“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.”
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Junko Tabei –
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The first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest is Junko Tabei and the first woman to climb the Seven Summit. The late mountain pioneer climbed the world’s most infamously difficult and tallest obstacles and was also an author and teacher.
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