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took him to 8400m before he turned back in poor conditions.

Erm, I thought he suffered a heart complaint?

And returning to Everest, somewhat lacking inspiration?  OK, no doubt it'll raise lots of money and the media will lap it up, which is of course the aim. 

Kenton Cool -: “I'm quite an arrogant person - I freely admit it. If you want to climb the mountain of your dreams, you do it with me.

”Ranulph Fiennes will summit Everest this time. I will personally make sure of that.”

What a tosser. Presumably he is going to control the weather? And Fiennes heart too? What does he propose doing differently to his mate Ian Parnell who was guiding on Fiennes last attempt on Everest?

' Ranulph Fiennes will summit Everest this time. I will personally make sure of that.”  What a tosser. Presumably he is going to control the weather? And Fiennes heart too? What does he propose doing differently to his mate Ian Parnell who was guiding on Fiennes last attempt on Everest? '

Interesting statement from Kenton considering the long ongoing debate about everest and peoples' dreams of getting to the summit, thou i don't know in what context or what else he said that isn't printed here so a bit stupid to label him a tosser.

   As Jon said - no-one ever got up a mountain by starting off with the idea that he wasn't going to make it.

 Wish both the best of luck and i'm sure they'll do it.

That's true Jon.

So presumably since Kenton has guaranteed they will summit then Ranulph should be due for a nice load of compo if they miss out?

Fiennes is too old and to medically unfit to be able to summit.

I hope he causes me to eat my words though because he is one of the few human beings I admire greatly.