Beyond the Limits: The Lessons Learned from a Lifetime's Adventures

by Ranulph Fiennes

Book Overview

On 5th February 2000 Sir Ranulph Fiennes set off on the most direct - and most difficult - route to the North Pole from Canada. It involved towing a heavily laden sledge over 425 nautical miles of broken ice and open sea fractures. In fact, it is more like 900 miles because the ice drifts backwards. This is an account of the journey, which takes four to five months and during which Fiennes loses more than a third of his bodyweight.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316854581
• ISBN13: 9780316854580
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

A Testament to the Human Spirit

Ranulph Fiennes is a remarkable person who set out to achieve what most considered impossible. From circumnavigating the Earth's polar axis to discovering a lost ancient city in Arabia to gut-wrenching unsupported polar treks, Fiennes shares the ups and downs of a life lived in full. Here are the finely-distilled lessons learned of an intrepid spirit, told through captivating stories of adventure and magnificent photographs. This book provides hard-earned, sage advice for people from all walks of life. Recommended.

Ranulph Fiennes's lifetime of adventures is documented

Sir Randolph Fiennes has been called the 'world's greatest living explorer': he's spent thirty years circumnavigating the globe, broken many exploration records, and has had both high and low moments in the process, so it's little surprise BEYOND THE LIMITS provides such a fascinating memoir and examination of these points. Ranulph Fiennes's lifetime of adventures is documented in a vivid series of lessons: add color photos and you have an outstanding achievement.