Franklin Chapin is a dentist who made the news by climbing Mount Everest.
Biography[]
Franklin Chapin was very fit as he won the marathon twice and even beat prostate cancer. However, he always aspired to be a dentist. Sadly, he failed the exam twice. He then decided to go mountain climbing, eventually climbing Mount Pukaki a dozen times. That was not all though, as he soon climbed Mount Everest, making headlines, and inspiring other dentists to do the same.[1]