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Welcome! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email: for updates. Thanks for visiting! We will let you know if the event is going ahead as planned below! Hi all, We, DCU Rock Climbing Club are trying to raise E5000 to get our wall upgraded. We were think[...] Read More »

DUBLIN (Geared Up Blog) - Here’s a snippet of what to expect in the movie. Looks like its going to be a really good documentary! Going to be out next spring… Here’s an interview with Dean Karnazes. Press play! [...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - Alan Hinkes, Britains leading high altitude climber and the first British climber to summit all of the worlds 8000 metre mountains is giving lectures in both Dublin & Cork, Ireland. DUBLIN LECTURE in association with 53 Degrees North Venue: 53 Degrees North, The Park,[...] Read More »

Just though these photos might interest the people who haven’t been able to make it into town since the new shop opened. I know I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet! I think it looks pretty nice inside. Not too cramped it looks like which is defo a good thing. From TNF’s web[...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - The Google 15 is a new desktop widget using Google Analytics technology to track your weight moving average over time. It then plots a trend graph of your weight - up/down. The Google 15 encourages you to get on the scale every day by calculating a moving average from you[...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - Police in London are getting head mounted cams. For a long time I’ve wanted to see these introduced for outdoor sport enthusiasts at a reasonable price. Imagine the footage on YouTube if surfers, climbers, mountaineers, paddlers & mountain runners could take the[...] Read More »

DUBLIN (Geared Up Blog) - It looks like the Africans are set to dominate the hills as they also do the tracks in the future. An Ethiopian and a Kenyan won the womens and mens races last Saturday at the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race. The prize money is the largest in the mountain running c[...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - Surfers have been caught out at the cliffs of Moher in Ireland. RTE report: Three surfers, who got into difficulty in rough conditions at rocks near the Cliffs of Moher, have been rescued and are on their way back to Doolin Pier. The three had jet ski-ed to Aill Na Searrac[...] Read More »

I’ve got a black rab latok jacket and i was just wondering has anyone tried the new Rab Latok Gloves? Any success/problems with them i’d love to hear about, so please post a comment! I going skiing this january and think they look pretty good also they should double up pretty well as a [...] Read More »

ROCHESTER, New York (Geared Up Blog) - Yesterday saw the first snow up here in Rochester, we’ve been consistantly under 10 degrees (C) for the past 3 weeks, its always around 0 degrees in the morning and its just gonna get colder. For those of you who live where it doesnt get this cold for ano[...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - It’s tiny (although bigger than a PDA), it looks great for expedition blogging. Connect it up to a solar panel and a satphone/3G/GPRS/WiFi connection and you’re away. I like it and I like it allot! There are no firm details yet other than it having a finger p[...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - It’s the premier running exhibition. Better still it’s free! 18th to the 21st of April in the London Docklands ExCeL Centre. The 2007 Flora London Marathon Exhibition is the biggest ever, the demand from exhibitors to present their latest products and services[...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - It initially looks like some whacky inventors creation - that or an ex-military research project. It’s actually an off-road wheelchair for people with disabilities that stop them taking part in normal outdoor activities. Ever tried taking a normal wheelchair off-road[...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - Just incase anyone in Ireland expected their national whitewater & mountaineering training centre to reopen soon - think again. Look what has been spotted on MyHome.ie Thanks for the tip off B, great to get this info early. Only 1 million euro - that’s peanuts. [...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - Congratulations to ‘BrandArmy.ie‘ for pulling off such a good promotion at the recent Irish wins over South Africa & Australia! They’ll be about town next Sunday again, so keep your eyes peeled! A little birdie tells me that the ‘Team Geared [...] Read More »

We’re celebrating the launch of our new domain this week www.TeamGearedUp.com (if you hadn’t noticed!) with our new widget. It’s really easy to add to your own site, MySpace, Friendster, Bebo?, Blogger, Blog, you name it… Get this widget! If you do add it to your site - le[...] Read More »