The Man Who Died Twice, Then Climbed Everest | Sean Swarner
2/27/202649 min
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Sean Swarner is the only person in history to be diagnosed with two different terminal cancers, lose a lung, and go on to climb Mount Everest and complete the Explorer's Grand Slam.
His story is not just inspiration—it's a tactical guide to dismantling your own perceived limits.
At 13, doctors gave him 3 months to live. At 16, they gave him 14 days. He was read his last rites. He survived. Then he st...
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First 90 secondsSean Swarner· Guest0:00
There were years of my life where I was terrified to close my eyes at night because I didn't know if I was going to wake up the next day. That was because of two terminal cancers. I was given three months to live the first one, fourteen days to live the second one. I was read my, my last rites. A man of the cloth came in, you know, rosary in one hand, Bible in the other one, standing at the end of the bed, started reading me my last rites as, as a sixteen, seventeen-year-old. I, I developed a completely different perspective on success, on, on happiness, on fulfillment than anyone else. That's changed my entire perspective on what I've been able to accomplish.
Ryan Hanley· Host0:34
[on-hold music] No, man, I, I appreciate you taking the time to come on the show. Uh, you have an incredible story, and I don't normally like to start with origin stories, but I think yours is so incredibly unique and powerful that it would be remiss if we didn't start there. So as much as you're willing or able, I'd love for you to kind of level set, um, your methodology, and I want to get to some of the stuff that you're doing today. But I think if we don't understand your origin story, um, it'll make a lot more sense.
Sean Swarner· Guest1:14
Y- an- and that makes-- that does make total sense because if, if you look at where most adults are right now, they had-- they, they never had to go through what I went through and learn what I have learned about life. So