LEN FORKAS IS DEDICATING HIS 9TH MOUNT EVEREST STOP TO HOPECAM CHILD DOUGIE.

Dougie found out on his birthday that he has Burkitt’s Lymphoma. He's been through so much, including kidney failure, but has never given up and never complained. His biggest question is, "Why him?" Dougie is an A/B student and is well-known at his school for helping special ed students, long before this ever happened to him. He was even given his own award for assisting special-ed kids in his class. He is just an all-around great kid and is loved wherever he goes. This has to have happened for a bigger reason than we are aware of yet.