Peak performer

YOUNG LBdr Eddie Bingham (RA) has single-handedly covered the Anglesey Coastal Path – all 200km of it. The book says it takes two weeks for the average person; he did it in three days. The soldier then took on 15 peaks in North Wales, each peak higher than 3,000-feet, in just 24 hours. “I decided to do this for the ABF because it’s the Army’s own charity and the lads and families deserve the support the ABF provides,” he said. “The Anglesey coastal walk was the first challenge. It was freezing. I did it on my own at the start of my Christmas leave, and had to carry food, shelter and water. The Fifteen Peaks was something else. I flew into Manchester Airport in early March and then straight to the mountains in Snowdonia; I didn’t even go home to see the family, but they knew that it wasn’t a social visit.”

Total raised: £875