Ranulph Fiennes

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt OBE
Fiennes in 2014
Born	Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1944-03-07) 7 March 1944 (age 80) Windsor, Berkshire, England
Alma mater	Mons Officer Cadet School
Occupation(s)	British Army Officer; explorer and travel writer
Spouses	Ginny Pepper ​ ​ (m. 1970; died 2004)​ Louise Millington ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	1
Awards	Order of the British Empire Polar Medal (with double clasp)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1963–1983
Rank	Lieutenant
Service number	474357
Unit	Royal Scots Greys (1963–1966, 1966–1968) 22 SAS (1966) Royal Army of Oman (1967–1970) 22 SAS (R Sqn) (1970–1971) 21 SAS (1971–1983)

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet OBE (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes (/ˈrænʌlf ˈfaɪnz/) and sometimes as Ran Fiennes,^[a] is a British explorer, writer and poet, 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. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North Pole and South Pole by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he reached the summit of Mount Everest.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, he was the world's greatest living explorer.^[1] Fiennes has written numerous books about his army service and his expeditions as well as books on explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

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