Beyond The Limits: The Lessons Learned From A Lifetime's Adventures

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is, according to 'The Guinness Book Of Records', "the world's greatest living explorer". In a career spanning over thirty years, he has circumnavigated the globe, broken numerous exploration records and experienced more than his fair share of triumphs and disasters.

The high points are many, but there are love points too: the failed expedition to Antarctica in 1996, when Ran had to turn back because of a kidney stone problem; or the solo and unsupported attempt to reach the North Pole in 2000, which ended in severe frostbite and near death. And the low points are important; they are there to be learned from.