2. PROFILE
• Born in the UK in 1944
• Grew up in South Africa
• Joined the Army and served in the SAS (Special
Air Service)

3. RECORDS
• First to reach both Poles (with Charles Burton)
• First to cross Antarctic and Arctic Ocean (with Charles
Burton).
• Achieved the world record for unsupported northerly
polar travel in 1990.
• First to circumnavigate the world along its polar axis (with
Charles Burton)
• March 2005, climbed Mount Everest (Tibet-side) to within
300m of summit raising £2 million for the British Heart
Foundations new research MRI scanner.

4. PICTURES

5. EARLY LIFE
• His Dad died when he was little
• He moved to South Africa when he was 12
• He went to Western Province Preparatory School in Cape
Town
• After school he went to Eton College
• After college he joined the British Army

6. FACTS
• He had a heart attack in 2003
• He has completed 7 marathons
• He’s raised thousands of pounds for charity
• 6 of his marathons were completed in October
• Each was completed in a different country

7. FAMILY
• He has a daughter called Elizabeth Fiennes
• Elizabeth was born in 2006
• His first wife, Virginia Pepper, died in 2004
• He got married to his second wife in 2005
• His Dad is called Ranulph Twisleton- Wykeham- Fiennes
• His Mum is called Audrey Joan Newson
• He has the same name as his Dad