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Cancer Ended Her Everest Dream. At 65, She Chose the Grand Teton

At 65, Mary Cowan Lundquist decided to celebrate her birthday by doing something that scared her: climbing Wyoming's Grand Teton. The 13,775-foot peak rises above Jackson Hole and represents far more than a physical challenge for Mary.

Cancer Ended Her Everest Dream. At 65, She Chose the Grand Teton

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At 65, Mary Cowan Lundquist decided to celebrate her birthday by doing something that scared her: climbing Wyoming's Grand Teton.

The 13,775-foot peak rises above Jackson Hole and represents far more than a physical challenge for Mary.

Treatment—including chemotherapy and radiation—saved her life, but it also damaged […] The post Cancer Ended Her Everest Dream.

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At 65, Mary Cowan Lundquist decided to celebrate her birthday by doing something that scared her: climbing Wyoming's Grand Teton. The 13,775-foot peak rises above Jackson Hole and represents far more than a physical challenge for Mary. Treatment—including chemotherapy and radiation—saved her life, but it also damaged […] The post Cancer Ended Her Everest Dream.

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Twenty-five years earlier, she was diagnosed with lymphoma.

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