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Women Climbing Mountains

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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The First All Women's Ascent of Mount Everest

In 19 72, elvira chatavea organized the first all women's climb of a seven thousand meter peak. And then we have arline bloom bloom let, the first successful american attempt on anna perna in 19 78. This was not by far her last time contributing to mountaineering history, or her first time. In june 19 74, 170 climbers from several different countries came together in a mountaineering camp in the us. S r,. what is now the border of to jikastan and kurgistan. Many f the organizers were unsure about including women, but felt like having zero women woldn't look good for them m it was

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