Ranulph Fiennes
Ranulph Fiennes
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE, commonly known as RanulphFiennes, is an English explorer and holder of several endurance records. He is also a prolific writer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth7 March 1944
attack heart
After my heart attack I thought, is this it?
crying failure failures key learn milk point spilt
There is of course, never any point in crying over spilt milk - the key is to learn from failures and then to keep going.
ahead allowed fear hold listen nor prevent rapid river roar
With fear, you must prevent not cure. Fear must nor be allowed to take hold in the first place. If you are in a canoe never listen to the roar of the rapid ahead before you let go of the river bank. Just do it!
teaching adventure soldier
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.
house agents goes-on
I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.
army weekend night
No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.