MADISON, Wis. -- A cancer survivor demonstrated his strength on Monday by biking more than 60 miles to University of Wisconsin Hospital.

Dan Lester was diagnosed with multiple myeloma -- a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow -- in 2006.

Lester rode from Waupun to his appointment at the UW Hospital Clinic to show his determination to stay strong.

"I want to give other people strength people who are undergoing chemotherapy right now and I want to give them strength to make it through because it's not a very nice thing to go through," Lester said.

He made it there around 2:30 p.m. with a crowd of supporters cheering him on.