Jo Bradshaw, Jenny Hall, Tori James, Kate Nicholson and Rebecca Stephens

In 1975, Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest. On the 50th anniversary of the climb, join our panel to celebrate her achievement, highlight the lives of women who have often been overlooked in the history of climbing, and explore the untold stories of women who are part of Everest’s legacy.

Jo Bradshaw summited Mount Everest in 2016. Dr Jenny Hall is researching the experiences of contemporary and historical adventurers. Tori James was the first Welsh woman to climb Everest, aged 25. Historian Kate Nicholson is a historian and has written Behind Everest, about Ruth Mallory, whose husband George died on his third attempt to scale the mountain. Rebecca Stephens became the first British woman to climb Everest in 1993.