Little Birds) has been tapped to direct the film, based on Vásquez-Lavado’s forthcoming memoir In the Shadow of the Mountain, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Vásquez-Lavado completed the Seven Summits, a challenge that requires reaching the peak of the highest mountain on each continent, when she summited Denali in June of 2018.“As I summitted Denali, I became the first openly gay woman who completed the 7 summits, and thus my very special dedication to equality around the world and to love is love!” Vásquez-Lavado wrote on Instagram upon completing the challenge.
In addition to her accomplishments in mountaineering, Vásquez-Lavado, a survivor of childhood sexual assault, launched a nonprofit to help survivors of sexual abuse in 2014,.