田部井淳子诞辰 80 周年谷歌涂鸦标志

田部井淳子诞辰 80 周年
2019年9月22日

田部井淳子（1939.9.22～2016.10.20），女，日本登山运动员。她的足迹遍及日本各山峰，并攀登过西欧的阿尔卑斯山的一些险峰。1970年她作为第 1支日本喜马拉雅女子登山队的成员登上了海拔 7577米的安纳布尔纳Ⅳ峰。1975年 5月16日，她从东南山脊路线登上了海拔8844.43米的珠穆朗玛峰，是世界登山运动史上第1个踏上地球之巅的女性。

“Do not give up,” said Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, when asked for advice. “Keep on your quest.”

Born on this day in 1939, Tabei was raised in Miharu, a small town in Japans Fukushima Prefecture. She discovered the joy of climbing at age 10 during a class trip to Mount Nasu. Though she was the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, Tabei once said she preferred to be remembered as the 36th person to climb the worlds highest mountain peak.

“I did not intend to be the first woman on Everest,” she explained. Still, its undeniable that the 4-foot-9 (144.8 centimeter) mother of two made history in 1969 when she founded Japans first Ladies Climbing Club, defying the traditional notion that women should stay at home and clean the house.

The Everest expedition started in the spring of 1975 with 15 climbers and 6 sherpas. At an elevation of 9,000 feet (2,743.2 meters), their camp was buried by an avalanche. After 3 days of recovery, Tabei continued with the climb, reaching the summit on May 16, 1975, accompanied only by the sherpa Ang Tshering.

After returning from the summit, she received congratulations from Japans Emperor, Crown Prince, and Princess, among others. “It took two months until I could settle at home,” she recalled. “My three-year-old daughter was scared of all the cameras."

Excited more by mountain climbing than media attention, Tabei continued to scale new heights, including the “seven summits”—the highest peaks on each continent—as depicted in todays Doodle. Even when battling illness, she continued climbing.

Tabei eventually reached mountaintops in 76 different countries.

Happy Birthday, Junko Tabei!