Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japanâs southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday morning, local time, sending a plethora of smoke and ash 2,000 meters into the sky. Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japanâs southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday morning, local time, sending a plethora of smoke and ash 2,000 meters into the sky. my recent locations Â°f
Their goal was to reach the summit of Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen canisters, a feat that remains rare today but was, in 1978, actually considered scientifically impossible. More than 4,000 people have climbed Mount Everest, but fewer than 200 have done so without oxygen.
1 May 16, 1975: Junko Tabei of Japan becomes the first woman to summit Everest. 2  May 3, 1980: Japanese climber Yasuo Kato is the first non-Sherpa to reach the summit a second time, following his original 1973 summit.3  Aug. 20, 1980: Reinhold Messner is the first person to reach the summit solo. May 16, 1975: Junko Tabei of Japan becomes the first woman to summit Everest. 2  May 3, 1980: Japanese climber Yasuo Kato is the first non-Sherpa to reach the summit a second time, following his original 1973 summit.