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Photo of small bluff in Kings Canyon.

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How the first woman defied a ban to climb Mount Fuji—and then was forgotten

In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic journey.

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”

― John Muir

Image of Ryleigh Norgrove
Precipice Lake photo.

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