Living Dangerously - Couverture rigide

Fiennes Bt OBE, Sir Ranulph

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0333617010 ISBN 13 : 9780333617014

Editeur : Macmillan, 1994

Synopsis

First published in 1987, this book takes Ranulph Fiennes from his South African boyhood and army career to the series of breathtaking expeditions which have justly earned him the title of "the world's greatest living explorer". Since then, however, his determination to seek new challenges and, more importantly, to conquer them has led him to attempt to reach the North Pole without dogs or motorized equipment, to find the lost city of Ubar, hidden in the Arabian desert, and most recently, his extraordinary journey across the Antarctic to the South Pole. Writing with honesty and good humour, Ranulph Fiennes gives us a taste of the excitement, the hardship, the vital teamwork and the sheer courage that is the life of the modern explorer. He is an English hero in the classic mould - a man of whom it can be said that he has been everywhere and done everything.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Sir Ranulph Fiennes was the first man to reach both poles (by surface travel) and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In the 1960s he was removed from the SAS Regiment for misuse of explosives but, joining the army of the Sultan of Oman, received that country's Bravery Medal on active service in 1971. He is the only person yet to have been awarded two clasps to the Polar medal for both Antarctic and the Arctic regions.

Fiennes has led over 30 expeditions including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth. In 1993 Her Majesty the Queen awarded Fiennes the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for 'human endeavour and charitable services,' because, on the way to breaking records, he has raised over ?5 million for charity.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 theatre 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333617010
• ISBN 13: 9780333617014
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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