Ranulph Fiennes

Explorer

1944-03-07

Quotes by Ranulph Fiennes

• No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.

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• 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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