Living Dangerously: The Autobiography of Ranulph Fiennes

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In September 2012 it was announced that Fiennes was to lead the first attempt to cross Antarctica during the southern winter, in aid of the charity Seeing is Believing, an initiative to prevent avoidable blindness. The six-man team was dropped off by ship at Crown Bay in Queen Maud Land in January 2013, and waited until the Southern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox on 21 March 2013 before embarking across the ice shelf. The team would ascend 10,000 feet (3,000m) onto the inland plateau, and head to the South Pole. The intention was for Fiennes and his skiing partner, Dr Mike Stroud, [20] to lead on foot and be followed by two bulldozers dragging industrial sledges. [21] Running Beyond Limits: The Adventures of an Ultra Marathon Runner (2011), Mountain Media. ISBN 978-0-9562957-2-9 (by Andrew Murray, introduction by Ranulph Fiennes).

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. 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. 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 ] Fiennes has long been fascinated by the qualities of the rugged explorers from the early part of the 20th century and how they willingly travelled into unknown territory, never knowing whether they were on the verge of a windfall or a catastrophe. a b Day, Alan (3 January 2006). Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage. Scarecrow Press. pp.91–93. ISBN 9780810865198. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023 . Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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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).

Countdown, 19 November 2013. When he recounted this story, Fiennes initially confused Frazer with another Carry On actress, Barbara Windsor, excusing himself on the grounds that they were both "big up top". In Living Dangerously, Sir Ranulph offers a personal journey through his life, from his early years to the present day. Both light-hearted and strikingly poignant, Living Dangerously spans Sir Ranulph’s childhood and school misdemeanours, his army life and early expeditions, right through the Transglobe Expedition to his current Global Reach Challenge – his goal 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.Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt. O.B.E." Kobold Watch. 2 November 2003. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012 . Retrieved 28 March 2012. Last August at home, the gutters got full of leaves, and I was too scared so I sent my wife up and I held the ladder. Killer Elite (2011), Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4447-0792-2 (previously published as The Feather Men). Both light-hearted and strikingly poignant, Living Dangerously offers a personal journey through Sir Ranulph’s life, spanning his early childhood and school misdemeanours, his army life, the Transglobe Expedition and his current Global Reach Challenge; making him a pioneer of exploration with an unparalleled story to tell. Moods of Future Joys (2007), Adlibbed Ltd. ISBN 978-1-897312-38-4 (by Alastair Humphreys, foreword by Ranulph Fiennes).

Leading names to join students at graduation celebrations". chester.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014 . Retrieved 25 January 2015. 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. 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. Bowring, Hugh (25 February 2013). "Latest News". The Coldest Journey. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013 . Retrieved 16 August 2013.

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Cold: Extreme Adventures at the Lowest Temperatures on Earth (2013), Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-47112-782-3. 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 Elite: The Story of Special Forces – From Ancient Sparta to the War on Terror (2019). ISBN 9781471156618. 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]

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. Preparation for what came to be called the Transglobe Expedition began in 1972 and occupied much of Fiennes’s and Ginny’s time during the rest of the decade. The trekking team, led by Fiennes and including fellow Britons Charles Burton and Oliver Shepard, had a support crew of some three dozen people, including Ginny. They departed from Greenwich, England, in September 1979, attempting to stay as close as possible to the Greenwich meridian as they journeyed southward over land and water, until they reached the coast of Antarctica in January 1980. They remained there until October, when Fiennes, Burton, and Shepherd departed on snowmobiles for the South Pole, which they reached on December 15. Setting out again after a short time at the American base there, they arrived at the Scott Base on the west coast of Antarctica in mid-January 1981, having made the continental traverse in a record-setting 67 days. Sir Ranulph Fiennes". Military Speakers. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020 . Retrieved 26 August 2014. Fiennes, Ranulph (2012). The Ranulph Fiennes Collection. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-444-77753-6. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023 . Retrieved 31 December 2022.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