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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! LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Congratulations to our man on the ground, Geared Up blogger Darran, who has been nominated by Whistler Chamber and American Express as Emp[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Congratulations go out to G’UP blogger Eoin who’s got a place in the Jungfrau Marathon a run with an altitude gain of 2000m! ouch! His post attracted a comment from Aisling, who’s also doing the race, of Aislings Blog Page who also runs a blog for her[...] Read More »

DUBLIN (Geared Up Blog) - Well i got my letter in the post this week confirming i have a place at the start line of the Jungfrau Marathon this September. I must say im now really excited and really looking forward to the experience. I have had to pull out of this weekends Ultra Marathon in Connemar[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Runningman Robert Garside has been officially recognised as the first person to run around the world. Garside, 40, who during his quest called himself the Runningman, on Monday received the approval of Guinness World Records for a 30,000-mile (48,000-km) six-year trek. [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Spotted on Get Outdoors, a Polish woman Edyta Ropek has set a new world record for a dyno at the NEC climbing competition. A “Dyno” is a dynamic move where you let go one hold, on route to another. Aka Jumping with your arms. Edyta achieved 2.17m. Cool. [...] Read More »

DUBLIN (Geared Up Blog) - Endurance Planet.com has recently(well a while ago now) has gotten a new owner and i must say i really like the new format. There is a new interview each today and most are short and snappy under 10mins long. Although there is the odd long interview thrown in for good meas[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Two YouTube gems for you… slightly light hearted posting today. Fainting Goats, are these things real? Can’t imagine how much fun it would be if you found them wild in the mountains! Brilliant. How has evolution let these things live longer than a Dodo? A[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - There has been lots of comments on my post about Extreme Mountain Biking the Cliffs of Moher. Much debate both online & offline - should they have put themselves at such risk, what if they fell? Who picks up the pieces at the bottom? The most worrying thing to m[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - If you hadn’t heard already, Ranulph Fiennes at age 62 stood on top of the Eiger in the European Alps having climbed its North Face on a 5 day bigwall climb. If you need a reminder of how tough this guy is, remember he only has half his fingers left, he sawed the [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Team Geared Up member Darran, climbed up on the mountain side at Whistler ski resort on Saturday (St Patrick’s Day) armed with 6 litres of green food dye. Once under complete view of the chairlifts and restaurant, they proceeded to draw out a giant shamrock for t[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This is great! It’s a remote controlled surfer that you control from the shoreline. Check out the tricks they can do. Via Get Outdoors [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A British man has resumed his journey walking around the world having been stopped at Russian borders without correct Visa for the length of time it will take him to pass through their country. 7 crew of HMS Illustrious, British Air Craft Carrier, have been air lifted [...] Read More »

UPDATE: The 68-year-old man who went missing while hillwalking in the Galtee Mountains has been found safe and well. The hillwalker, who was reported missing last night, was located near Galtymore. Link LONDON (Team Geared Up) - Members of the South East Mountain Rescue team are out on a search for [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A British professor is planning to take his 9 kids on an expedition up Everest to see how the altitude effects their bodies. Along with his own offspring, four of the professor’s nephews and nieces will shortly head to Kathmandu. This is apparently in aid of med[...] Read More »

There will be a climbing meet at Fair Head, Co. Antrim from May 4th - 7th The idea is to encourage climbers to make Fair Head more of a regular venue for them once they get a couple of routes under their belt and know whats where etc. The meet is being hosted by Dal Riada climbing club but all climb[...] Read More »

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - The Loudest Whistle in the World! Or the loudest Mark over at Cool Tool thinks. He ran a non-scientific test where The Storm out-blew a Fox 40 being almost 3 times louder. The best thing about this whistle is that it works under water! It’s unique patented desi[...] Read More »