page_title: Arlene Blum
hierarchical_section_title: Arlene Blum
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of mountaineer Arlene Blum taken in 1977 during a fundraising event at Marmot Mountain Works in Berkeley, CA, USA for the 1978 American Women's Himalayan Expedition to climb Annapurna.
context_page_description: Arlene Blum is an American mountaineer, writer, and environmental health scientist. She is best known for leading an all-woman ascent of Annapurna (I), a climb that was also the first successful American ascent. She was also a deputy leader of the first all-woman ascent of Denali, the first American woman to attempt Mount Everest and Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute.
context_section_description: Arlene Blum (born March 1, 1945) is an American mountaineer, writer, and environmental health scientist. She is best known for leading an all-woman ascent of Annapurna (I), a climb that was also the first successful American ascent. She was also a deputy leader of the first all-woman ascent of Denali ("Denali Damsels" expedition), the first American woman to attempt Mount Everest and Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute.
caption: Arlene Blum at a 1977 fundraiser in Berkeley, CA, for her 1978 climbing expedition
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