Police are investigating a three-car crash involving one of Britain’s most decorated and long-named polar explorers, Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes after the sixty-six year old’s Jaguar collided with a Nissan then a Ford Focus on a highway in Stockport. Fiennes, who Guinness World Records once dubbed the “World’s Greatest Living Explorer,” survived the incident, proving once and for all that he is indestructible. Don’t believe me? Check out this blurb I found about him in National Geographic:
In 2000 he trekked across the Arctic alone (and later sawed off all five frostbitten fingertips on his left hand). In 2003 he ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days—just months after double bypass surgery. Two years later he came within a thousand feet of Everest’s summit, when chest pains forced him back. And in March he scaled the infamous north face of the Eiger to confront his fear of heights.
According to reports, the explorer had been in Stockport to participate in the grueling High Peak Marathon–a 42-mile night time endurance challenge–a day before the crash.
Organizers say this about the race:
“The dark, lack of sleep and winter weather add to the challenge and can test a competitors fitness, endurance and navigational skill to their limit.”
While there is an ongoing investigation into the accident, police have said so far there is no evidence of wrong-doing and Sir Ranulph has not been arrested.
[Via: Sky News]
