<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Masanobu Tabei </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Junko Tabei (田部井 淳子, Tabei Junko, 22 September 1939--20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer . She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent . </P> <P> Tabei was born in Miharu Fukushima, the fifth daughter in a family of seven children . She was considered a frail, weak child, but nevertheless she began mountain climbing at the age of 10, going on a class climbing trip to Mount Nasu . Although she was interested in doing more climbing, her family did not have enough money for such an expensive hobby, and Tabei made only a few climbs during her high school years . </P>

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