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"At night the act of breathing caused the worst discomfort.

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Generally speaking, polar travel would be quite pleasant if it was not necessary to breathe."

This was recommended to me by family and as I enjoyed Endurance about Shackleton's adventures recently I decided to give it a go.

Ranulph Fiennes was labelled as "mad, bad and dangerous to know" by his prospective father in law. The book is a compelling account of a life-time of icy expeditions to the poles, marathons against the clock on every continent, and, later in life, treacherous mountain climbs despite suffering from vertigo.

"When we tried to snuggle down inside our sleeping bags, our breath formed a thick rime of frost where it met cold air. The resulting frost layers cascaded down our necks whenever we moved. To avoid this I blocked both nostrils up with plugs of kleenex and tried to position my mouth to breathe out of the bag's hood-hole.

Fiennes ranulph autobiography examples Reading about Ginny's death made me cry. Ranulph Fiennes 88 books followers. Antarctic Continent History Expeditions. Continent History Expeditions.

This worked well except that my frostbitten nose remained outside the bag's warmth and, unprotected from the tent's average temperature of C, was far colder than a deep freeze."

I became slightly lost in adventurer jargon and terminology for parts of the book, not really understanding what all of the words meant and therefore not being able to envisage the scenes as I would have liked.

However, the sheer breadth of Fiennes experiences here means that there is something for everyone--I enjoyed the section of mountain climbing towards the end finding myself close to suffering vertigo from the comfort of my living room!

I enjoyed the author's humour and his unconventional approach, probably summed up in this quotation

"I reflected that if a committee had been running this expedition, after the fashion of our Transglobe committee, we would never have resolved things so quickly!

I remembered reading that 'a committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide nothing can be done.'"

The over-arching question in the mind of the reader is of course, why? Why would someone put themselves through the excruciating pain and frequent near death experiences?

Fiennes ranulph autobiography examples pdf This worked well except that my frostbitten nose remained outside the bag's warmth and, unprotected from the tent's average temperature of C, was far colder than a deep freeze. Fiennes has led over 30 expeditions including the first polar circumnavigation of the Earth. Ranulph Fiennes. The Bottom of the World.

Some do it as a hobby or to see the beautiful scenery or even as a form of competitive risk. But Fiennes is clear that his primary motivation is that his chosen vocation pays the bills and raises money for charity--£10 million to date.

As a Christian, I struggled in places knowing that Fiennes, despite his great earthly achievements, appears to have no personal assurance of salvation and no understanding of the path to eternal life.

"I trusted that my own bog standard Church of England beliefs would sort out whatever fate had in store for me."

"I hope there is an afterlife, as I would love to meet my father for the first time."

I also struggled with what he put both of his wives (and later his child) through despite them clearly being behind his various exploits or accepting them having married him with their eyes open.

There is infrequent bad language, but no sexual or violent content that I recall.

The book is well researched and includes details of many historic adventurers and their achievements. It is extremely readable. Recommended.