Team Geared Up

talking about outdoor adventure, gear & expeditions.


Sep
30
2006
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10:14pm ‘Invisibile’ Boomerang ‘Bot

Welcome! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email: for updates. Thanks for visiting! Defense Tech: ‘Invisibile’ Boomerang ‘Bot A small company out of Minneapolis, VeraTech Areo, has built a hand-held spy drone that it says is practical[...] Read More »

8:45pm B.A.S.E. Jumping Ireland - Earth Tomorrow

B.A.S.E. Jumping Ireland. The E - Earth Jump is tomorrow. Looks like an Aran Islands Cliff jump. [...] Read More »

2:16am S is for Span - Base Jump Ireland Videos

M50 Toll Bridge , I was RIGHT! Who owes me money? [...] Read More »


Sep
29
2006
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2:20pm High Tech Scuba Mask

For those who enjoy swimming with the fishes (and no we don’t mean the mafia expression) then you may be interested in getting this HUD mask that has a miniature LCD panel which displays the diver’s depth, bottom time and cylinder pressure. The HUD is particularly useful because being[...] Read More »

12:16pm American Alpine Institute

Just came across this site, they seem to have some really good deals on at the moment. Definitely worth a look if your thinkng of buying some gear soon. Though the only problem is you can’t order overseas online! American Alpine Institute [...] Read More »


Sep
28
2006
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9:50pm My K2 SKATES - Exo 6.1

Lookie what I bought! The ultimate in London travel when combined with the Tube :-) K2 SKATES I’m loving them! [...] Read More »

9:46pm Base Jump Ireland Videos

Here are the videos Eoin mentioned earlier :-) Building: Harland & Wolf Crane in Belfast Antenna: Kippure Mast They are jumping from a Bridge in Dublin tomorrow. I’m trying to figure where it will be. I’m thinking to top of the Dundrum LUAS line bridge. OR maybe from the M50 T[...] Read More »

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12:19pm Base Jump of Kippure Antenna

Just saw a post on the imra site about it and this video is absolutely incredible. Definitely worth checking out… He has also done a jump off the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. He is doing the collection of 4 jumps in what i can make out is a video series: B.Building A.Antenna S.Span [...] Read More »

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10:28am Everest Mountain Rescue

Go to Explorersweb for the full interview which is worth the read. It will be interesting to see if they ever get this proposed rescue team of the ground and if you have to pay for it i wonder will some people opt out and avoid it? When Alexander Abramov of 7Summit-club sent over a joint proposal h[...] Read More »


Sep
26
2006
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1:33pm Connemara Marathon 2007

The International Connemara Marathon takes place next year on Sunday, April 1st. I booked place on Sunday after not a lot of thought into the Ultra Marathon which is 39.3 miles long. There is also a Half Marathon on the same day as the normal and Ultra. From reports on websites and feedback in foru[...] Read More »

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11:29am ARWC-2007

The site for the Adventure Racing World Championship 2007 has been launched. At present they are looking to build up there staff of race marshals with volunteers. I figured that since it probably won’t be as close as Scotland again in the near future I sent in an application yesterday to joi[...] Read More »

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9:44am 50 Marathons in 50 days!

Dean Karnazes is currently trying to run 50 consecutive marathons on 50 days. This would truly be an incredible achievement. His blog is constantly being updated on how things are progressing with the challenge. World-renowned ultra-marathoner and best-selling author, Dean Karnazes, has just begun [...] Read More »

9:33am E11 film out soon

There is a trailer of the E11 climbed by Dave McLeod now available. You can also pre-order your dvd now. Click on the below link.. E11 Trailer [...] Read More »

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9:26am 24hr Triathlon

I’d never heard of this type of event before using triathlon. There are a good few events out there with continuous 24hr runs but not 24hr Triathlons as far as i’m aware. 24 Hours of Triathlon is a continuous loop short course road triathlon with a 0.5 mile swim, 17.0 mile bike and 4.0 [...] Read More »


Sep
21
2006
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9:26am Nike Customize

Just looking around the Nike website there and it seems as though your able to customize some of your own clothes and runners now. And they dont seem any more expensive than they already are in the shops. Could be worth a look! I was wondering are you able to buy anything from them that Nike PowerB[...] Read More »


Sep
20
2006
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3:06pm Segway X2

For any fans of the two wheeled gyroscpic wonder we know as the Segway, a new All-Terrain model is soon to be released. This new model, besides being tappered for more rugged terrain offers updated tech including the new Lean Steer technology for turning. Off road Segway racing anyone? Segway’[...] Read More »