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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 (stomach cancer). [ref]

Occupations
explorer, mountaineer
Wikipedia

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde