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50 years since first woman scaled Everest

Japanese Junko Tabei, the first woman in the world to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 16 May 1975, and Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre), in Nepal. [AFP]

On May 16, 1975, Japan's Junko Tabei became the first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

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