TranSending In the Media

Erin had the opportunity to sit down with the folks from Daily Blast Live for a segment devoted to her quest to conquer “The Seven Summits.”  

Erin Parisi Speaks at Mountainfilm in Teluride by Mitch Breton  /  Read the Original Article Here Memorial Day weekend is a special one in Telluride. Every year, downtown is accented by Nepali prayer flags stretching across West Colorado Avenue welcoming attendees to Mountainfilm. The annual documentary film festival—now in its 41st year—showcases more than 150…

13 Energizing Snacks That Frequent Hikers Swear By by Audrey Bruno  /  Read the Original Article Here Every time I go on a hike, I wind up extremely hungry by the end. I always pack what seems like a sufficient amount of snacks for the distance, but somehow it’s never enough. I’ve talked to registered…

Trans flag creator Monica Helms wants to see it planted on the International Space Station by Gwen Smith  /  Read the Original Article Here On August 19, 1999, transgender activist Monica Helms had a dream. When she woke up, she had with a design in mind clear as the day. Half-asleep, she sketched out the…

STRAIGHT TALK: ERIN PARISI by SONYA PEVZNER  /  Read the Original Article Here The first openly transgender woman to attempt the Seven Summits talks to EO about climbing physical and metaphorical mountains and a new nonprofit that will help people like her. Erin Parisi began life pronounced male, but she came out, letting the world…

Transgender Clarence native adds to ‘Seven Summits’ mountaineering quest by Thomas J. Prohaska  /  Read the Original Article Here Erin Parisi, the Clarence native attempting to become the first transgender person to scale the tallest mountain on every continent, now has conquered four of the “Seven Summits.” On Saturday, Parisi reached the peak of Mount…

My journey to become the first trans person to achieve the toughest mountaineering challenge in the world by Owen Myers  /  Read the Original Article Here 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 Woman Erin Parisi “TransSends” Kilimanjaro by Miriam Latto  /  Read the Original Article Here Featured in our 5th Annual Faces of Sports Issue! The Seven Summits Challenge, climbing and summiting the seven highest peaks on each continent is a bucket list must for many avid mountaineers. And that’s true for trans woman Erin Parisi;…

15 INTERESTING EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING 2018 IN THE WORLD OF MOUNTAINEERING by Climbing Trail News  /  Read the Original Article Here 2018 is over, folks! Before we gear up for the climbing season in brand new 2019, we’d like to round up some of the most important events that occurred in 2018. The initial…

Climb every mountain: the trans pioneer scaling the world’s tallest peaks Reprinted in The Guardian from Outside Magazine  /  Read the Original Article Here Erin Parisi’s trek up Mount Kilimanjaro last March wasn’t easy. Recovering from food poisoning and contending with almost continuous rainfall and the aches and fatigue that accompany six days of climbing,…

Erin Parisi Is a Pioneer for Transgender Mountaineers by Katie Coakley  /  Read the Original Article Here Erin Parisi’s trek up Mount Kilimanjaro last March wasn’t easy. Recovering from food poisoning and contending with almost continuous rainfall and the aches and fatigue that accompany six days of climbing, she tried to maintain a positive attitude…

For transgender climber, ‘Seven Summits’ challenge is about more than the mountains by Thomas J. Prohaska  /  Read the Original Article Here When Erin Parisi was growing up as Aron Parisi, the Clarence native couldn’t have imagined the journeys lying ahead. This year she climbed the highest mountains in Europe, Africa and Australia. Next year…