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/-/(On May 16, 1975, )Junko Tabei became*N1 the first woman to climb=IAJ070 (to the top )(of Mount Everest. )/-/Yesterday, Mrs. Tabei agreed*D1 to tell=IDO081 the Tokyo News [DOhow she did*D1 it. ]/-/Mrs. Tabei lives*- (in Saitama )si-tam-e,=APR01 (near Tokyo. )/-/She is*N2 a small woman (of thirty-five )and the mother (of a three-year-old daughter, )Noriko.=ANA01 /-/Junko attended*D1 Showa University. /-/One (of her best subjects )was*N1 music. /c/But her first love was*N1 mountain climbing.=GPN020 /-/She joined*D1 a mountain-climbing club and spent*D1 all her holidays climbing=P--05 one mountain (after another. )/-/Junko and her husband, Masanobu,=ANA01 have climbed*D1 the highest mountains (in Japan. )/-/One year,=U--02 they went*- (to Europe )and scaled*D1 the 4,359-meter-high Matterhorn (in the Swiss Alps. )/-/The Matterhorn is*N1 one (of Europe's most difficult mountains )to climb.=IAV020 /-/(By 1972, )Junko was known*P (as one )(of the best mountain climbers )(in Japan. )/-/A large Japanese newspaper and television company was looking*- (for expert women climbers. )/-/The company wanted*D1I to send=IDO091 an all-woman team to climb=IAV041 Mount Everest. /-/Hundreds (of women )wanted*D1I to join=IDO061 the Mount Everest expedition. /-/Only fifteen were chosen.*P /-/One (of them )was*N1 Junko Tabei. /-/It took*D1 the women's team three years to prepare=IDS070 (for the Mount Everest expedition. )/-/(During this time, )the women trained*- (on many mountains )(in Japan. )/-/They tested*D1 out their mountain-climbing gear. /-/They worked*- hard [ARso that they would be*-1P (in top shape )(for Mount Everest. )]/-/(At last, )the women felt*D1 [DOthey were*A1 ready. ]/-/Early (in 1975, )they traveled*- (to Katmandu, Nepal. )/-/There they chose*D1 nine local people to guide=IAV031 them. !!!!!!!!