Ranulph Fiennes
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"Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes baronets/Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet", Order of the British Empire/OBE, commonly known as "Ranulph "("Ran")" Fiennes", is an English List of explorers/adventurer and holder of several endurance records. He is also a prolific writer.

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/North and South Pole/South Poles 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. According to the Guinness World Records/Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, he was the world's greatest living explorer. Fiennes has written numerous books about his army service and his expeditions as well as a book defending Robert Falcon Scott from modern revisionists.

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Will I spend my life in a wheelchair? Tottering around my lounge, instead of running up mountain passes or navigating glaciers?

After my heart attack I thought, is this it?