Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous & inaccessible places on earth almost died countless times lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite raised millions of pounds for charity & been awarded a polar medal & an OBE He has been an elite soldier an athlete a mountaineer an explorer a bestselling author & nearly replaced Sean Connery as James Bond In his autobiography he describes how he led expeditions all over the world & became the first person to travel to both poles on land He tells of how he discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman & attempted to walk solo & unsupported to the North Pole
- the expedition that cost him several fingers & very nearly his life His most recent challenge was scaling the north face of the Eiger one of the most awesome mountaineering challenges in the world Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE 3rd Baronet looks back on a life lived at the very limits of human endeavour' Even readers with a broadly low tolerance for macho heroism will find themselves gripped compelling'
- Time Out