Book description
Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible
places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his
fingers to frostbite, raised millions of pounds for charity and been
awarded a polar medal and an OBE. He has been an elite soldier, an
athlete, a mountaineer, an explorer, a bestselling author and nearly
replaced Sean Connery as James Bond. In his autobiography he describes
how he led expeditions all over the world and became the first person to
travel to both poles on land. He tells of how he discovered the lost
city of Ubar in Oman and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the
North Pole - the expedition that cost him several fingers, and very
nearly his life. Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE, 3rd Baronet,
looks back on a life lived at the very limits of human endeavour.
