Everest Challenge This website was created to follow Sir Ranulph’s progress as he attempted to climb Everest for Marie Curie Cancer Care in May 2008 Marie Curie Cancer Care

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Sir Ranulph – on his way back to Base Camp

Having abandoned his summit attempt due to exhaustion Sir Ranulph Fiennes is now heading down to Base Camp.
At 12.45am (Nepalese Time) this morning Sir Ranulph Fiennes arrived back at the South Col suffering from extreme exhaustion. He left Camp 4 to head down the mountain this morning.
At 1.30pm Sir Ranulph radioed down to base camp [...]

Last hours before the final push

Having successfully reached Camp 4 the next stop for Sir Ranulph Fiennes is, quite literally, the top of the world.
Team Marie Curie left Camp 3 this morning at 7am (Nepalese time) to head into the death zone. They reached their destination on the South Col around 1pm.
Speaking from his tent, sounding breathless and croaky, Kenton [...]

Next stop – the death zone

At 6pm (Nepalese time) this evening Sir Ranulph Fiennes was tucking into a meal of chicken, mushroom and pasta, having successfully reached Camp 3 just before lunchtime.
Sir Ranulph said: “There was a little bit of snow as we trudged up the Lhotse Face – but we had no problems at all.”
Sir Ranulph, who has had [...]