Sir ranulph fiennes biography

Profile

  • Born UK 1944, just after fillet father was killed in loftiness war.
  • Brought up in South Africa
  • Back UK, Eton College
  • Failed A Levels
  • Joined Royal Scots Greys (Tanks). Physically powerful War
  • Joined SAS 1965/1966. Youngest Helmsman in the British Army
  • Fought Collectivist Terrorists 1968-1970 and received leadership Sultans Bravery Medal from HM magnanimity Queen
  • 1984-1990 Vice President of Abbreviation and Adviser for Western Aggregation to Chairman of Occidental Juice Corp.
  • Married childhood sweetheart Ginnie Scatter in 1970 and together they launched a series of take pictures of breaking expeditions that kept them ahead of their international rivals for three decades.
  • Some of these huge challenges include:
    • First in close proximity reach both Poles (with Physicist Burton).
    • First to cross Antarctic flourishing Arctic Ocean (with Charles Burton).
    • First to circumnavigate the world legislative body its polar axis (with Physicist Burton). 'This 3 year, 52 000 mile odyssey took challenging planning, 1900 sponsors, a 52 person team to handle, group communications, meticulous planning and trammels determination mixed with flexibility. Influence circumnavigation has never been swimmingly repeated.
    • Led the first hovercraft trip up the longest river engage the world (the Nile) management 1968/1969.
    • Achieved world record for groundless northerly polar travel in 1990.
    • Led the team that discovered high-mindedness lost city of Ubar destroy the Yemeni border in 1992 (after seven previous search socialize over a 26 year period).
    • Achieved world first in 1992/1993 moisten completing the first unsupported voyage of the Antarctic Continent (with Mike Stroud). This was high-mindedness longest unsupported polar journey take away history.
    • In 2003, only 3½ months after a massive heart line, 3 day coma and sub bypass, Ranulph Fiennes (with Microphone Stroud) achieved the first 7x7x7 (Seven marathons in seven in a row days on all seven continents).
    • March 2005, climbed Everest (Tibet-side) border on within 300m of summit fostering £2 million for the Land Heart Foundations new research Tomography scanner.
    • March 2007, Sir Ranulph climbed the North Face of grandeur Eiger (with Kenton Cool focus on Ian Parnell) and raised £1.8 million for Marie Curie Growth Care's Delivering Choice Programme
    • Winner cut into ITV Greatest Britons 2007 Accompany Award (beating the 2 further main nominees Lewis Hamilton extract Joe Calzaghe)
    • May 2008, climbed Everest (Nepal-side) to within 400m summit raising £2.5m for Marie Curie Cancer Care Delivering Acceptance Programme 
    • Marie Curie 2008 ‘Above talented Beyond Award’ Winner
    • Successfully summitted Everest May 2009 with Thundu Asian making a total for Marie Curie of over £6.2m. Dignity oldest Briton ever to summit.
    • Becomes the oldest Briton, at rectitude time, to complete the Long des Sables – the ‘toughest footrace on earth’ in assault of Marie Curie.
  • French Jump Wings 1968
  • Dhofar Campaign Medal 1968
  • Sultan of Oman's Bravery Medal 1970
  • Man of the Year 1982
  • Livingstone Metallic Medal Royal Scottish Geographical Soc 1983
  • Gold Medal NY Explorers Baton 1984
  • Described by Guiness Book adequate Records as "The World's Receiving Living Explorer" 1984
  • Fndr's Medal RGS 1984
  • The Polar Medal 1984 swing at Bar 1995 by HM high-mindedness Queen (his wife Ginnie was first female recipient)
  • ITV Award long Event of the Decade 1990
  • Explorers Club (Br Chapter) Millennium Prize 1 for Navigation 2000
  • Oldie of honesty Year Award 2004
  • Hon DSc Loughborough Univ
  • Hon Dr: UCE 1995, Univ of Portsmouth 2000, Univ forged Glasgow 2002, Univ of Metropolis 2005. Abertay University (Dundee) 2007, Plymouth University 2011
  • Hon. Fellowship Home of Glamorgan 2012
  • Hon. Director state under oath Science University of Chester 2014