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Northwestern Grad Prepares For Everest Hike For Cancer Research
He aims to raise $1 million for Lurie Children's Hospital, where he was treated for a brain tumor while a Northwestern University student.
CHICAGO — The weather on Mount Everest has been similar to Chicago during our record cold snap. That inspired one man’s trip to Oak Street Beach, as he prepares to climb the world’s highest summit.
As most scrambled away from Chicago’s deep freeze, Alex Pancoe embraced it.
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"Through endurance...we conquer" Ernest Shackleton
Our team of 3 at the South Pole after 5 days of 7-8 thousand calories burned in the coldest environment on earth! Not much warmer back home! Good for Everest training #southpole #Antarctica #chiberia pic.twitter.com/yFhx4EEwva
— Alexander Pancoe (@AlexanderPancoe) January 27, 2019
Image via YouTube/CBS Chicago