Junko Tabei, the first woman to scale Mount Everest in 1975 has died of cancer at the age of 77.
He had been victim of cancer for the past four years and died at the course of treatment in Japan.
Born on september 22, 1939, Tabei became the first lady to summit Mount Everest in 1975.
Even after reaching the world's highest 8,848-meter peak at age 35, the Fukushima native actively climbed mountains abroad.
In 1992, she became the first woman to complete the "Seven Summits," the highest point on each of the seven continents.
She visited Nepal on April 30 this year to observe the golden jubilee of the first ascend of Mount Manaslu and Mount Lhotse.
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