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! As regular subscribers will know, I’m just back from a month travelling around New Zealand with AK in a camper. We had a great experience travelling about seeing [...] Read More »

BreakingNews.ie: French yacht to be towed into Crosshaven Harbour A French yacht carrying six passengers is due to be towed into Crosshaven harbour in Cork after experiencing difficulties earlier this morning. A lifeboat from Ballycotton, the Austin Lidbury, was called out to the yacht when it got i[...] Read More »

Is this, or isn’t it the most stupid news ever. NEWSFLASH”Climbers on Everest need to be aware of Altitude Illness”. Oh come on. From ITV News: Altitude warning for Everest climbers Climbers embarking on a bid to scale Mount Everest must be prepared about altitude sickness, a doc[...] Read More »

Scott Jurek defended his title at Badwater earlier this year in July. It’s a pity there were no Irish competitors this year. Maybe next year? Scott Jurek didn’t reach his goal of becoming the first competitor to ever finish the Kiehl’s Badwater Ultramarathon in less than a day, bu[...] Read More »

Thought you’d enjoy this as some Thursday Afternoon treats! (Sorry it’s off topic, but funny.) [...] Read More »

RTE News - Lifeboat recovers man’s body off Mayo coast The body of a man has been recovered by Ballyglass lifeboat off the Mayo coast. An air and sea search had taken place following reports that a car was found abandoned at the Céide fields. The lifeboat from Ballyglass station and a helic[...] Read More »

Ice Climbing Switzerland, Photo by Geared Up MountainTraining.ie sent us their 2006/07 Winter Courses. Here’s a taster starting at €700. Introduction to Winter Mountaineering This course introduces you to the wonders of Scotland under it\’s winter mantel. During a week in the Hi[...] Read More »

We like Google Maps mashups, especially Irish ones! A story was submitted by the author of DublinCrime.com to get us to have a look. Well we did, and it’s a nice mashup of Google Maps with all the homicides geographically mapped to show where the concentrations are forming and whether they ar[...] Read More »

Tourist saved - Irish Independent AN AMERICAN tourist was brought to safety after becoming lost in the Donegal mountains overnight. Fifteen members of the Donegal Mountain Rescue Team combed the Derryveagh mountain range for eight hours before locating the missing man, who is in his late 50s, at aro[...] Read More »

Ryanair’s homepage links to the new security restrictions. lol. God they’ll try anything for some extra attention! via [...] Read More »

Tom Raftery posts about a story on the Spanish news that 3 men on a fishing boat were found adrift after 9 months at sea. With a little investigation via Google, he uncovered some further unsettling facts! “two other men on the boat had died during the ordeal… the two dead men had hired [...] Read More »

One of the most famous Ultra races in the USA every year, this year provided a lot of excitement and coverage although maybe not in the way people were hoping for! At the 2006 Western States 100 Endurance Run, spectators at the finish line on the Placer High School track in Auburn, California witne[...] Read More »

Nike PowerBlast have come home first again in The AR World Championships, the second big Adventure Race of the year after Primal Quest. They had a larger winning margin this time of 3hr 52mins. Team Finland came 2nd and Lundhags completed the podium places. The question on everyones minds is will t[...] Read More »

Christchurch -> Auckland (1hr) -> Kuala Lumpar (12hrs) -> London (13hrs) -> Dublin (1hr)… I am tired. But have some great stories! Nearly bought an America Antartic Research Goose Down Jacket, but it wouldn’t fit in my hand luggage! Tell you all about it over the next number of days! [...] Read More »

If Adventure Racing became an Olympic Sport? Just wondering what peoples views on this are. I think it would add a lot to the olympics if adventure racing was introduced. Imagine having an expedition length adventure race starting mid-way through the games and the final cut-off being a day before t[...] Read More »

The AR World Championships are taking place this year in Sweden. The race began on wednesday and on the third day of racing the location favouring the local teams from Sweden and Finland. There is also a cluster of Americans topping the leader board with Nike Powerblast, Spyder, Merrell/Wigwam and [...] Read More »