Sir Ranulph Fiennes rests his left hand with amputated finger tips on a chair during lunch with friends in Kathmandu May 24, 2009. Aged 65, Fiennes became the oldest Briton to climb Mount Everest when he reached the summit on May 21, 2009. He amputated the fingertips on his left hand after sustaining severe frostbite during an attempted expedition to the North Pole in 2000. REUTERS/Shruti Shrestha (NEPAL SOCIETY)