Ranulph Fiennes Quotes
- There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing
- It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy, cringing…
- There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
- The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth
- 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…
- People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.
- I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.
- While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.
- As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a hazard…
- Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I…