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We now have guys on here actually trying to justify his acheivements to you? Unbelievable!
Which planet are you from?
Sir Ranulph
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We now have guys on here actually trying to justify his acheivements to you? Unbelievable!
Which planet are you from?
Tengu's post was more of a request for information than a criticism. She wasn't rude or disrespectful.
Your post seems a bit harsh.
Cheers,
Huon
Interesting observation - so what would you suggest as 'something new'? I might be up for it if it's not too yucky, like snokeling the length of the London sewage system!
Jim
Maybe , something like;-
2009 Fiennes led an expedition that discovered the last working public telephone box in Scotland .
Four months after a heart attack he thought 'I really ought to take it easy' and rested on a La'z'Boy.
First man to visit both the most Northly MacD's and the most Southerly MacD's by and order a fillet'o'fish
First man to cross an Ice rink on foot dressed as a giant chicken
Oldest man to Climb the 50th highest mountain.
Just for fun.
2009 Fiennes led an expedition that discovered the last working public telephone box in Scotland .
Four months after a heart attack he thought 'I really ought to take it easy' and rested on a La'z'Boy.
First man to visit both the most Northly MacD's and the most Southerly MacD's by and order a fillet'o'fish
First man to cross an Ice rink on foot dressed as a giant chicken
Oldest man to Climb the 50th highest mountain.
Just for fun.
People like Sir Ranulph made this a country where free speech is possible.
You are free to be unimpressed, I am free to disagree.
Find and watch the episode of Top Gear that featured Sir Ranulph as the 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car'...... The interview was terribly modest, he got sacked from the SAS for helping a friend demolish an architectural obstacle using 'misaccounted' explosives, accumulated by efficient explosions elsewhere, leaving a 'surplus'.....Naw, boring and Sir R don't belong in the same sentence.
The man has a very dry, understated sense of humour too. I could listen to him for hours and wonder where the time had gone.
For all his eccentricities, we would be culturally poorer without his influence.
Mark Lawson talks to Sir Ran. Available on the iplayer until 1am tomorrow morning. I'll not comment and let the interview speak for itself.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/tv/episode/b00nxk26/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/tv/episode/b00nxk26/
I've read a couple of his books. He's a remarkable man, he doesn't see the world the way most people do. The kind of things an average person would regard as once in a lifetime experiences are routine to him. As you're reading it's the little things he does between challenges that have you shaking your head in disbelief. If he doesn't have a couple of statues some day it'll be a travesty.
What an excellent, honest interview. Awesome man. I love the way he managed to deflect any praise onto his friends and relations.
EdS
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
seems that his stick where pretty much glad to get rid of him as "he was the sort of Rupert that would get you killed" as my friendthat had that pleasure says. Oh and he cheated on the Long Drag.
But fair dues to him since.
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..............I can't believed I missed such great posts as some on here.
Not much to see on Everest ( I've never been but I imagine the view is better than Snowdon).
Achievements considered boring ( Yawwwwn, just nipping off to the South Pole on foot darling).
Homer Simpson summed it all up. If you never do anything, you'll never make any mistakes.
So here is my challenge to the naysayers. Name a person, it could even be yourself, currently alive who has led a more adventurous life. I honestly don't think we have any contenders.
Not much to see on Everest ( I've never been but I imagine the view is better than Snowdon).
Achievements considered boring ( Yawwwwn, just nipping off to the South Pole on foot darling).
Homer Simpson summed it all up. If you never do anything, you'll never make any mistakes.
So here is my challenge to the naysayers. Name a person, it could even be yourself, currently alive who has led a more adventurous life. I honestly don't think we have any contenders.
So here is my challenge to the naysayers. Name a person, it could even be yourself, currently alive who has led a more adventurous life. I honestly don't think we have any contenders.[/QUOTE]
What he said.
Yes, he had a privileged upbringing, but at the end of the day he got off his @rse and organised things for himself, almost always with uncertain outcomes.
His training weekends are probably more adventurous than anything that I've ever done, and I'll be using him as an example to my sons of the Spirit of Adventure.
The Spirit of Adventure is international of course, but the people of the these islands seem to have it in abundance, possibly because they want to escape the rain.
Cheers, Michael.
What he said.
Yes, he had a privileged upbringing, but at the end of the day he got off his @rse and organised things for himself, almost always with uncertain outcomes.
His training weekends are probably more adventurous than anything that I've ever done, and I'll be using him as an example to my sons of the Spirit of Adventure.
The Spirit of Adventure is international of course, but the people of the these islands seem to have it in abundance, possibly because they want to escape the rain.
Cheers, Michael.
i have to say i thought the interview was great and so is the man
I cant believe no one has mentioned this but and its one of the most crazy things Ive ever read.
The man sawed his own frost bitten thumb off with a junior hack saw and a vice because he was bored with and didn't fancy the pain any more waiting for the docs to do it for him
I cant believe no one has mentioned this but and its one of the most crazy things Ive ever read.
The man sawed his own frost bitten thumb off with a junior hack saw and a vice because he was bored with and didn't fancy the pain any more waiting for the docs to do it for him
Yeah, but his wife made him cups of tea while he did it, so that's okThe man sawed his own frost bitten thumb off with a junior hack saw and a vice because he was bored with and didn't fancy the pain any more waiting for the docs to do it for him
