In 1984, the Guinness Book of Records called Sir Rannel finds the greatest living explorer in the world.
Tim, why do they call him that? What has he done?
Oh, he's done some _____________ things. Where do you want me to start?
Well, what about the highest mountain in the world? Has he ever climbed Everest?
Yes, he has. He's climbed it _________ or _________ times, I think.
In fact, he climbed it in 2009 when he was 65 years old.
He was the _________ British climber to get to the top.
But perhaps his biggest, most difficult adventure was the Trans-Globe expedition.
What was that?
Between 1979 and 1982, he went from the UK to the South Pole.
Then, he went all the way to the North Pole and back to the UK.
He used different land and sea ______________, but he didn't fly.
I mean, the man has actually walked right across Antarctica.
That isn't the easiest thing in the world to do.
Actually, I've heard that he once ran seven _________ in seven days.
That was in 2003, yes. But it wasn't only that.
The seven marathons were on seven different _________.
The worst one was in Asia because of _________ _________.
And he did it just three months after a __________ __________________.
That's really amazing, isn't it?
Incredible. But why does he do these things?
Well, that's one of the best things about these _________.
He usually does them to make money for _________.
For example, when he climbed Everest,
he made a total of £6.5 million for a _________ _________.
That's great. Has he ever written about his experiences?
Yes, he has. He's written about 20 books.
And he's made films and TV programmes.
He's never worked as an _________,
but he once said that he nearly became James Bond when he was _________.
What an amazing character!
I hear he's making plans for more adventures, even though he's already 70. Good luck to him.
