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Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes (/ ˈ r æ n ʌ l f ˈ f aɪ n z /) and sometimes as Ran Fiennes, is a British explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records.. 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 ...
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has announced his next record-breaking challenge, in which he will be risking life and limb to raise vital funds for the charity, Marie Curie. The intrepid explorer is attempting to complete the Global Reach Challenge and become the first person to have crossed both polar ice caps and have climbed the highest mountain on each continent.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born March 7, 1944, Windsor, Berkshire, England) is a 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). Fiennes inherited the baronetcy at birth, as his father, an army officer, had already died in action during World War II.
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Ranulph Fiennes. Writer: Killer Elite. Ranulph Fiennes was born on 7 March 1944 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Killer Elite (2011), Secret Hunter and The Salient (2015). He was previously married to Virginia Frances Pepper.
In 2003, only 3½ months after a massive heart attack, 3 day coma and double bypass, Ranulph Fiennes (with Mike Stroud) achieved the first 7x7x7 (Seven marathons in seven consecutive days on all seven continents). March 2005, climbed Everest (Tibet-side) to within 300m of summit raising £2 million for the British Heart Foundations new research MRI scanner.
Ranulph Fiennes is the only man alive ever to have travelled around the Earth's circumpolar surface (more people have been on the Moon!) His record-breaking expeditions include travel by riverboat, hovercraft, manhaul sledge, skidoo, Land Rover and ski...
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes, was born on 7 March 1944 in Windsor, Berkshire. He inherited the baronetcy of Banbury at birth following the death of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, who served with distinction in the Royal Scots Greys during World War II.
Ranulph Fiennes succeeded in climbing the notorious North Face of the Eiger, in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, along with Kenton Cool and Ian Parnell. The climb was made harder for Ranulph due to the frost bite on his left hand. Without the ends of his fingers to get grip, the sheer rock was particularly difficult, often having to rely on axes to climb. The challenge raised £1.8 million for Marie Curie and was possible thanks to generous funding by Paul Sykes.
