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Junko Tabei

Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016).

Born September 22nd, 1939 in Miharu.

Died October 20th, 2016 at 77 years old in Kawagoe (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
explorer, mountaineer
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson