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Tamae Watanabe

Japan

Wanita tertua yang mendaki Everest — pertama kali di usia 63 tahun (2002) dan memecahkan rekornya sendiri di usia 73 tahun (2012).

Japanese mountaineer (born 21 November 1938, Yamanashi Prefecture) and retired office worker who lives at the base of Mount Fuji. In May 2002, at age 63, she became the oldest woman to summit Everest. Ten years later, in May 2012 at age 73, she broke her own record by summiting Everest a second time — making her the oldest woman ever to reach the world's highest summit. She has also climbed Denali, the Eiger, and Lhotse.

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