Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Wykeham - Fiennes - Twisleton, 3rd Baronet; OBE ( born March 7, 1944 in Windsor, Berkshire, England ) is a British researcher, author and holder of several endurance records. He is also the first man to both the North and the South Pole reached by land.

Life

Ranulph Fiennes was born in the UK, but spent part of his childhood in South Africa. The widely branched noble family - Wykeham - Fiennes Twisleton also belong to the actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes and Martha Fiennes, the director.

Ranulph Fiennes first visited Eton College at Eton before joining the Royal Scots Greys, and later the British Special Air Service, whose member he was for eight years. He later served in the private army of the Sultan of Oman.

Since the 1960s Fiennes has worked as a researcher. He led expeditions on the Nile and on the Jostedalsbreen in 1970. 's Probably most famous expedition he took from 1979 until 1982. Fiennes and Charles Burton traveled around the world along the polar axis, covered a 52,000 miles (about 83,686 km ) were back and the first people who reached both poles.

1992 Fiennes led an expedition that discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman. The following year, failed a crossing of the Antarctic continent without support team. Fiennes and his companion, the nutrition specialist Mike Stroud, had to request rescue from hunger and frostbite on the 95th day of their tour just before the finish on the Ross Ice Shelf. Fiennes failed again in 1996 in an attempt to reach the South Pole alone.

Although heart disease and bypass surgery four months before the implementation Fiennes and Stroud laid in 2003, seven complete marathons in seven days on seven continents back. Your itinerary saw this as follows:

  • October 26, Marathon 1: Patagonia, South America
  • October 27, Marathon 2: Falkland Islands, Antarctica
  • October 28, Marathon 3: Sydney, Australia
  • October 29, Marathon 4: Singapore, Asia
  • October 30, Marathon 5: London, Europe
  • October 31, Marathon 6: Cairo, Africa
  • November 1, Marathon 7: New York, North America

It was originally planned that the first marathon to be held on King George Iceland ( Antarctica ). The second would have been in Santiago de Chile ( Chile). Severe weather conditions ensured, however, that the plan had to be changed at short notice such that the first in the southern Patagonia took place and the Marathon served in the Falkland Islands as a substitute for the Antarctica Marathon. After the seven-day race Fiennes said that due to the high humidity and the air pollution of the toughest marathon would have been in Singapore.

Ranulph Fiennes in 2013 wanted to cross the Antarctic first in the southern winter. His team included Richmond Dykes, Rob Lambert, Ian Prickett, Brian Newham and Spencer Smirl. When repairing a broken ski binding, however, he retired to frostbite on four fingers of his left hand and had to be evacuated. In June, the rest of the team gave up.

Parallel to his career as a researcher and world traveler also took the reputation of Fiennes as an author. He has published 13 novels and non-fiction. Most recently, he published a biography of the polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, in which he defended the achievements of Scott's decision.

Fiennes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE) because of its social commitment in 1993. He had collected more than 5 million pounds for charity during his expeditions. In 1995 he was awarded the Polar Medal. The title " Sir " as he leads Baronet, a title which he has inherited from his father, Sir Ranulph Fiennes Twisleton - Wykham -, 2nd Baronet.

Ranulph Fiennes is a third cousin of the British actor Ralph and Joseph Fiennes.

Works (selection)

  • Where Soldiers Fear to Tread. 1975, ISBN 0-3401-4754-7.
  • To The Ends of the Earth. 1983, ISBN 0-340-25277-4.
  • Living Dangerously. 1987, ISBN 0-7515-0434-3.
  • The Feather Men 1992, ISBN 0-7475-1049-0.
  • Mind Over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent. 1993, ISBN 0-385-31216-4.
  • The Sett. 1996, ISBN 0-434-00267-4.
  • Beyond the Limits. 2000, ISBN 0-316-85458-1.
  • Captain Scott. 2003, ISBN 0-340-82699-1. German by Harald Stadler: Scott. The life of a legend. Mare Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86648-153-4.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2011: Killer Elite ( book The Feather Men)
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