best fell runner ever ?

[fellgazelle]

In my opinion the greatest fellrunners of all time are Joss Naylor and Helene Diamentides.

then again Eric Beard held an impressive tally of records back in the mists of time. I remember reading about him when I was a young lad and being totally inspired.

I seem to remember reading that at one point in the 1960's he held something like 20 odd long distance fell records including:

Bob Graham round
Lakes 24 hour fell record
Welsh 3000'ers
Cuillin ridge
The Mourne wall
etc.

Perhaps someone could shed more light on this?