The mother-of-one made history as the first American woman to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain without using supplementary oxygen.

The mother-of-one made history as the first American woman to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain without using supplementary oxygen.

Francys Arsentsiev murió en 1998 en el descenso de la montaña más alta del mundo, tras convertirse en la primera mujer de su país en hollar la cima sin oxígeno.