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Sir Ranulph Fiennes was described by the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's greatest living explorer". The cousin of actors Joseph and Ralph Fiennes, he was the first man to reach both the North and South Pole on foot.
In his 60s, despite suffering from vertigo and having had double bypass surgery after a heart attack, he decided to take on an entirely new challenge: mountaineering. To raise money for a cancer charity, he set his sights high. In 2007 he set out to climb the North Face of the Eiger, one of the most challenging north faces in the Alps, and the stuff of legend. More than 60 climbers have died trying to conquer it.

Phil Reay-Smith
Presenter/producer Phil Reay-Smith is a correspondent with ITV News based in London. He has reported on major news stories from around the world, including the invasion of Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and from Sri Lanka on the Asian Tsunami. However, he had never worked in a mountain environment before embarking on the Eiger project.