Team Survivor member Barbara Travers was recently profiled in the Swedish Cancer Team Blog! Barbara shared her journey from a cancer diagnosis to the top of Mount St. Helens.

When Barbara Travers, 66, climbed Mount St. Helens in August, she knew from the very start that she’d make it to the top.

Sure, she’d never climbed a mountain before, but she’d trained hard and knew what to expect.

Barbara, her fellow hikers and a guide made it through the forest and up the 2.5 miles of boulders together. Then, when they hit the last mile of vertical gravel and sand, one of the hikers started struggling with the steep terrain. “Our guide told me to keep going,” recalls Barbara. “She said, ‘I can see you. Keep going.’ So, I did.”

When she was halfway up the last mile, Barbara burst into tears: “I was all alone. It was so difficult hiking up what felt like a giant sandhill. As I looked up at the summit and saw the rest of my team cheering me on, I lost it. I knew at that moment I was going to make it. When I did, it felt like I was on top of the world. It was a monumental achievement. But so is beating cancer.”

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