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CANCER TWICE.
THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS 13
I HAD HODGKINS LYMPHOMA FROM
HEAD TO TOE.
AS A 13-YEAR-OLD THEY GAVE ME 3
MONTHS TO LIVE.
HE BEAT CANCER THAT TIME,
ONLY TO FACE A DIFFERENT, MORE
AGGRESSIVE FORM OF THE DISEASE
THREE YEARS LATER.
AS A 16-YEAR-OLD, 14 DAYS TO
LIVE.
ASPEN'S SARCOMA, A SMALL CELL
TUMOR.
HE WAS READ HIS LAST RITES AND
SPENT A YEAR IN A COMB PLA BUT
ULTIMATELY SHOCKED DOCTORS WHEN
HE SURVIVED WITH ONE
FUNCTIONING LUNG.
IT IS TOUGH.
YOU TAKE A BREATH, I HAVE TO
BREATHE TWICE TO MAKE UP FOR
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TWO
LUNGS AND I ONLY HAVE ONE.
BUT A LOT OF IT IS RIGHT HERE.
A LOT OF IT IS MENTAL.
BEFORE I BEGIN SOMETHING I
PICTURE MYSELF SUCCESSFUL, AT
THE END.
AND WORK BACKWARDS.
Reporter: SEAN PICTURED
HIMSELF HERE AT THE TOP OF MT.
EVEREST.
AND IN 2002, MORE THAN A DECADE
AFTER HIS FIRST DIAGNOSIS, HE
MADE IT TO THE SUMMIT.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE YOU KNOW,
TAKE EVERY EMOTION YOU HAVE
EVER HAD, BUT THE IT INTEREST A
TINY RUBBER BOUNCY BALL AND
SOCIAL MEDIA IT ALL AT ONCE.
I CLIMBED EVEREST TO GIVE
PEOPLE HOPE.
I WANTED TO BE THE FIRST CANCER
SURVIVOR TO CLIMB THE HIGHEST
POINT IN THE WORLD AND USE MT.
EVEREST AS A 29,000-FOOT
PLATFORM TO SCREAM HOPE.
Reporter: SEAN HAS COMPLETED
THE SEVEN SUMMITS, MEANING HE
HAS CLIMBED THE HIGHEST MOUNT
TEN ON ALL CONTINENTS.
HE IS ALSO AN IRON MAN WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHER.
AND EARLIER THIS MONTH HE RAN
TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR VICTIMS
OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND
GIVE HOPE TO THOSE IN THE FIGHT
OF THEIR LIFE.
I WENT THROUGH REALLY ROUGH
TIMES IN MY LIFE.
BUT UNDERSTANDING THOSE ROUGH
TIMES ARE GOING TO PASS.
AND UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS DO
GET BETTER.
THE HUMAN BODY CAN LIVE FOR
ROUGHLY 30 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
NO HUMAN ALIVE CAN LIVE FOR
MORE THAN 30 SECONDS WITHOUT
HOPE.
WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE HOPE.
SEAN HAS WRITTEN A SERIES OF
EBOOKS TO GIVE OTHERS A NICE
DOSE OF HOPE AND INSPIRATION.