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Arlene Blum - First American Woman to Attempt Mt. Everest

Arlene Blum is a mountain climber who led the first women teams to successfully climb Mt. McKinley and Annapurna, and she was the first American woman to attempt Mt. Everest.

Mount Everest

Mount Everest photo, Mount Lhotse, and the Lhotse Wall

Mount Everest (Behind Left), Mount Lhotse (Front Right) and and the Lhotse Wall

Mt. Everest Facts

Elevation - 29,035

First Successful Ascent - May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

First Successful Ascent by a Woman - May 16,1975 by Junko Tabei of Japan

Tibetan name for Everest - Chomolungma

Nepalese name for Everest - Sagarmatha

Olympic Torch on Mt. Everest

Another woman reaches the summit of Everest along with the famed torch

In May 2008, Chinese mountaineers took the Olympic torch where it had never been before - to the peak of the world's highest mountain.

Among the 19 climbers was a Tibetan woman named Cering Wangmo, who held the torch when the team reached the summit. Other team members unfurled Chinese and Olympic flags.
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Arlene Blum Books

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What's Happening on Mt. Everest?

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Mount Everest Photos on Flickr

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  • JenOfChicago Jun 8, 2009 @ 11:51 pm | delete
    Thanks, I didn't know about Arlene Blum!
  • RinchenChodron Jan 19, 2008 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    Short but sweet.
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