Thursday, May 21, 2009

Fiennes finally conquers Everest

British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has reached the summit of Mount Everest, succeeding after two previous attempts ended in failure.






He is the first man to cross both the polar ice-caps and climb 8,850 metres (29,035ft) to the world's highest peak.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ranulph Fiennes came to Oman a few years ago as the speaker for a meeting I was at; very impressive and the determination was tangible – congratulations to him

May 21, 2009 at 8:38 AM  

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