Brendan Connors is an adventurer and metastatic melanoma veteran. In May 2010, he had a precancerous mole biopsied. In June, he had surgery which included two minor lymph node dissections. Later that summer, his PET scans were clear, but then around November, his scans showed metastatic melanoma. There was a tumor in his left shoulder and armpit, as well as in his right femur. After surgery, Brendan underwent two separate immunotherapy clinical trials. Having adventures to look forward to was crucial in Brendan cope with the emotional and physical taxes of cancer treatment. Upon turning 30 in 2013, he jumped out of a plane, ice climbed, and hiked the Grand Canyon.