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- | The first attempts to scale the mountain started in the 1920s, but the first successful expedition was in 1953 when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay from a British expedition reached the summit. In 1975, Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb to the summit. The first successful winter ascent was in Feb 1980 by Polish Expedition with Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki, with a temperature of -43ºF (-41ºC) and Category-1 Hurricane winds. [([[https:// | + | The first attempts to scale the mountain started in the 1920s, but the first successful expedition was in 1953 when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay from a British expedition reached the summit. In 1975, Junko Tabei became |
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