Team Geared Up

Welcome! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email: for updates. Thanks for visiting! “the camping experts at Kelty are unveiling a new concept tent-shelter hybrid, known as the Carport. This protective wing securely and gently fastens to a vehicle[...] Read More »

I just got my first Comment. Geeeee, I’m dead chuffed! ” Anonymous said… Hello! I’m sorry but I’m french and I don’t speak english very well… But I must say that I really like your blog and particullarly this photography (Simon in action!!) He is very nice,[...] Read More »

I got an email today from Mountain Hardwear stating Ed Viestuers, America’s most commercial climber ;-) had completed his trinaing peak, but his photographer Jimmy Chin who’s stuff is really excellent I have to say, got high altitude cerebral edmea, HACE. This is where the brain swells [...] Read More »

The email From Mountain Hardware stating Ed Viestures had summited Cho Oyu successfully in training for his final 8000m peak, Annapurna.  [...] Read More »

Petzl Lamps - MYO - MYO XP: “Provides a powerful, even and adjustable white light, with long light duration. A single light source for multiple uses.” The more I look at the MYO the more I think I’ll get one. It seems to have hit the nail on the head. I’ve been looking the M[...] Read More »

Petzl Work solutions - Solutions - ASAP®: is the Lastest and greatest from Petzl. It’s industrial rope access stuff, the idea being that when you fall, at a certain speed it locks onto the rope. But at walking speeds it simple moves with you. What is inventive about it is it won’t sl[...] Read More »

South Pole, North Pole News and Guide: “”There were times yesterday when I genuinely believed that we might not make it. Having gone to bed after Day 36 with 15.9 miles to go to the Pole, we woke up the next morning to find that thanks to the ice drift, that target had increased to 18.6[...] Read More »

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cavers smash world depth record tells about these deepest caver lads… ok, so it’s pretty cool. Pretty deep. I mean 2,080m down is a VERY long climb back to the surface. I’d imagine camping in a cave is somewhat fun! I must admit I was a little disapoint[...] Read More »

SummitPost.org - Aconcagua Climbing Information So, two reasons for this post… Reason 1. Summit Post is a super duper website for mountaineers. Reason 2. This is the next big mountain I want to climb. The highest in the western hemisphere. Located in Argentina. I loved Peru’s culture so[...] Read More »

All Climbing » Everest climber argues Sherpas undervalued They certainly are! $3000 is very little for what the High Altitude Sherpas do. They have massive responsibilities. I will have up-most respect for mountain cultures after trekking in Peru where the treatment we got from the equivilent com[...] Read More »

We deal with units every day in our lives… The Register brough us this article today Scientists want to bring the kilogram into 21st century | The Register: “The kilo is the only international standard measurement still defined by an actual thing. The meter, for example, was originally [...] Read More »

Rescue Demonstration 2005 - Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources | An Roinn Cumarsáide, Mara agus í: IMSARC SAR DEMONSTRATION ROSSES POINT, COUNTY SLIGO SUNDAY 22ND MAY 05 @ 4 PM… Is worth the spectatorship if anyone is nearby! [...] Read More »

First Aid Scenarios are great. Here’s a photo from one we ran on Friday night for a group who’d spent the evening doing a course. Yes… this is a gashed leg thats been vommited on! For more photos see theMafikeng.com  [...] Read More »

FindMeATent.com / The North Face Tents has now got the new Spring 2005 North Face tents live. While there are no new expedition range tents there are a few in the 3 season category. The Particle is their lightweight division. It’s one person and they don’t even have a photo of it yet, [...] Read More »

Annabella Bond summited Everest Last May… Here’s the proof of the pudding though… as I’ve never seen anyone manage to look pretty on the summit of Everest or any mountain for that matter. But oviously she had a good make-up team with her, that or she may have natural good loo[...] Read More »

And again… oooh how does she manage to Keep her make-up on ice climbing…  [...] Read More »