Highlights 1 Junko Tabei conquered Mount Everest 30 years ago. 2 Tabei climbed the tallest mountains in more than 70 countries. The first woman to climb Mount Everest didn't stop there. Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died Thursday at 77, devoted her adult life to scaling peaks, climbing the tallest mountains in more than 70 countries. Tabei died of cancer at a hospital outside of Tokyo, Japanese media reported today.

Source: India Today October 23, 2016 03:11 UTC