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Bucura Dumbravă, the first woman to reach the peak of Omu, was a pioneering figure in Romanian tourism and literature. Born Fanny Seculici in 1868, she founded the first tourist society in Romania and was a close associate of Queen Elisabeth. An accomplished writer, she published several novels and collaborated with notable literary figures. Dumbravă was also an avid mountaineer, leading numerous expeditions in the Carpathians and beyond. She passed away in Egypt in 1926 due to bubonic plague after a trip to India, leaving behind a legacy celebrated in Romanian culture.