2000, 1st UK edition. 223 pp, 100s color photos. On 5th February 2000 Sir Ranulph Fiennes set off on the most direct - and most difficult - route to the North Pole from Canada. It involved towing a heavily laden sledge over 425 nautical miles of broken ice and open sea fractures. In fact, it is more like 900 miles because the ice drifts backwards. This is an account of the journey, which takes four to five months and during which Fiennes loses more than a third of his bodyweight. Tall hardcover, New, Dust Jacket.
The story of his solo and unsupported attempt to reach the North Pole in 2000, which ended in horrendous frostbite and near death. In 'Beyond the Limits, Fiennes looks back over a lifetime of extraordinary adventures and talks about the lessons he has taken away from each one, from the importance of preparation and leadership to the value of persistence and flexibility. And although these sometimes painful lessons were learned in the pursuit of adventure, they apply to all areas of life.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been cited by The Guinness Book of Records as the world’s greatest living explorer. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has circumnavigated the globe, broken numerous records, and experienced triumph and disaster. The high points are many, but there are low points too: the failed expedition to Antarctica in 1996, when painful kidney stones forced him to turn back; and the solo and unsupported attempt to reach the North Pole in 2000, which ended in horrendous frostbite and near death. In Beyond the Limits, Fiennes looks back over a lifetime of extraordinary adventures and talks about the lessons he has taken away from each one, from the importance of preparation and leadership to the value of persistence and flexibility. And although these sometimes painful lessons were learned in the pursuit of adventure, they apply to all areas of life.
