Living The Life We Have with Rob Shaver

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Rob Shaver has been living with stage four cancer for over 20 years. He's had multiple recurrences, been through multiple rounds of chemotherapy, and received more than 60 radiation treatments. In 2020, after he finished chemo to fight his third recurrence, Rob started running and ended up running for 1,175 days straight.

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0:00.0	I think it's within the capacity of all of us to be able to filter our lives through a magical lens.
0:09.5	And I'm not saying that there aren't dark times and there aren't times where you have all the stages of grief.
0:14.8	It's still within our capacity, though, to be able to plug into beauty and meaning, even in the most challenging circumstance.
0:28.3	Rob Schaver has been living with stage four cancer for over 20 years.
0:33.1	He's had multiple recurrences, been through multiple rounds of chemotherapy,
0:37.1	and received more than 60 radiation treatments.
0:41.7	In 2020, after he finished chemo to fight his third recurrence, Rob started running. Some days he couldn't
0:48.8	complete a single mile, but getting outside and moving his body helped him feel like he was ringing as much juice out of life as he could.
0:57.3	Rob ended up running for 1,175 days straight, which is just over three years. During this run streak,
1:06.3	Rob completed numerous races from half marathons to ultras like the trans Rockies and the
1:12.4	Bandera 100K. Since his diagnosis 20 years ago, life has been unpredictable, but running has
1:20.3	provided him a constant source of comfort. I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth
1:27.0	Living, an REI Co-op Studios production
1:29.7	presented by Capital One and the REI Co-Op MasterCard.
1:35.0	We recorded this conversation with Robb more than a year ago.
1:39.3	Since then, his health has declined significantly.
1:42.5	We're sharing his story now with the blessing of Rob's family
1:45.4	because his resilience and his message of hope continue to inspire us
1:50.1	and we believe it deserves to be heard.
1:57.6	Rob Shaver, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living. I'm really excited to be here with you today.
2:04.4	Oh, likewise. I'm just so honored to be on and excited to talk to you and just share a few minutes together.
2:12.2	Well, you're so sweet. So I'm curious, like, what was your relationship with the outdoors growing up?
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