<img title="Junko Tabei. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/oct/Junko-Tabei.jpg" alt="Junko Tabei. Pic/AFP" />Junko Tabei. Pic/AFP
Tokyo: The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, died aged 77, media reported on Saturday. Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama.
She completed the first conquest of Mount Everest by a woman in 1975, accomplishing the feat via the southeast ridge route. She went on to conquer soaring peaks in several continents heralding the era of women climbers.

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The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei of Japan, died aged 77, media reported on Saturday. Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama

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