{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnobarriers.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fa-29000-foot-platform-of-hope-meet-942abdc0","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"A 29,000 Foot Platform of Hope: Meet Cancer Survivor and Adventurer, Sean Swarner","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5d2497/5d2497b6-1915-47d7-ae4e-e88d18cd86db/a743aee0-08f4-4180-9996-99f8f1f5203f/1552419870artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Jeff and Erik are solo podcast hosts this episode. They met with Sean Swarner, a local legend, who has many athletic accomplishments under his belt and who uses his accomplishments to spread a message of hope. Background on Sean: With only one functioning lung, a prognosis of fourteen days to live, and being in a medically-induced coma for a year, Sean Swarner is the first cancer survivor to stand on top of Mt. Everest. Sean has broken through defined human limitation in order to redefine the way the world views success. Diagnosed with two deadly, different, and unrelated forms of cancer, once age thirteen and again at age sixteen. Sean astounded the medical community when he survived both. He realized that after defeating cancer twice, no challenge would ever be too great, no peak too high. He has since topped the “7-Summits”and skied both the South and the North Poles. He continues to test his own endurance and inspire and motivate people around the world with his message of hope. He founded the non-profit organization, The CancerClimber Association, and is now an author, speaker, and most recently the feature of the documentary: True North. "}