Team Geared Up

Just in from a Geared Up Reader ‘LMSAR’ in a post comment: limerick search and rescue located a body after a search of the river around the city at 07.45 yesterday. The call came from the ircg [Irish Coast Guard] after a person reported sighting something in the water at sarsfield bridg[...] Read More »

Maybe Aine of SligoZone could make some money yet! Mashable* reviews ‘TurnHere’ - Local Travel Videos TurnHere, which launches officially this week, is a venue for local videos. The idea is to serve both local people and tourists - it could help you decide where to go on vacation, or si[...] Read More »

Just giving Mark Pollock & Tom Kennedy a shout out for the Irish Sea Kayak Challenge… They will cross the Irish Sea from Wales to Wexford in a double kayak. What makes it special? Both lads are blind. Mark has made some fantastic achievements since he became blind. Once of which was th[...] Read More »

Amazing story via via Mulley.net’s Fluffy Links of the day… The white ghost ship rolled in the Atlantic swell as the rescue boats approached it 70 nautical miles off Ragged Point, one of the most easterly places on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The yacht was unmarked, 6 metres (20ft[...] Read More »

Photo Credit: Jamie McGuinness - Project-Himalaya.com. FJR just texted me saying there’s an article in the Irish Times today about a guy walking off Everest to ABC (Advanced Base Camp) after being left for dead 23hrs earlier. You’ll get the full story from the community directly on [...] Read More »

Photo by Geared Up Walkers on the cliffs of Howth on Saturday will have noticed a brown foamy scum on the water. The above photo I captured at the slack patch of the high tide when it gathered at the old sewage pipe outlet. All the sewage in North Dublin used to be pumped off Howth Head through th[...] Read More »

Noel summitted on May 21st and now is in a race attempt to get the fastest time from Summit to Sea-level. Hello everyone - i am back at BC after a successfull summit on Sun.21st May. On Sun. morning i left high camp {8300mts} at 0100 hrs and arrived on summit at around 0945. The winds were v.stron[...] Read More »

These look rather fun. The tank tracks are powered by a small engine that’ll hit up to 50km/h on the flat. It goes on snow, mud, you name it. See it yourself on scarpar.com [...] Read More »