Explorers & Contenders: Lucy Walker
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Lucy Walker (1836-1916) was a British mountaineer who was the first known woman to climb the Matterhorn, a famously tall peak in the Alps that measures 14,692 ft. All in all, she completed 98 expeditions in her life, all at a time when women were urged not to exercise strenuously.
