According to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Junko Tabei a mountaineer who climbed to the peak of Mount Everest in 1975 , died of cancer on Thursday .
CNN reports that , Tabei reached the 29,000-foot summit of Mount Everest in 1975 . She was 35 at the time.
“She died on Thursday at a hospital outside of Tokyo — she was diagnosed with cancer four years ago, but that did not stop her from mountaineering, it said.
Her milestones went beyond Mount Everest as went ahead and climbed the highest peaks in 70 countries “.