Janet Mae Johnson

Janet Mae Johnson (1936–1973) was an American mountaineer and a teacher. She was known for making many climbs throughout the world. She died during an expedition on Mount Aconcagua in Argentina in 1973.

Life Johnson was born on November 20, 1936, and was adopted in Minneapolis by Mae and Victor Johnson. Her adoptive mother was a bookkeeper and her father ran a paper supply company. She never knew who her birth mother was. Another member of the climbing party, John Cooper, a NASA engineer, also died during the expedition. Autopsies for both concluded that they had died of brain injuries, and several people including examiners at the autopsy believe that both Cooper and Johnson were murdered. Johnson was buried in a cemetery for mountaineers at the trail head of Aconcagua mountain.