This 47-year-old man with terminal cancer climbed Mount Everest
This man truly deserves a salute!
47-year-old British man with terminal cancer is believed to have become
the first cancer patient to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest
mountain. Ian Toothill, the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club fan, who
has been told he has just months to live, planted a flag of rivals Sheffield
United at the summit for charity.
The personal trainer, who reached the summit on Monday, has raised
almost 31,500 pounds for the cancer charity Macmillan, beating the
target of 29,100 pounds.
"Nothing to see here, just some cancer dude (Sheffield
Wednesday) fan on the summit of Everest with a @SUFC_tweets flag,"
Toothill tweeted.
Toothill, originally from Sheffield, lives in Willesden Green
in London and has climbed in the Himalayas. He believes that he
is the first cancer patient to scale the world's highest mountain,
'BBC News' reported.
Toothill was diagnosed with bowel cancer in June 2015 and
told in early 2016 that he had beaten the disease, but later found out it had
returned. Toothill said he has been told that he has "just several months
left to live".
He reached the top of the North Col route on May 16 and the summit of
Everest on June 5.
08.06.2017
Have patience, all things are
difficult before they become easy
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