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Ranulph Fiennes Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Ranulph Fiennes is a renowned British explorer, known for his adventurous spirit and determination to conquer the world’s most challenging environments. To honor his incredible achievements, we have created a timeline game that allows players to test their knowledge of Fiennes’ remarkable expeditions and accomplishments.

  • Players will be challenged to place events such as Fiennes’ first solo expedition to the North Pole, his completion of the Seven Summits challenge, and his record-breaking trek across Antarctica in the correct chronological order.
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  • March 7, 1944: Born in Windsor, England
  • 1965: Commissioned in the British Army
  • 1968: Became the youngest captain in the British Army
  • 1982: Completed the first surface journey around the Earth's polar axis
  • 1969: Led the first hovercraft expedition up the longest river in the world, the Nile
  • 2000: Attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole
  • 2009: Became the oldest Briton to summit Mount Everest
  • 2015: Ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents
  • 2013: Crossed Antarctica in winter, a journey of 2,000 miles
  • 2018: Completed the Marathon des Sables, a 156-mile race through the Sahara Desert
  • 1992: Set a new world record for the fastest unsupported journey to the South Pole
  • 1993: Completed the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic continent
  • 1986: Attempted to climb the highest peak on each of the world's seven continents in seven months
  • 1992: Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud became the first to cross the Antarctic continent unsupported
  • 2007: Climbed the Eiger North Face in Switzerland
  • 1986: Completed the first unsupported crossing of the Arctic Ocean via the North Pole
  • 2015: Became the oldest person to complete the Marathon des Sables
  • 2013: Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud became the first to cross Antarctica in winter
  • 2003: Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud completed a 135-mile run in the Sahara Desert without water
  • 2008: Attempted to climb Mount Everest

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