Eamon Christopher McKinley "Ginge" Fullen QGM[1] is a British mountaineer and former Royal Navy clearance diver who holds the Guinness World Records for the fastest climbs of every peak in Europe and Africa.[2][3][4]

Life

Fullen was a clearance diver in the Royal Navy for twenty years. He broke his neck in 1990 while playing rugby and suffered a heart attack on Mount Everest in 1996.[2]

Achievements

Fullen has climbed 168 country high points. He was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal in the 1988 New Year Honours for saving lives during the 1987 MS Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster[5] whilst serving in the Royal Navy.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "No. 51183". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1987. p. 61.
  2. 1 2 3 "An Interview with Adventurer Ginge Fullen". 7 Summits Project. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fastest time to climb the highest peaks in all African countries". Guinness World Records. 25 December 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2016. The record for the fastest time to climb the highest peaks in all African countries is 5 years, and was achieved by Eamon 'Ginge' Fullen (UK) when he reached the Bikku Bitti Peak, Libya, on 25 December 2005. He climbed the highest peaks of each of the 53 African countries as listed in the beginning of the attempt. HRH Prince Charles endorsed the attempt. He reached the first peak, Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa, on 25 December 2000.
  4. ↑ Bugge, Jon (10 October 2003). "The view from the top". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Nick, Metcalf. "The Herald of Free Enterprise – 30th Anniversary". www.nickmetcalfe.co.uk/. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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