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Ranulph Fiennes [1944-0] British

Rank: 107
Explorer, Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes baronets

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE, commonly known as Ranulph "Ran" Fiennes, is an English explorer and holder of several endurance records. He is also a prolific writer.

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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.	Work	101
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.		102
I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.		103
Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.		104
As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a hazard such as a crevasse.		105

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