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Ranulph Fiennes

ラナルフ・ファインズ　/　らなるふ・ふぁいんず

Explorer from United Kingdom

March 7, 1944 (age 82)　・　Windsor, United Kingdom

explorer
writer
athletics competitor

My Take

Ranulph Fiennes belongs to a vanishing breed of genuine adventurers. Eight years in the British Army, counter-insurgency duty in Oman, and then a second life hauling himself across the poles to set endurance records most of us cannot fathom. The OBE and Royal Geographical Society medals are recognition, but what fascinates me is that he also wrote it all down; he experienced the extreme and then made sense of it on the page. I respect people who throw themselves at the limits of human capability, and Fiennes did it for decades with a stubbornness bordering on the heroic.

Overview

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet (born 7 March 1944) is an English explorer and writer, who holds several endurance records. Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years, including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ranulph Fiennes
Name (Japanese): ラナルフ・ファインズ
Reading: らなるふ・ふぁいんず
Born: March 7, 1944 (age 82)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Monkey
Origin: Windsor, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: explorer / writer / athletics competitor / biographer / marathon runner

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Eton College

Awards & achievements

1993 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1984 Founder’s Medal
Polar Medal
Livingstone Medal

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulph%20Fiennes

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