<p>A 47-year-old British man with terminal cancer is believed to have become the first cancer patient to climb Everest, the world's highest mountain.<br /><br />Ian Toothill, the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club fan, who has been told he has just months to live, planted a flag of rivals Sheffield United at the summit for charity.<br /><br />The personal trainer, who reached the summit on Monday, has raised almost 31,500 pounds for the cancer charity Macmillan, beating the target of 29,100 pounds.<br /><br />"Nothing to see here, just some cancer dude (Sheffield Wednesday) fan on the summit of Everest with a @SUFC_tweets flag," Toothill tweeted.<br /><br />Toothill, originally from Sheffield, lives in Willesden Green in London and has climbed in the Himalayas.<br />He believes that he is the first cancer patient to scale the world's highest mountain, 'BBC News' reported.<br /><br />Toothill was diagnosed with bowel cancer in June 2015 and told in early 2016 that he had beaten the disease, but later found out it had returned.<br /><br />Toothill said he has been told that he has "just several months left to live".<br /><br />He reached the top of the North Col route on May 16 and the summit of Everest on June 5. </p>
<p>A 47-year-old British man with terminal cancer is believed to have become the first cancer patient to climb Everest, the world's highest mountain.<br /><br />Ian Toothill, the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club fan, who has been told he has just months to live, planted a flag of rivals Sheffield United at the summit for charity.<br /><br />The personal trainer, who reached the summit on Monday, has raised almost 31,500 pounds for the cancer charity Macmillan, beating the target of 29,100 pounds.<br /><br />"Nothing to see here, just some cancer dude (Sheffield Wednesday) fan on the summit of Everest with a @SUFC_tweets flag," Toothill tweeted.<br /><br />Toothill, originally from Sheffield, lives in Willesden Green in London and has climbed in the Himalayas.<br />He believes that he is the first cancer patient to scale the world's highest mountain, 'BBC News' reported.<br /><br />Toothill was diagnosed with bowel cancer in June 2015 and told in early 2016 that he had beaten the disease, but later found out it had returned.<br /><br />Toothill said he has been told that he has "just several months left to live".<br /><br />He reached the top of the North Col route on May 16 and the summit of Everest on June 5. </p>