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PROFILE

• Born in the UK in 1944

• Grew up in South Africa

• Joined the Army and served in the SAS (Special Air Service)

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.

PICTURES

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

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

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