Living Dangerously: The Autobiography of Ranulph Fiennes

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Price, Matthew (17 September 2012). "Sir Ranulph Fiennes to attempt record Antarctica trek". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013 . Retrieved 16 August 2013. a b "Sir Ranulph Fiennes gets Plymouth University honorary doctorate - BBC News". BBC News. 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 10 August 2015. Leading names to join students at graduation celebrations". chester.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014 . Retrieved 25 January 2015. And, if the whole of the motor industry had to switch to electric vehicles, that would be good – because then we would be heading in the right direction.”

It’s called the Global Reach Challenge and I’m the only person to ever have done it. There are two other people who have nearly done it, a Norwegian and a Belgian, both of whom I am friends with now. But the record I would like to have broken is to cross all the ice caps and climb all seven of the highest mountains. There was an air of genuine excitement in Scarborough Spa’s Grand Hall as the house lights dimmed to signal the start of our evening with Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Named ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’ by the Guinness Book of Records, a short film showed some of his accomplishments before the man himself strode onto the stage to a very warm reception.I said yes because I didn’t want to be unpopular with the client. I sort of opened my eyes as we left the platform, but I then kept them shut for the rest of the ride. Brew, Simon (2020). "5 real examples of deliberate sabotage on the set of movies". Film Stories. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022 . Retrieved 18 December 2022. Offended by the construction of an ugly concrete dam built in Wiltshire by 20th Century Fox [8] for the production of the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle, Fiennes attempted to destroy the dam but the police foiled the plan. [9] Fiennes had to pay a large fine and he and a co-conspirator were dismissed from the SAS. He was initially posted to another cavalry regiment but was eventually permitted to return to the Royal Scots Greys. by Explorersweb". AdventureStats. 30 September 2003. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015 . Retrieved 16 August 2013.

The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English (2000), Museum Victoria Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9577471-1-1 (by Bernadette Hince, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes). before, you are even more likely to get it again. The mountains that you can actually climb when you are in your 70s have to be much lower than the ones you could have climbed before. There are only three of them out of seven that I haven’t done, so it’s very annoying. I’m sure someone else will complete it soon.” Fascination with explorers Named by the Guinness Book of Records as ‘the world’s greatest living explorer’, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has spent his life in pursuit of extreme adventure, risking life and limb in some of the most ambitious private expeditions ever undertaken.Travels with My Heart: The Essential Guide for Travellers with Heart Conditions (2007), Matador. ISBN 978-1-905886-88-3 (by Robin Liston, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes). The Last Expedition (2012), Vintage Classics. ISBN 978-0-09-956138-5 (by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, new edition introduction by Ranulph Fiennes). Fiennes spent the last two years of his army career seconded to the army of the Sultan of Oman. At the time, Oman was experiencing a growing communist insurgency supported from neighbouring South Yemen. After familiarisation, he commanded the Reconnaissance Platoon of the Muscat Regiment, seeing extensive active service in the Dhofar Rebellion. He led several raids deep into rebel-held territory on the Djebel Dhofar and was decorated for bravery by the Sultanate. After eight years' service Fiennes relinquished his commission on 27 July 1971. [10] Expedition leader [ edit ]

Mind over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent (1994), Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0385312165. Sir Ranulph Fiennes, (born March 7, 1944, Windsor, Berkshire, England), British adventurer, pioneering polar explorer, and writer, who, among his many exploits, in 1979–82 led the first north-south surface circumnavigation of the world (i.e., along a meridian).In September 2011, Fiennes was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Science from Plymouth University [37] and, in July 2012, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Glamorgan. [47] In 1969 Fiennes led his first expedition: a journey by hovercraft up the White Nile River that began in eastern Sudan and ended at Lake Victoria in southern Uganda. The following year he left the military and married Virginia (“Ginny”) Pepper, whom he had met as a child and who, until her death in 2004, would be the collaborator on many of his subsequent expeditions and adventures. A trip to Jostedals Glacier in Norway (1970) was followed by the first north-south traverse of British Columbia, Canada, via water (1971) and by a northward trek into the Arctic (1977) in preparation for his circumpolar expedition. Between 1 and 5 October 2012, and again from 13 to 19 November 2013, Fiennes featured on the Channel 4 game show Countdown as the celebrity guest in 'Dictionary Corner' and provided interludes based on his life stories and explorations. In 2000 he attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole. The expedition failed when his sleds fell through weak ice and Fiennes was forced to pull them out by hand. He sustained severe frostbite to the tips of all the fingers on his left hand, forcing him to abandon the attempt. On returning home, his surgeon insisted the necrotic fingertips be retained for several months before amputation, to allow regrowth of the remaining healthy tissue. Impatient at the pain the dying fingertips caused, Fiennes cut them off himself with an electric fretsaw, [15] just above where the blood and the soreness was. [8] [16] Just for the Love of it: The First Woman to Climb Mount Everest from Both Sides (2000), Free to Decide Publishing. ISBN 978-0-620-24782-5 (by Cathy O'Dowd, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes).