Junko Tabei Height, Weight, Age, Husband, Bio, Facts & Family

Junko Tabei Height, Weight, Age, Husband, Bio, Facts & Family

In the initial days of her career, she reached mountains like Mount Fuji in Japan and the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. Furthermore, her real full birth name was Ishibashi Junko.

In 1969, Ishibashi formed the Ladies Climbing Club: Japan (LCC). It has a team of 15 women known as the Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition (JWEE) and Eiko Hisano was their head.

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In the early of 1975, all the members began the expedition and traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal. Later, in May 1975, a disaster came when an avalanche struck their camp. Many women and their guides buried in the deep snow.

Tabei also lost consciousness for about 6 minutes. But fortunately, her sherpa guide named Ang Tsering helped her to come out of the snow. On May 16, 1975, she and Ang Tsering reached their target and created history.

Mountaineer, Junko Tabei was born on the 22nd of September 1939 in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Hence, her age was 77 years old, as of 2016. She was raised by father and mother in a family of 9 members.

At the age of 10, she developed her interest in climbing mountains. She also started a class climbing trip to Mount Nasu. During her high school days, Ishibashi was not able too much of adventure as her parents were not able to give her money for her hobby.

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At university, Junko always wanted to join a boy group named alpine club. But at that time the male mountaineers insulted her for gender and refused to climb with her. Therefore, she later launched a women group LCC.

Manay years later in 2000, Junko post-graduated from Kyushu University. She obtained a masters’ degree which focuses on the environmental degradation of Everest.

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As of relationship, Ishibashi Junko married her husband “Masanobu Tabei” (a fellow climber) in 1967. The couple met each other in 1965 in Japan and began dating.

Junko and her spouse were blessed with two kids i.e. a daughter “Noriko Tabei” and a son “Shinya Tabei”. In her successful career, she climbed the summit of Mount Vinson and Puncak Jaya.

In 2012, Junko diagnosed with peritoneal cancer but continued to follow her passion. On October 20, 2016, she passed away at the age of 77 due to complications from the disease.

 

 

On September 22, 2019, Google gave tribute to her on her 80th birth anniversary by dedicating a doodle.Junko is also the first lady to climb all the Seven Summits by ascending the highest peak on every continent.Furthermore, she even worked as the director of the Himalayan Adventure Trust of Japan.During her college days, many male climbers used to think that she only wanted to join their club so that she could find a boyfriend.Mountaineer, Junko Tabei’s height was 4 Feet 9 Inches (151 centimeters tall).Her physique is lean and weight is around 45 kilograms (99 pounds) and maintained her health by taking part in numerous adventurous activities.

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In her own group, there were mostly working women such as a juvenile counselor, teachers, and a computer programmer.However, she never focused on gender-based accomplishments.A television miniseries even created on her about the expedition.

 

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