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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. [1][2][3] Tabei wrote seven books ...
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.
Bachendri Pal (born 24 May 1954) is an Indian mountaineer. In 1984, she became the first Indian woman to climb the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest. [3][1] She was awarded the third highest civilian award in India, Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2019. [4]
She climbed Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg, [27] which was arranged by raising funds with the help of a swami of Ramakrishna Mission, Vadodara. [28] She contacted Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 2011. [29]
3. Lhakpa Sherpa (Nepali: Lakhpa Sherpa; born 1973) [1] is a Nepali Sherpa mountain climber. She has climbed Mount Everest ten times, the most of any woman in the world. [2][3] Her record-breaking tenth climb was on May 12, 2022, which she financed via a crowd-funding campaign. [4] In 2000, she became the first Nepali woman to climb and descend ...
Known for. first woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen (1988) Partner. Dean Staples. Lydia Pounamu Bradey ONZM (born 9 October 1961) is a New Zealand mountaineer. She became the first woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1988. [1] She has climbed Mount Everest a total of six times. [2][3][4]
Sophia Danenberg. Sophia Danenberg (born 1972) is an American mountain climber best known as the first African American and first black woman to climb Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. Danenberg is active in local and national politics and serves as a Washington State Park Commissioner. She is biracial, with her mother Japanese and ...
She was later part of a team that marked the first successful all-women ascent of Ama Dablam, a mountain of 22,495ft. [6] She is the co-author with Peter Ames Carlin of Beyond the Limits: A Woman's Triumph on Everest and the author of Many Mountains to Climb: Reflections on Competence, Courage, and Commitment.