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Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has climbed the Eiger and Mount Everest. He`s crossed both Poles on foot. He`s been a member of the SAS and fought a bloody guerrilla war in Oman. And yet he confesses that his fear of heights is so great that he`d rather send his wife up a ladder to clean the gutters than do it himself.In Fear, the world`s greatest explorer delves into his own experiences to try and explain what fear is, how it happens and how he`s overcome it so successfully. He examines key moments from history where fear played an important part in the outcome of a great event.He shows us how the brain perceives fear, how that manifests itself in us, and how we can transform our perceptions. With an enthralling combination of story-telling, research and personal accounts of his own struggles to overcome fear, Sir Ranulph Fiennes sheds new light on one of humanity`s strongest emotions.