Born in England in 1944, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been named the “world’s greatest living explorer,” by the Guinness Book of Records. A man of many firsts, Sir Ranulph is the only living person to have circumnavigated the world along its polar axis. The Middle East in the 1960sSir Ranulph reminisced about his time as the youngest captain in the British Army, serving in the Middle East during the 1960s. And they were fighting Soviet-trained Yemenis.”As part of the reconnaissance platoon, Sir Ranulph specialized in nighttime mountain ambushes, which he admitted were often frightening. Sir Ranulph Fiennes in an expedition to the Middle EastThe Lost City of ArabiaAnother memorable time during Sir Ranulph’s tenure in the Middle East included his long and arduous search for the lost city of Arabia.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 20, 2020 15:11 UTC