Two-time cancer survivor Sean Swarner is living proof of triumph against all odds. At age 13, Sean was diagnosed with life-threatening Advanced Stage IV Hodgkin's Disease. His prognosis was critical, and doctors did not expect him to live more than three months. Yet treatment after treatment, Sean improved. His family felt his turnaround was nothing short of a miracle - until the unimaginable happened. Two years later, at age 15, doctors found a cancerous tumor in Sean's chest wall. It was Askin's Sarcoma, another, entirely different and potentially fatal form of cancer. This time, doctors gave him only two weeks.

Nearly 15 years later, and with only partial use of his lungs, Sean stood at the summit of Mt. Everest with those memories fresh in his mind. He is the first cancer survivor to climb the world's highest mountain, and has since conquered Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Vinson Massif, Kosciusko, and Denali/Mt. McKinley (highest peaks in Africa, Europe, South America, Antarctica, Australia, and North America). To most, this feat may have seemed impossible, but Sean learned at a young age that no challenge is too great, no peak too high.

Now, Sean shares his message of healing and triumph with cancer patients worldwide by visiting hospitals during his expeditions and presentations, giving hope to the children, parents, and others battling cancer. “Frankly I don't know why I'm alive,” Swarner says. “But I'm incredibly grateful for the third life I have been given and I'm committed to shouting from the rooftops of the world that there is hope and miracles up and down the sides of every mountain. Somehow I found the inner will to get up and out of that hospital bed. My message is that people should really enjoy every moment they've been given. You have one chance - make the most of it.”

In October of 2008 Sean will competing in the Ford Ironman World Championships in Hawaii and will be one of the featured athletes on the 7 time Emmy award winning coverage of the event. When Sean was in the hospital as a child he watched the coverage of the Ironman. He made a promise to himself that one day when he got better he would compete in this race. This dream has become a reality and once again Sean will prove no challenge is to great, no peak to high.