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! Team Alpha Originally uploaded by r1g2b3. Some new Coastguard Coast Guard photos on Flickr from Saturday’s exercise. [...] Read More »

For budding astronaughts out there. You NEED firefox 1.5 for this, otherwise don’t even try, you’ll get xml code: Anyway, if you have FF1.5 try put the moon intro orbit. nice! Oh, and if you need firefox, either read the previous post or get it with the button on the top right of this pa[...] Read More »

Well I know it’s not outdoory, but you may as well read this blog in the best browser possible :-) but there’s a new browser version out, FF 1.5. So I thought I’d let you in on the new features, aside from the boring updates & security stuff! The back & forward buttons [...] Read More »

Pollywoggle publishing has done his own Luas line interpretations. For those not in the know, the Luas means fast in Irish, and is our new inner city transport tram system. It’s cool alright… and we need more lines FAST! Harping On: Luas is suas in the air [...] Read More »

ugh oh… their’s a shout! UPDATE (30th Nov 1100hrs): An oil slick and wreckage have been found by another fishing boat and efforts are now centred on a location 1.5 miles south of the Great Saltee Island. Around 4.30pm yesterday afternoon, the Rising Sun capsized, supposedly very quic[...] Read More »

Alpenglow Expeditions submitted a link to one of my other outdoor websites (theMafikeng.com), and I was impressed enough with their website to give it a plug here. It’s good looking, and has some nice multimedia inserts of recordings of voices from summits and heavy breathing!. [...] Read More »

We’re very lucky to have a state of the art, modern rescue station here in Howth that houses our Boat, Jeep, Van, Quad and all other equipment. We’ve a kitchen mess, ops room and office. Built only four years ago. Looks like Doolin want in on the action, and why not! RTE News - Call fo[...] Read More »

Free running, just watch! russian climbing - Google Video UPDATE: Google Video is currently borked! (broken) UPDATE: Google has been un-borked, and the link above is now working again :-) [...] Read More »

RTE News - Large drugs seizure in west Dublin Gardaí seized a large quantity of cannabis in the Dublin area this afternoon. The seizure was made as part of a joint operation between the Garda National Drugs Unit and Customs and Excise Officers. haha, what great wording! [...] Read More »

The new gamerunner treadmill. Tres Choutte! Take a first person shooter up game, and map the walk action to the speed you are going on the treadmill. Turning is still done by the hand controller. And you get fit too, Nice! Via GameRunner first-person shooter treadmill controller - Engadget - www.en[...] Read More »

I went down to take a look at this this morning. Nothing too serious. It was an old fibre glass boat on a trailer had caught fire (NOT on the marina!), and it had burnt the two boats on either side and one aft also. The group of boats are the old yokes on trailers outside the lifeboat station. Supri[...] Read More »

All I can say is. check this video: Clip Canal.wmv The Catermeran gets up such speed it nose dives and flips over forward. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this occur before. wow! [...] Read More »

Every now and again we bring you an eBay of the Day… which is some outdoor gear that is either a) a great deal we’ve spotted, or b) somethign crazy at a crazy price. Today is from category ‘a’… need a pair of trousers? A very good bid, currently at only €32̷[...] Read More »

65 Fully Licsensed Nudes in Nature… €429… Bargin!: View Images [...] Read More »

What not to do on leaving a helicopter… I’m not sure if I feel sorry for this guy, or just think he’s an idiot. Rule one of helcopters: the blades turn very fast and will cut anything in their way. Vid is a bit gruesome, so make sure you’ve had your dinner. I warned you…[...] Read More »

A Japanese space probe has successfully landed on an asteroid 300km nearly 300 million km (186 million miles) from earth, and has collected rock samples from the surface. In an amazing feat of science, (and robotic flying) they landed… good to have another country in the spcae race! RTE News [...] Read More »