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| Fiennes climbs to Everest summit | Fiennes climbs to Everest summit |
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| Veteran British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has reached the summit of Mount Everest, succeeding after two previous attempts ended in failure. | Veteran British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has reached the summit of Mount Everest, succeeding after two previous attempts ended in failure. |
| He is the first man to cross both the planet's poles and climb 8,850 metres (29,035ft) to the world's highest peak. | |
| Sir Ranulph, 65, who had kept this latest attempt at climbing the mountain low key, said: "It's amazing where you can get with a bus pass these days." | Sir Ranulph, 65, who had kept this latest attempt at climbing the mountain low key, said: "It's amazing where you can get with a bus pass these days." |
| The explorer began his latest attempt at climbing Everest three weeks ago. | The explorer began his latest attempt at climbing Everest three weeks ago. |
| He becomes the oldest Briton and the first British pensioner to scale the world's highest mountain. | He becomes the oldest Briton and the first British pensioner to scale the world's highest mountain. |
| Sir Ranuph had a triple heart bypass in 2003 after suffering from a heart attack. | Sir Ranuph had a triple heart bypass in 2003 after suffering from a heart attack. |
| The explorer is best known for a three-year transglobe expedition - the first successful circumnavigation of the world on its polar axis - which was completed in 1982. | |
| He also attempted, along with Dr Mike Stroud, to reach the North Pole unaided and a 97-day trek across Antarctica. |