＜國際＞登上生命頂峰的癌症登山客

尚恩斯瓦默，30歲，他是目前攀登全球最高峰，聖母峰的唯一癌症生還者。

13 歲時，尚恩被診斷出罹患霍奇金淋巴瘤第四期並且只有3個月可以活。 他勝過了這個疾病，但卻來了另一個打擊，醫生在他的肺部發現一個高爾夫球大小的阿金氏腫瘤。 腫瘤被移除了，但是尚恩被判定只有兩星期可以活，可是今天他還活著。 他回想起每次治療的經歷，從8，9年級就掉頭髮的痛苦到聽見“你的病情緩和”的奇蹟。 他現在相信癌症是發生在他身上最美好的一件事，這使他明白人們不應該擔心死亡，而是擔心是否有在真正地生活。

只能使用部分 肺部，1977年時22歲的尚恩登上畢生第一座高山，瓜地馬拉的El Volcan del Agua (水火山)。 之後，他沒有繼續登山，直到攀登聖母峰的前一年才又開始。 當他抵達聖母峰峰頂之後，他拿出一面寫滿癌症病患名字的旗子並且把它插在世界的最高峰上，這是為了要紀念那些與癌症奮鬥的病人們。 每次攀登的時候，他都會帶著一面旗子，上面寫著：“獻給那些在這個小小世界裡的癌症病患！永不停止攀登！”他希望他的故事可以激勵那些罹患癌症的病人開始 無限夢想並且永不放棄。

尚恩相信人體可以實現任何來自人心的夢想，攀登聖母峰曾是他的夢想。 之後他曾經在10天內登上兩座高山，吉力馬扎羅山(非洲)以及厄爾布魯士峰(歐洲)。 最近他登上南美洲的阿空加瓜山。 尚恩享受著每一時刻，彷彿不再有明天並且從不放棄。 他的建議是：彷彿你從未被傷害過的去愛以及不要害怕自由地付出你的心。 開懷大笑並且保持幽默感，嘲笑一下自己吧！別過份在意人生。 學習新事物，讓自己進步並且永遠像海綿一樣吸取新知識。 以身作則，所以別人可以看見他們可以成為什麼樣的人。

(International)Cancer climber keeps climbing

Sean Swarner, now 30 years old, is the only cancer survivor to have climbed the tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest.

At the age of 13, Sean was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkins lymphoma and given three months to live. He overcame this illness, but was dealt another blow when doctors found a golf-ball sized Askins tumor in his lung. The tumor was removed, but Sean was given less than two weeks to live, but is still alive today. He recalls the many ups and downs of going through treatment, from the pain of losing his hair in the 8th and 9th grades, to the magical words of you e in remission. He now believes that cancer is the best thing that has happened to him, as it made him realize that people shouldn worry about dying, but worry about living a life that really matters.

With partial use of his lungs, at the age of 22, Sean climbed his first real mountain, El Volcan del Agua (water volcano) in Guatemala in 1997. After that, he didn climb again until a year before climbing Mt. Everest. On the summit of Everest, he brought a flag with names of those affected by cancer and left it on top of the world to commemorate the struggle of cancer patients around the globe. On every other climb, he keeps a flag bearing the words, 『Dedicated to all those affected by cancer in this small world! Keep climbing!』 He hopes that his story will inspire others diagnosed with cancer to dream big and never give up. Sean believes the human body can accomplish anything the mind can dream, and climbing Everest was his dream.

He has since climbed both Kilimanjaro (Africa) and Elbrus (Europe) in less than 10 days. Most recently, he reached the summit of Aconcagua in South America. Sean tries to enjoy every minute of every day, live like theres no tomorrow and never gives up. His advice is: Love like youve never been hurt and don be afraid to give your heart freely. Laugh and have a good sense of humor, laugh at yourself and don take life too seriously. Learn something new, improve yourself and never stop absorbing information like a sponge. Lead by example to show other people the type of person they can be.

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