Living Dangerously

Product Information

Cool, Kenton (2015). One Man's Everest. London: Preface (Penguin Random House). pp.143–162. ISBN 9781848094482. He added: “There is one thing I wish I had tried doing earlier. At the moment, I still hold the world record of being the only person to have crossed the whole of the Antarctica ice cap, the whole of the northern ice cap and to climb the highest mountain.

Dobson, Jim. "World Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes And Actor Joseph Fiennes on Their New Adventure Series in Egypt". Forbes. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020 . Retrieved 2 January 2020. Fiennes embarked on a lecture tour, where in Cheshire he met Louise Millington, whom he married at St Boniface's Church, Bunbury, one year and three weeks after Ginny's death. A daughter, Elizabeth, was born in April 2006. He also has a stepson named Alexander. In 2007 Millington was interviewed by The Daily Telegraph to help raise money for the Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital in Cheshire. [33] As with many of the contemporary breed of explorer, while the thrill of achieving their goal is a large part of what they do, Ranulph has seen enough around the world to know that we live on a fragile planet.

Coming Soon

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. Henley, Jon (5 October 2007). "I am not a madman". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017 . Retrieved 9 January 2015.

The Last Expedition (2012), Vintage Classics. ISBN 978-0-09-956138-5 (by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, new edition introduction by Ranulph Fiennes). 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. Amongst his many record-breaking achievements, he was the first to reach both poles, the first to cross the Antarctic and Arctic Oceans, and the first to circumnavigate the world along its polar axis–his current goal is to become the first person in the world to cross both polar ice caps and climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. 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. 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]Ranulph Fiennes pulls out of Antarctic journey". USA Today. Associated Press. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013 . Retrieved 16 August 2013. Bowring, Hugh (25 February 2013). "Latest News". The Coldest Journey. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013 . Retrieved 16 August 2013. Fiennes' career as an author has developed alongside his career as an explorer: he is the author of 24 fiction and non-fiction books, [24] including The Feather Men. In 2003, he published a biography of Captain Robert Falcon Scott which attempted to provide a robust defence of Scott's achievements and reputation, which had been strongly questioned by biographers such as Roland Huntford. Although others have made comparisons between Fiennes and Scott, Fiennes says he identifies more with Lawrence Oates, another member of Scott's doomed Antarctic team. When I did the north face of the Eiger, I was being led by this guy who had done Everest 11 times. Just don’t look down… Extreme Running (2007), Pavilion Books. ISBN 978-1-86205-756-2 (by Dave Horsley and Kym McConnell, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes).

Everest is the most difficult, but I’ve done that. And if, when I’d done Everest, I had done the minor ones, that would have been no problem. It was 2009 and I was in my 60s and quite fit, but when you’re a bit older, things start to go wrong.

The 'world's greatest living explorer' talks about his life and adventures.

Fiennes is a member of the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Highland Society of London and holds honorary membership of the Travellers Club. [36] Awards and recognition [ edit ] It’s pretty simple: don’t allow yourself to think below your feet at all. It seems obvious but don’t look down. Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years, including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North Pole and South Pole by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest.

by Explorersweb". AdventureStats. 30 September 2003. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015 . Retrieved 16 August 2013. Face to Face: Polar Portraits (2008), The Scott Polar Research Institute with Polarworld, ISBN 978-0-901021-07-6 (with Huw Lewis-Jones, Hugh Brody and Martin Hartley (photographer)). 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; inspiring generations and risking life and limb in some of the most ambitious private expeditions ever undertaken. Career [ edit ] Fiennes at the Celebrating Captain Scott's Legacy event in London, 2012 Officer [ edit ]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.