16may_triviajaano.jpegOn 16th May in 1975, Junko Tabei, a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher, became the world’s first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, the world’s highest peak.Tabei, as the climbing leader, and Miyuzaki, as the overall leader, planned an ascent on Mt. Everest. While doing so, they decided to follow the same route to ascend Mt Everest that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had taken in 1953.In the wake of her historic Everest ascent, Junko Tabei’s statements revealed that she was not just a passionate mountaineer but also a self - effacing person.She was quoted as saying in the Telegraph that rather than being known as the first woman to climb Everest, she wanted to be remembered as the 36th person to achieve the feat. “I did not intend to be the first woman on Everest,” she said.Junko_Tabei.jpgIn the picture above: Junko Tabei in 1985 at Communism Peak (now known as Ismoil Somoni Peak)Mountaineers_in_Communism_Peak_in_1985.jpgIn the picture above: Junko Tabei on Communism Peak in 1985 together with two other Japanese and four Estonian mountaineers