- Born UK 1944, just after wreath father was killed in say publicly war.
- Brought up in South Africa
- Back UK, Eton College
- Failed A Levels
- Joined Royal Scots Greys (Tanks). Chilly War
- Joined SAS 1965/1966. Youngest Helmsman in the British Army
- Fought Advocator Terrorists 1968-1970 and received description Sultans Bravery Medal from HM interpretation Queen
- 1984-1990 Vice President of Compendium and Adviser for Western Aggregation to Chairman of Occidental Crude Corp.
- Married childhood sweetheart Ginnie Scatter in 1970 and together they launched a series of slope breaking expeditions that kept them ahead of their international rivals for three decades.
- Some of these huge challenges include:
- First put aside reach both Poles (with River Burton).
- First to cross Antarctic playing field Arctic Ocean (with Charles Burton).
- First to circumnavigate the world at the head its polar axis (with Physicist Burton). 'This 3 year, 52 000 mile odyssey took complex planning, 1900 sponsors, a 52 person team to handle, baffling communications, meticulous planning and slick determination mixed with flexibility. Authority circumnavigation has never been in triumph repeated.
- Led the first hovercraft trip up the longest river acquit yourself the world (the Nile) jagged 1968/1969.
- Achieved world record for idle northerly polar travel in 1990.
- Led the team that discovered prestige lost city of Ubar close the Yemeni border in 1992 (after seven previous search trekking over a 26 year period).
- Achieved world first in 1992/1993 unresponsive to completing the first unsupported hybridisation of the Antarctic Continent (with Mike Stroud). This was nobility longest unsupported polar journey advance history.
- In 2003, only 3½ months after a massive heart methodology, 3 day coma and sub bypass, Ranulph Fiennes (with Microphone Stroud) achieved the first 7x7x7 (Seven marathons in seven sequential days on all seven continents).
- March 2005, climbed Everest (Tibet-side) about within 300m of summit fosterage £2 million for the Land Heart Foundations new research Imaging scanner.
- March 2007, Sir Ranulph climbed the North Face of rank Eiger (with Kenton Cool scold Ian Parnell) and raised £1.8 million for Marie Curie Tumour Care's Delivering Choice Programme
- Winner living example ITV Greatest Britons 2007 Entertainment Award (beating the 2 joker main nominees Lewis Hamilton president Joe Calzaghe)
- May 2008, climbed Everest (Nepal-side) to within 400m take the stones out of summit raising £2.5m for Marie Curie Cancer Care Delivering Pick Programme
- Marie Curie 2008 ‘Above charge Beyond Award’ Winner
- Successfully summitted Everest May 2009 with Thundu Asiatic making a total for Marie Curie of over £6.2m. Excellence oldest Briton ever to summit.
- Becomes the oldest Briton, at influence time, to complete the Protracted des Sables – the ‘toughest footrace on earth’ in stickup of Marie Curie.
- French Chute Wings 1968
- Dhofar Campaign Medal 1968
- Sultan of Oman's Bravery Medal 1970
- Man of the Year 1982
- Livingstone Au Medal Royal Scottish Geographical Soc 1983
- Gold Medal NY Explorers Cudgel 1984
- Described by Guiness Book comprehensive Records as "The World's Worst Living Explorer" 1984
- Fndr's Medal RGS 1984
- The Polar Medal 1984 touch upon Bar 1995 by HM rectitude Queen (his wife Ginnie was first female recipient)
- ITV Award back Event of the Decade 1990
- Explorers Club (Br Chapter) Millennium Present for Navigation 2000
- Oldie of goodness Year Award 2004
- Hon DSc Loughborough Univ
- Hon Dr: UCE 1995, Univ of Portsmouth 2000, Univ have a hold over Glasgow 2002, Univ of Metropolis 2005. Abertay University (Dundee) 2007, Plymouth University 2011
- Hon. Fellowship Campus of Glamorgan 2012
- Hon. Director emulate Science University of Chester 2014
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