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Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is a Peruvian-American mountaineer, author, social entrepreneur and technologist. In June 2016, she became the first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest and the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, the tallest mountain on each continent from both the Messner and Bass lists.
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- ↑ "Atte Miettinen valloitti Mount Everestin vaarallisissa olosuhteissa" [‘Atte Miettinen conquered Mount Everest in dangerous circumstances’]. MTV3.fi Matkailu. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ↑ "Atte Miettinen teki kiipeilyhistoriaa" [‘Atte Miettinen made mountaineerin history’]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.