Brad Ludden is a professional Kayaker born in Kalispell Montana on May 8 1981. He started traveling internationally to kayak at age 12 and has been to over 40 countries and completed over 100 first descents.He founded a free outdoor adventure program for young adults with cancer called First Descents in 2001. His Aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer when he was 12 and shortly after that his Mom started volunteering at a local pediatric oncology camp called Eagle Mount. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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