At some point I realized before I hit the top of that mountain that I was going to make it.

And then when I got to the top of the mountain I started dancing around and I was just yelling

like, who wants it?

Who wants it?

I'm doing it.

It's mine.

And I bust out the flag and somebody takes out the camera and takes the picture.

And I'm pretty much just euphoric at that point.

I'm on the top of that mountain like defying all of the weight that's been placed upon

me.

It's the extreme cold or whether it's the social aspects of it or whether it's the physical

aspect to overcome all that and just kind of be freed from that doubt.

It's just like redemption.

Erin Parisi just got back from climbing Vincent Massief, the highest peak in Antarctica.

When she made it to the top of the mountain Erin busted out a flag with pink blue and white

stripes.

Those that represent transgender pride.

Erin is on her way to becoming the first openly trans person to climb the highest mountain

on each continent, a series known as the Seven Summits.

So far she's climbed five of them.

Waving this flag on each peak has become a ritual for her.

By raising these colors Erin steps out of the shadows and tells the world who she is.

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