Wednesday 23 October, 2019

Some of my adventures
Aron Anderson @Aron
Aron Anderson is an adventurer, lecturer and bone cancer survivor.

Summit of Mt Kilimanjaro 2016

Skiing to the South Pole 2016

Skydiving – started in 2018 and have since done about 200 skydives.

Ironman Hawaii 2017

Swimming from Sweden to Finland (Åland) 2015

Through my adventures, I have also managed to raise more den 1,5 million $ for the Swedish childhood cancer foundation which I am extremely proud of 😃

Read more about my story on the War On Cancer app, connect and find me @Aron
Aron Anderson @Aron
Aron Anderson is an adventurer, lecturer and bone cancer survivor.

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