Eamon Ginge Fullen
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Eamon Ginge Fullen, well known as Ginge Fullen, is a British Navy clearance diver, climber, adventurer, mountaineer who holds 2 Guinness World Records — the fastest, climbing every peak in the Europe and Africa. [1][2][3]
Life
He was a Clearance Diver in the Royal Navy, where he spent 20 years of his life. He broke his neck in 1990 while playing rugby, and faced a heart-attack while in Mt. Everest in 1996. [1]
Achievements
Ginge has climbed overall 168 country high points. He has been awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for saving lives during the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster in 1987, when he was in Navy.[1] He is well revised in the trekking community of Bangladesh for finding and ascending the highest mountain of Bangladesh, the Saka Haphong.[4]
See also
References
External links
- Guinness World Records
- Archived website - gingefullen.com - web archive
- Greatest Modern Day Adventurers
- A Few breaths from death, Everest 1996 - Self account of Ginge Fullen (DOC File)
- Trapped on Everest? I'm on my mobile by Stephen Goodwin, Independent UK
- The Storms: Adventure and tragedy on Everest by Mike Trueman, Google Books.
