For me, as a trans person, the narrative my whole life has been negative.

You hear about drug abuse, you hear about suicide, you hear about violence against the trans community. There's not a lot of positive narratives. I think when somebody's coming out, they're looking at a lot of shadows.

The Seven Summits is the highest peak in every continent. It's been done 400 times now. But for me, [my mission to become the first trans person to climb the Seven Summits] is not about prestige at all. It allows me the opportunity to rise up as high as I can, to a place there really isn't any shadows any more.