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On Top Of The World
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In 1873, Isabella Bird Bishop was the first European woman to reach the top of Mauna Loa, the Hawaiian volcano.
In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing were the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The 1524m north face of the Eiger, a notoriously difficult climb, was not conquered until 1938.
The first official mountaineering expedition took place on the remote Scottish island of St Hilda in 1698.
Martin Stone was the first person to climb all 8 Scottish peaks over 1219m high. It took him 21 hours 39 minutes.
On 10 May 1993, a total of 40 climbers in 9 separate expeditions all reached the summit of Mount Everest.
1n 1970 Anapurna III was the first of the world’s high mountains to be climbed by an all-women team.
Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci was one of the earliest mountain climbers. In the mid 16th century he climbed the southern slopes of the Apennines.
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Book:
Horrible but True
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Section:
Exploration
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Chapter:
They Were First
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