Sir ranulph fiennes biography book

  • Ranulph Fiennes has traveled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth.
  • Ranulph Fiennes was labelled as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" by his prospective father in law.
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    The Ranulph Fiennes Collection: Captain Scott; Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know & Mad, Dogs and Englishmen

    Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In the 1960s he was removed from the SAS Regiment for misuse of explosives but, joining the army of the Sultan of Oman, received that country's Bravery Medal on active service in 1971. He is the only person yet to have been awarded two clasps to the Polar medal for both Antarctic and the Arctic regions. Fiennes has led over 30 expeditions including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth, and in 2003 he ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents in aid of the British Heart Foundation.

    In 1993 Her Majesty the Queen awarded Fiennes the Order of the British Empire (OBE) because, on the way to breaking records, he has raised over A 14 million for charity. He was named Best Sportsman in the 2007 ITV Great Brit

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    • Shackleton

    • Explorer. Leader. Legend.
    • By: Ranulph Fiennes
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
    • Unabridged

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    In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice....

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    • Watch BBC miniseries with Kenneth Branagh instead

    • By C. A. Cameron on 12-16-21

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    Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know: The Autobiography

    February 13, 2018
    "At night the act of breathing caused the worst discomfort. Generally speaking, polar travel would be quite pleasant if it was not necessary to breathe."

    This was recommended to me by family and as I enjoyed Endurance about Shackleton's adventures recently I decided to give it a go.

    Ranulph Fiennes was labelled as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" by his prospective father in law. The book is a compelling account of a life-time of icy expeditions to the poles, marathons against the clock on every continent, and, later in life, treacherous mountain climbs despite suffering from vertigo.

    "When we tried to snuggle down inside our sleeping bags, our breath formed a thick rime of frost where it met cold air. The resulting frost layers cascaded down our necks whenever we moved. To avoid this I blocked both nostrils up with plugs of kleenex and tried to position my mouth to breathe out of the bag's hood-hole. T
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