Sharon Adele Wood (born May 18, 1957), a
Canadian
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mountaineer and guide, was the first North American woman to reach the summit of
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...
on May 20, 1986.
She climbed via the new route of the west shoulder from the
Rongbuk Glacier; with Dwayne Congdon and without Sherpa assistance. She is considered an important female mountaineer in climbing history.
See also
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List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's list of highest mountains, highest mountain at and thus a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This is a list of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest in the 20th century. Overall about 1,383 peop ...
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List of Mount Everest records
References
1957 births
Living people
Canadian mountain climbers
Sportspeople from Alberta
Canadian summiters of Mount Everest
Canadian female climbers
20th-century Canadian sportswomen
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