Eamon Ginge Fullen
# Eamon Ginge Fullen

Eamon Christopher McKinley "Ginge" Fullen QGM 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.

## 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.

## 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 whilst serving in the Royal Navy.

