Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills; you can't teach character. — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter.… — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy,… — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England. — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb. — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the… — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills; you can't teach character. — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills. — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a… — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
