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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.

Ranulph Fiennes

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Ranulph Fiennes
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 7
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