Sir Ranulph Fiennes, OBE is regarded as the World’s Greatest Living Explorer and also one of the finest 10 Motivational Speakers in the World. In 2007 he was also voted the Greatest Living Briton.

In May 2008 Fiennes (64) had to abandon an attempt to be the oldest Briton to climb Mount Everest, being forced to turn back from exhaustion after reaching the final stopping point in a climb for charity. The adventurer, who is receiving treatment for prostate cancer, was suffering with heart problems and vertigo.
The challenge for the 64 year old was made more difficult due to the fact that Ran suffers vertigo and the heart disorder angina. He’s also missing a series of fingers having hacked them off with a Black & Decker following frost bite from a previous expedition.

Background

Ranulph Fiennes was born in l944 and educated at Eton. He served with the Royal Scots Greys for a time before joining the SAS. In l968 he joined the Army of the Sultan of Oman and in l970 was awarded the Sultan's Bravery Medal.

Since l969 when he led the British Expedition on the White Nile, Ranulph Fiennes has been at the forefront of many exploratory expeditions. His expeditions around the world include Transglobe (the first surface journey around the world's polar axis) l979-82; North Polar Unsupported Expedition (furthest North unsupported record) l986; Anglo Soviet North Pole Expedition l990-91; Co-leader of the Ubar Expedition (which in l991 discovered Ptolemy's lost Atlantis of the Sands, the frankincense centre of the world); leader of the Pentland South Pole Expedition (which achieved the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic Continent and the longest unsupported polar journey in history) l992-93.

Sir Ranulph's expeditions have raised millions for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, which has enabled the building of Europe's first MS Research Centre in Cambridge. In l993 he was awarded an OBE for `human endeavour and charitable services'.

In 2003 the world famous explorer suffered a heart attack, not while on expedition, simply while sitting on an aeroplane reading the in-flight magazine. Following his recovery Sir Ranulph joined up with the British Heart Foundation’s ‘Healthy Hearts’ scheme of which he is now President. His first big charity fundraiser was the 7x7x7 challenge, seven marathons in seven days across seven different countries. He also competed in the Flora London Marathon on 18th April 2004.

March 2005 saw him flying to Kathmandu in preparation for another extreme challenge, to climb the more difficult Northern route on Everest and raise £2 million to help the British Heart Foundation save the lives of children and young adults. He came very close to succeeding the ascent in June but had to turn back at over 8500 metres due to breathing difficulties and his lungs being compromised by the extreme altitude and extensive reliance on oxygen.

In March 2007, despite a morbid, lifelong fear of heights, Ranulph Fiennes undertook and completed a personal challenge to climb the Eiger by its much-feared North Face, with sponsorship totalling £1.5 million to be paid to the Marie Curie Cancer Care Delivering Choice Programme.

Author

Sir Ranulph is also the author of several books including his autobiography Living Dangerously, The Feather Men (UK Number One Bestseller), Atlantis of the Sands, Mind over Matter, a harrowing account of an expedition and Beyond the Limits.

Testimonials

After motivating, amusing and thrilling some 500 professional and business groups around the world, he is now ranked as among the world's greatest speakers.

HRH Prince Charles said of him; My admiration for Ran is unbounded, and thank God he exists. The world would be a far duller place without him...

I have never in my experience been approached by so many customers and BT colleagues who have complimented us on our selection of an after dinner speaker – BT

IBM selected Ranulph out of 700 professional speakers to be their speaker of choice and give 65 conferences world wide.

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