman-to-conquer-mount-everest-dies-at-77. Retrieved 16 May 2019.