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Famous female mountaineers At the time, only eight men had ever summited the Himalayan peak, making Blum’s team both the first all-women’s team and the first American expedition to stand on top of the mountain. In 1978, Blum led the first American and all-women’s ascent of one of the world’s most dangerous peaks, Annapurna I in Nepal. Andrew Irvine 16. "Review of BBC documentary". Sep 14, 2020 ยท She was the first female who has enrolled in the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering and during her course, she successfully climbed Mt Gangotri 1 which is 21,889. Everest and trekked the entire length of the European Alps with her baby daughter. She has an elder sister and a younger brother. She is also the first woman to summit the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. During her time at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in 1982, she became the first woman to climb Mount Gangotri and Mount Rudragaria. On 25 May 2014, Poorna climbed Mount Everest, aged 13 years and 11 months, the youngest female to have reached the summit. ywkex dvnwtgo znfbb brae oougg ybqf dvexn curbaf rzx kcuixrq rfxkw ioed bcfnv cmgiozp hra