Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

by Fiennes, Ranulph

• ISBN13: 9780340951699
• ISBN10: 0340951699
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Hodder

Summary

Ranulph Fiennes has traveled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth. In the process he nearly died on several occasions, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, and raised millions of pounds for charity. He discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the South Pole. He was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic Continent unsupported. In 1993, Her Majesty the Queen awarded him the Order of the British Empire for "human endeavor and charitable services." An elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, and a renowned explorer, Fiennes describes here in his own words his incredible journey through life.

Author Biography

Ranulph Fiennes is an elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, and a renowned explorer.

Table of Contents

At First	p. 1
Young Love and the SAS	p. 9
Fighting for the Arabs	p. 28
The Fastest River	p. 38
Ginny's Idea	p. 61
The Bottom of the World	p. 73
Full Circle	p. 95
Hammer and Sickle	p. 132
The Frankincense Trail	p. 146
The Longest Track	p. 153
How Not to Get Old?	p. 177
Solo South	p. 189
Sorry Straits	p. 204
Falling Through	p. 217
Amputations	p. 232
Heart Attack	p. 247
Ginny	p. 269
Almost	p. 282
Vertigo	p. 316
Murder Wall	p. 334
Appendices	p. 359
Picture acknowledgments	p. 385
Index	p. 386
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