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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a hazard such as a crevasse.
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills; you can't teach character.
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By AnonymRanulph Fiennes
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.
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