This

the special episode of She Explores was made in partnership with Mountain Hardware. This collaboration is a celebration of Pride Month and the folks it represents,

and also of Mountain Hardware's efforts of encouraging inclusivity from inside the climate

community out. Later in the mid-roll ad of the episode, we'll talk about how they, their

partners, and their athletes and ambassadors are putting forth their support of the LGBT-QIA-plus community.

Learn more at Mountain Hardware.com.

I'm Gail Strob and you're listening to She Explores.

I like to say I happen to be transgender.

I happen to be a lot of things.

I happen to be a woman, a wife, a cook, baker, cocktail maker,

a photographer, designer, I'm a lot of things.

Nobody is one thing.

There's so many dimensions to all of us.

And sometimes we focus too much on one for somebody and we don't see what else they're capable of, what else they can offer.

We just focus on that one part of their entire identity and we all need to do

a better job at looking at the individual as a whole and not just that one part.

This is Nicky Smith.

As you just heard, Nicky is a lot of things.

In this episode I talk with her and focus on her creative life,

how she expresses herself through climbing, photography,

flavors, and writing. And we also learn about how she's choosing to

share her trans experience in order to help others be seen too. With over 25 years

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