An Evening with Ranulph Fiennes

by Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been described by The Guinness Book of Records as "the world's greatest living explorer." He has led over 30 expeditions, including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic continent. He discovered the legendary Lost City of Ubar and has also completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. In his inspirational one-man show, Sir Ranulph enthrals theater audiences with tales of his amazing exploits and astonishing feats of physical and mental endurance as a member of the SAS and as an explorer and adventurer.

Genres: Nonfiction

2 pages, Audio CD

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE, better known as Ranulph (Ran) Fiennes, is a British adventurer and holder of several endurance records.

Fiennes has written books about his army service and his expeditions as well as a book defending Robert Falcon Scott from modern revisionists. In May 2009, aged 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records he is the world's greatest living adventurer.

Reviews

[C2015 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crazy crazy man. Funny and amazing.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to this via listening-books.org.uk. It is a recording of Ranulph Fiennes talking to an audience about his preparations for expeditions including the arctic that he has organised and the expeditions themselves and the people involved. There is a good amount of humour injected in to it. I found personally that there was a bit much info about the preparations and organisation than the expeditions themselves but I expect there are other books about them. It was quite a light hearted listen of 3 hours.