{{short description|Canadian mountaineer}} {{about|the Canadian mountaineer|the American engineer|Sharon L. Wood}} '''Sharon Adele Wood''' (born May 18, 1957), a Canadian mountaineer and guide, was the first North American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 20, 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sharon-adele-wood/|title=Sharon Adele Wood|first=Bart|last=Robinson|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.famouscanadianwomen.com/timeline/timeline1980-1989.htm|title=Famous Canadian Women's Historic Timeline - 1980-1989|website=www.famouscanadianwomen.com|access-date=2010-01-25|archive-date=2018-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021063342/http://famouscanadianwomen.com/timeline/timeline1980-1989.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> She climbed via the new route of the west shoulder from the Rongbuk Glacier; with Dwayne Congdon and without Sherpa assistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everestspeakersbureau.com/sharonwood.htm |title= Sharon Wood |publisher=Everest Motivational Speakers |date= 2009}}</ref> She is considered an important female mountaineer in climbing history.<ref>{{citation | magazine=Gripped Magazine | url=https://gripped.com/news/five-women-who-deserve-the-piolet-dor-lifetime-achievement-award/ | title=Five Women Who Deserve the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award | date=8 March 2018 | accessdate=4 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | magazine=Outside | url=https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/rising-sharon-wood-book-everest/ | title=Meet One of the First Women on Everest in 'Rising' | first=Jamye | last=Moye | date=11 October 2019 | accessdate=4 January 2023}}</ref>

==See also== *List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest *List of Mount Everest records

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