She and the leader of the expedition, Mme Claude Kogan, and two Sherpa porters perished in an avalanche.
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Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz was a pioneering French mountaineer, who died on the 2nd of October 1959 while taking part in a women-only expedition to climb up 26,867-foot Mount Cho Oyu.
Claudine van der Straten-Ponthoz, and two Sherpa porters had perished in an avalanche at 23,000 feet.
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