Fast Facts on Alan Hobson

Mt. Everest Climber & Summiteer, Cancer Survivor
The Best Adventure Speaker in the World

• Summited Mt. Everest on May 23, 1997, during his third Everest expedition
  
  
• His first expedition (1991) missed the top by 3,000 vertical feet; his second (1994) by two city blocks when his team decided to rescue a critically ill teammate rather than continue for the top
  
  
• three years after summiting Everest, at the age of 42, was diagnosed with acute leukemia (cancer of the blood) and given less than a year to live
  
  
• at diagnosis, 90% of the cells in his bone marrow were cancerous
  
  
• endured three rounds of week-long, 24-hour continuous chemotherapy
  
  
• received an adult blood cell transplant from his donor brother, Eric, on Nov. 15, 2000
  
  
• has been completely cancer-free ever since
  
  
• one of less than a dozen people ever to achieve an elite level of fitness after an adult blood cell transplant for leukemia
  
  
• has regained 100% of the fitness he had prior to his last Everest expedition
  
  
• appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 4, 2001
  
  
• member of 10 high altitude mountaineering expeditions worldwide, including successful ascents of the highest peaks in North and South America
  
  
• former nine-time “All-American” gymnast and member of 6 U.S. national championship-winning gymnastics teams
  
  
• winner of The William Randolph Hearst Award for Excellence in News Writing
  
  
• international bestselling author of six books
  
  
• latest book is Climb Back from Cancer – Introducing The 10 Tools of Triumph for Survivors and Caregivers, co-authored with his wife, Cecilia. Part of the proposed Climb Back from Cancer™ Collection
  
  
• with Cecilia, co-creator of The 10 Tools of Triumph™ for survivors and caregivers – the 10 key psychological skills the couple believes are needed to survive life-threatening illness and thrive beyond it
  
  
• also with Cecilia, is establishing The Climb Back from Cancer Foundation to help cancer patients, survivors and caregivers climb back to better lives
  
  
• co-creator of The Climb Back from Cancer Protocol™, the physical activity program that has achieved unprecedented results in enabling cancer survivors to reduce chronic fatigue after treatment – the biggest single challenge faced by the millions of cancer survivors today
  
  
• full-time professional speaker and author who makes scores of presentations annually to Fortune 500 companies worldwide, including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric and a host of others
  
  
• in his lifetime has been a marathon runner, hang glider pilot, white water kayaker & rafter, rock & ice climber, ice diver, mountain biker, parachutist, luge and bobsleigh participant and long distance open water swimmer
  
  
• former journalist and overseas freelance sports correspondent and broadcaster
  
  
• philanthropist