Ranulph Fiennes Quotes

• Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills; you can't teach character.

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  Team, Character, Skills

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• There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing

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  Running, Adventure, Weather

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• It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy, cringing and fearful; or he can be faithful and loyal, courageous and the best of companions and allies.

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  Dog, Faithful, Allies

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• People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.

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  Adventure, People, England

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• There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

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  Weather, Inappropriate, Clothings

  "6 Simple Tricks to Have a Better Winter" by Kayla Matthews, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2016.

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• The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth

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  Book, Adventure, Earth

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• I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.

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  House, Agents, Goes On

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• While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

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  Teaching, Adventure, Soldier

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• Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.

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  Winter, Want, Firsts

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• As a rule, anything that is pretty you avoid when on an expedition in the polar extremes. Normally anything other than white means a hazard such as a crevasse.

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  Mean, White, Hazards

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• No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.

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  Army, Weekend, Night

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