Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939), Birth: 22-9-1939, Death: 20-10-2016
1.
Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by others... it rises from your heart.
Junko Tabei
Perseverance and determination are paramount for success; these qualities can't be obtained through wealth or assistance, but must come from within.
2.
I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest-it's only a mountain.
Junko Tabei
3.
Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream
Junko Tabei
4.
There was never a question in my mind that I wanted to climb that mountain, no matter what other people said.
