13/04/2007

Sir Ranulph hits the heights with Interdean to support him

Interdean, the international relocation services company has sponsored Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ successful climb to the summit of the Eiger’s treacherous north face.

The climb was made in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care and Sir Ranulph hopes to raise £1.5 million for the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme, which he was moved to support after losing his wife, sister and mother to cancer all within an 18-month period.

Sir Ranulph only started climbing two years ago. He suffers from vertigo, a heart condition and, as a result of developing severe frostbite on a solo polar expedition in 2000, climbs without the use of half the fingers of his left hand. Sir Ranulph trained in the shadow of the Eiger at base camp for 11 days while waiting for a five-day window of good weather. Before climbing he said, ‘The Eiger is a big monster and climbing it will be truly challenging, but with every step that our three-man team takes, I’ll know that our efforts will be making a real and tangible difference to the lives of terminally ill people and their families and carers across the UK.’

Sir Ranulph was photographed on the Eiger flourishing his Interdean banner, displaying the appropriate tagline ‘With you every step of the way’.

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