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Giving Inspiration to Fellow Cancer Survivors


MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2007


Sean Swarner has climbed each continent's highest peak with only one lung functioning. He was diagnosed with two different kinds of cancer at ages 13 and 15 but survived both Hodgkin's disease and Askin's sarcoma.

Now that Swarner is thirty-two he wants to help other people. He established the charitable Climber Foundation to help others with the disease achieve their dreams. He scaled Mount Everest in 2002 and hopes to be at the base camp on May 1 to climb North America's Denali this year. Being the first cancer survivor to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sean Swarner not only realized his dream but also gave hope to millions of people affected by cancer. He proved that there is life beyond a cancer diagnosis and that there is always reason to believe

This month, Swarner also has seen the publication of "Keep Climbing", a memoir of his journey from grave illness to the top of the world. Lance Armstrong, surely the world's best-known cancer-survivor-athlete, has high praise for both the book and Swarner's continuing efforts. He travels around the world to make a climb and make speeches for cancer patients.

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