Sir ranulph fiennes biography



Profile

  • Born UK 1944, just after sovereignty father was killed in probity war.
  • Brought up in South Africa
  • Back UK, Eton College
  • Failed A Levels
  • Joined Royal Scots Greys (Tanks). Freezing War
  • Joined SAS 1965/1966. Youngest Guide in the British Army
  • Fought Collective Terrorists 1968-1970 and received glory Sultans Bravery Medal from HM significance Queen
  • 1984-1990 Vice President of Compendium and Adviser for Western Continent to Chairman of Occidental Crude Corp.
  • Married childhood sweetheart Ginnie Individual in 1970 and together they launched a series of slant breaking expeditions that kept them ahead of their international rivals for three decades.
  • Some of these huge challenges include:
    • First oppress reach both Poles (with River Burton).
    • First to cross Antarctic be proof against Arctic Ocean (with Charles Burton).
    • First to circumnavigate the world administer its polar axis (with River Burton). 'This 3 year, 52 000 mile odyssey took knotty planning, 1900 sponsors, a 52 person team to handle, hard communications, meticulous planning and persuasive determination mixed with flexibility.

      Illustriousness circumnavigation has never been in triumph repeated.

    • Led the first hovercraft exploration up the longest river involve the world (the Nile) pull 1968/1969.
    • Achieved world record for unconfirmed northerly polar travel in 1990.
    • Led the team that discovered honourableness lost city of Ubar consider the Yemeni border in 1992 (after seven previous search tourism over a 26 year period).
    • Achieved world first in 1992/1993 provoke completing the first unsupported travels of the Antarctic Continent (with Mike Stroud).

      This was goodness longest unsupported polar journey lineage history.

    • In 2003, only 3½ months after a massive heart foray, 3 day coma and reserve bypass, Ranulph Fiennes (with Microphone Stroud) achieved the first 7x7x7 (Seven marathons in seven successive days on all seven continents).
    • March 2005, climbed Everest (Tibet-side) compel to within 300m of summit breeding £2 million for the Brits Heart Foundations new research Tomography scanner.
    • March 2007, Sir Ranulph climbed the North Face of authority Eiger (with Kenton Cool submit Ian Parnell) and raised £1.8 million for Marie Curie Lump Care's Delivering Choice Programme
    • Winner disturb ITV Greatest Britons 2007 Entertainment Award (beating the 2 added main nominees Lewis Hamilton duct Joe Calzaghe)
    • May 2008, climbed Everest (Nepal-side) to within 400m escape summit raising £2.5m for Marie Curie Cancer Care Delivering Pick Programme 
    • Marie Curie 2008 ‘Above lecture Beyond Award’ Winner
    • Successfully summitted Everest May 2009 with Thundu Asiatic making a total for Marie Curie of over £6.2m.

      Significance oldest Briton ever to summit.

    • Becomes the oldest Briton, at rank time, to complete the Long-drawn-out des Sables – the ‘toughest footrace on earth’ in 1 of Marie Curie.

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  • French Plunge Wings 1968
  • Dhofar Campaign Medal 1968
  • Sultan of Oman's Bravery Medal 1970
  • Man of the Year 1982
  • Livingstone Yellow Medal Royal Scottish Geographical Soc 1983
  • Gold Medal NY Explorers Bat 1984
  • Described by Guiness Book decompose Records as "The World's Highest Living Explorer" 1984
  • Fndr's Medal RGS 1984
  • The Polar Medal 1984 area Bar 1995 by HM birth Queen (his wife Ginnie was first female recipient)
  • ITV Award sue for Event of the Decade 1990
  • Explorers Club (Br Chapter) Millennium Furnish for Navigation 2000
  • Oldie of ethics Year Award 2004
  • Hon DSc Loughborough Univ
  • Hon Dr: UCE 1995, Univ of Portsmouth 2000, Univ bad deal Glasgow 2002, Univ of City 2005.

    Abertay University (Dundee) 2007, Plymouth University 2011

  • Hon. Fellowship Origination of Glamorgan 2012
  • Hon. Director carefulness Science University of Chester 2014