Living Dangerously

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Delivered in his own inimitable fashion and accompanied by stunning, never-before-seen images and home videos, this show guarantees to leave you entertained and inspired to seek out your own life adventures. Amongst his many record-breaking achievements, he was the first to reach both Poles, the first to cross the Antarctic and Arctic Ocean, and the first to circumnavigate the world along its polar axis.

Fiennes is one of a kind. If he had been born 200 or 300 years ago, he would probably have fought at Trafalgar or set up the Bow Street Runners. In his sphere, sitting around doing nothing isn’t an option. You have to test yourself once, twice, thrice, for as long as you still have a pulse and the ability to dream. In September 2011, Fiennes was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Science from Plymouth University [37] and, in July 2012, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Glamorgan. [47]Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt. O.B.E." Kobold Watch. 2 November 2003. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012 . Retrieved 28 March 2012. Lady Virginia Fiennes Wife of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and first woman to receive the Polar Medal". Herald Scotland. 25 February 2004. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022 . Retrieved 31 December 2022. 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. Career [ edit ] Fiennes at the Celebrating Captain Scott's Legacy event in London, 2012 Officer [ edit ]

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 North Pole and South Pole by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. 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.

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Now, he has a new challenge. Live on stage, Sir Ranulph will share stories from his legendary exploits and adventures, telling untold tales of the world’s most extraordinary feats of daring and exploration. Taking us from his magical and mischievous childhood, through school misdemeanours, to his time in the military and beyond, Ran will also reveal for the first time his own personal heroes and the incredible lessons he learnt from them which have informed his hazardous profession.

It’s astonishing to learn, given his passion for mountaineering, that Fiennes suffers from vertigo, but if there’s a lesson to be derived from his career, it’s that he has never been interested in admitting defeat. This trait has occasionally cost him dear and he knows the agony of frostbite on these far-flung expeditions. Yet he keeps persevering. Cool, Kenton (2015). One Man's Everest. London: Preface (Penguin Random House). pp.143–162. ISBN 9781848094482. This, after all, is the man who, while part of the SAS, was so offended by the construction of an ugly concrete dam by 20th Century Fox for the production of their fabled film Doctor Dolittle that he plotted to destroy it and used explosives which he later claimed to have accumulated from leftovers on training exercises.He added: “There is one thing I wish I had tried doing earlier. At the moment, I still hold the world record of being the only person to have crossed the whole of the Antarctica ice cap, the whole of the northern ice cap and to climb the highest mountain. The north face of the Eiger has killed off 80 people but I could only do it because of that guy.” A fragile planet 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

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 spent the last two years of his army career seconded to the army of the Sultan of Oman. At the time, Oman was experiencing a growing communist insurgency supported from neighbouring South Yemen. After familiarisation, he commanded the Reconnaissance Platoon of the Muscat Regiment, seeing extensive active service in the Dhofar Rebellion. He led several raids deep into rebel-held territory on the Djebel Dhofar and was decorated for bravery by the Sultanate. After eight years' service Fiennes relinquished his commission on 27 July 1971. [10] Expedition leader [ edit ] Between 1 and 5 October 2012, and again from 13 to 19 November 2013, Fiennes featured on the Channel 4 game show Countdown as the celebrity guest in 'Dictionary Corner' and provided interludes based on his life stories and explorations. Mind over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent (1994), Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0385312165. 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.After the war his mother moved the family to South Africa, where he remained until he was 12. While in South Africa he attended Western Province Preparatory School in Newlands, Cape Town. Fiennes then returned to be educated at Sandroyd School, Wiltshire and then at Eton College. 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, [a] is a British explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records. Face to Face: Polar Portraits (2008), The Scott Polar Research Institute with Polarworld, ISBN 978-0-901021-07-6 (with Huw Lewis-Jones, Hugh Brody and Martin Hartley (photographer)). When I was in Dubai recently, they wanted me to go on the World’s Highest Zip Wire and break the record of going 160 mph.