Sir Ranulph Fiennes Conquers Mount Everest

May 21st, 2009 • Related • Filed Under
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Veteran British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Sir Ranulph, aged 65, is the first man to cross both the planet’s poles and climb 29,035ft to the world’s highest peak.

The explorer began his latest attempt at climbing Everest three weeks ago. However, Sir Ranulph turned back from the summit on his first attempt in 2005 after having a heart attack while exhaustion forced him to turn back when he tried to climb it again last year.

“We came to the summit as dawn broke. It was very, very cold.” Said the adventurer.

Wearing a new pair of hiking shoes, his efforts this time are raising money for the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity - his wife, mother and sister all died from the disease within 18 months.

During his career Sir Ranulph has led more than 30 expeditions. The explorer is perhaps best known for a three-year transglobe expedition - the first successful circumnavigation of the world on its polar axis - which was completed in 1982.

He also travelled to the North Pole unaided, as well as a 97-day trek across Antarctica.

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  1. Comment by Oman on 21 May 2009:

    Ranulph Fiennes came to Oman a few years ago as the speaker for a meeting I was at; very impressive and the determination was tangible – congratulations to him

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