Sir Ranulph had a triple heart bypass in 2003 after suffering from a heart attack.
Only four months later, he and Dr Stroud ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.
Hat’s off. Wow.
I know. Think of the carbon footprint. And the pointlessness. 😈
But seriously, a great adventurer- I don’t tend to think of him as being an explorer in, say, the Burton mould- and rather unusually these days not relying on , or driven by commercial motivation. I’ve really enjoyed reading a lot of his books, though ‘The Feathermen’ is a bit of an oddity. As rogerthecat says, someone to tell your kids about.