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Pasang Lhamu Sherpa defied societal norms to climb Mount Everest
April 23, 2018 17:01 pm
On Oct. 5, 1990, French mountaineer Christine Janin became the first French woman to summit the peak of Mount Everest. She climbed the Earth’s highest mountain with a team composed of mostly French women, which was one reason Pasang Lhamu Sherpa stood out.
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