The Edge of Reason Interview Interview He's Survived a Heart Attack and Lost His Fingertips to Frostbite. So What Compels Sir Ranulph Fiennes to Keep Returning to Earth's Extremes?
Sunday Herald › October 08, 2007
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IN Kafka's short story The Hunger Artist, a man starves himself for professional gain.
At first, he is a celebrity.See the full content of this document
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The Edge of Reason Interview Interview He's Survived a Heart Attack and Lost His Fingertips to Frostbite. So What Compels Sir Ranulph Fiennes to Keep Returning to Earth's Extremes?
Mothers and their children come from far and wide to see him at the circus, gasping as he notches another incredible day on to his tally of non-eating. As the years pass, the job begins to go out of fashion. The circus master - a reasonable man - doesn't want to fire the artist. Instead, he moves him away from the main attractions, first to the fringes of the main tent, and then to the outskirts of the circus camp. Regardless, the old man maintains his fast, well past his previous record, and is eaten by the hunger that defines him.
The world has moved on - but the hunger artist cannot.By leading one life-threatening expedition after another, Sir Ranulph Fiennes shows a similar compulsion, forging routes t...See the full content of this document
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