4TH OF THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE.

SEAN SWARNER:
first survivor to complete 7-summits, the highest peaks of the 7 continents.
The 29,035-foot giant known as mount Everest tortures it challenges with life-threatening conditions such as 100 mph winds , the dramatic loss of Oxygen,snowstorms ,and deadly avalanches.
Climbers of Everest are faced with incredible dangers, but for Sean Swarner the obstacles he overcame prior to his summiting make his story even more compelling. Sean isn't just a cancer survivor;he is truly a medical marvel. He is the only person in the world ever to have been diagnosed with both Hodgkin's disease and Askin's sarcoma.He was diagnosed in the 4th and final stage of Hodgkin's disease @ the age of 13,when doctors expected him to live for no more than 3 months. He overcame his illness only to be stricken a second when a deadly golf-sized tumor attacked his right lung. After removal of the Askin's tumor,Sean was expected to live for less than two weeks. A decade later and with only partial use of his
lungs,Sean became for being the 1st cancer survivor to climb Mount Everest. After the summit of Everest. Sean had the desire and dream to continue moving forward and reaching people around the world. Climbing the highest mountain on each continent became his next goal. Proving to others that anything is possible,Sean successfully summitted Mt Mckinley, to be the first survivor to complete the 7 summits.