Updated: Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Everest, dies at 77

TOKYO — Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest, has died, Japanese media reported. She was 77. Tabei died Thursday of cancer at a hospital outside of Tokyo, according to the reports. Tabei reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain in 1975. In 1992, she also became the first woman to complete […]