Junko Tabei

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Junko Tabei in 1975 Frankfurt, giving a demonstration of mountaineering

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First woman to climb Mount Everest, Junko Tabei

Episode sources:

1. “A Final Interview With Junko Tabei” by Brad Frenette (Outside Magazine) 2017

2. “NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH FOR HER JUNKO TABEI DEFIED JAPANESE VIEWS OF WOMEN TO BECOME AN EXPERT CLIMBER” by Robert Horn (Sports Illustrated) 1996

3. “Junko Tabei, First Woman to Conquer Everest, Dies at 77” by Sam Roberts (New York Times) 2016

4. “Obituary: Junko Tabei, the First Woman to Summit Everest (1939-2016)” by Amanda Padoan (Outside Magazine) 2016

5. “She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name” by Jenny Hall (CNN) 2025

6. “Junko Tabei – Pioneering Japanese Alpinist, First Woman to Summit Mount Everest” (Metals Magazine) 2021

7. “Junko Tabei” (BBC)

8. “Junko Tabei” (Women in Exploration) 1939

9. “Junko Tabei” by Russel N. Carney (EBSCO) 2023

10. “Junko Tabei: The First Woman Atop the World” by Tomoko Otake (The Japan Times) 2012

11. “Tabei, Junko (1939 –)” (Encyclopedia.com)

12. “Fukushima Prefecture” (Japan-Guide.com)