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FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2005 file photo, Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei looks on during a felicitation ceremony in Katmandu, Nepal. Tabei died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, of cancer at a hospital outside of Tokyo, according to Japanese media reports. She was 77. Tabei reached the summit of the world's highest mountain in 1975. In 1992, she also became the first woman to complete the "Seven Summits," reaching the highest peaks of the seven continents. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)

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