Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sián-Pearl Going (born 27 January 1985) is a New Zealand mountaineer, adventurer and humanitarian. Her climbing career is focussed towards high altitude alpinism. Her humanitarian endeavours are largely focussed around fair-trade and gender rights. Her climbing partner Cason Crane was the first openly gay person to climb the Seven Summits. Prior to climbing Going was and still is a prominent media publicist who works broadly across politics, corporate affairs and entertainment. In May 2012 she was detained and assaulted in Indonesia when she attempted to leave West Papua after a climbing assignment. In December 2012 she spoke out about the incident on the record and addressed the internet bullying she had been subjected to in her line of work for over half a decade. In Nov 2013 Going cited her close friendship and families support of former Timor Leste President Jose Ramos Horta during the nations struggle for independence and fair trade as a marker that greatly influenced her life growing up. Her support of Benny Wenda and the West Papua Independence movement is well documented. In Going's late teens and early twenties she was referenced in NZ media as a socialite.. }
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- Pearl_Going abstract "Sián-Pearl Going (born 27 January 1985) is a New Zealand mountaineer, adventurer and humanitarian. Her climbing career is focussed towards high altitude alpinism. Her humanitarian endeavours are largely focussed around fair-trade and gender rights. Her climbing partner Cason Crane was the first openly gay person to climb the Seven Summits. Prior to climbing Going was and still is a prominent media publicist who works broadly across politics, corporate affairs and entertainment. In May 2012 she was detained and assaulted in Indonesia when she attempted to leave West Papua after a climbing assignment. In December 2012 she spoke out about the incident on the record and addressed the internet bullying she had been subjected to in her line of work for over half a decade. In Nov 2013 Going cited her close friendship and families support of former Timor Leste President Jose Ramos Horta during the nations struggle for independence and fair trade as a marker that greatly influenced her life growing up. Her support of Benny Wenda and the West Papua Independence movement is well documented. In Going's late teens and early twenties she was referenced in NZ media as a socialite.".