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.
It means he has become the first man to cross the planet's two poles and climb 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."
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.
Sir Ranuph had a triple heart bypass in 2003 after suffering from a heart attack.