But there is much less fanfare about Junko Tabei, the first ever woman to climb Mt Everest on 16 May 1975 as part of a female Japanese expedition. I was a 14-year-old girl in a small town in western ...

Exhausted, having established camp five at just below 8,000 meters on the south side of the mountain, Junko Tabei and her team descended to camp two at 6,300 meters to rest. In the early hours ...

Exhausted, having established camp five at just below 8,000 meters on the south side of the mountain, Junko Tabei and her team descended to camp two at 6,300 meters to rest. Then — avalanche!

Approximately 1,790sqm of 24-carat gold leaf was used to embellish the interior and an estimated 86,500 individual hand-fixed pieces of Swarovski crystals have been etched into the frame of the mirror ...

On May 16, 1975, Tabei Junko from Japan, along with Ang Tsering from Nepal, became the first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest. A few days before the achievement, Tabei and four other climbers ...