Junko Tabai was the first woman to reach the summit of Everest on May-16-1975. She was born in Japan. She was attracted to mountain climbing by the experience of climbing Mt. Nasu with her teacher when she was 10 years old. She began climbing around 1962 after her graduation. First formed women's mountain climbing club"Ladies climbing club-Japan" (LCC) in 1969. Junko became the first woman to reach the Everest peak. Since then, she has climbed many mountains all over the world, and is the first woman to have achieved the summits of the highest peaks on all seven continents.
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