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!DUBLIN IRELAND (Team Geared Up) With the AR World Champs in full swing, Team Nike lead the field on Day 4. Here’s an extract from the latest report from Sleepmonst[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Busy weekend on the mountain running scene. A team of Clonliffe Harriers girls are heading west to the Twelve Bens Challenge. This is a walk or run of 28km with a total ascent of 2530m starting at the Inagh Valley in Connemara. This is an extremely tough, strenuous [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Google have just launched ‘Street View’ on Google Maps. It appears they have driven around large US cities with a 360 camera mounted on a vehicle taking panoramas every 20 metres. This is fantastic. Try this link to Times Square, New York. Try clicking [...] Read More »

Bionnassay Softshell Trousers for glacier trekking and classic mountaineering. Review of Quechua Bionnassay Trousers Rated as 3/5 on May 29 2007 by Robin Blandford Today I got a great bargain in Decathlon, Bionnassay Softshell Trousers for £39. These trousers not only have braces, but[...] Read More »

A two person, double-skin mountaineering tent designed for all terrains, climates and weather conditions. Review of Crux X2 Bomb TentRated as 4/5 on May 29 2007 by robinb Selection of reviews from FindMeATent.com by CruxStar: The X2 Bomb is an incredibly strong tent that is very light for a high[...] Read More »

This model plane has been modified to become a drone aircraft running on autopilot with a Lego brain! LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Chris Anderson of The Long Tail fame has built a DIY Drone model plane controlled by Lego with his young son. It has Lego Technics cogs inside controlling the rudder[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND(Geared Up Blog) - Short clips of the prologue to the race. A warm up for the competitors so to speak. IrishAR Denny are still fighting it out on the long course and are at present on the first mountain biking section. IrishAR Ballyfree are now competing for placings on the short c[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve reviewed trail running shoes here before but really thought it was worth another post since our adventures last weekend. I love my Salomon’s, I’m a huge fan and recommend them to all my friends every time anyone asks about trail shoes. TheyR[...] Read More »

Vibram Five Fingers are gloves for your feet. ‘Sprint’, their new model features a strap for running. Review of Gear: Vibram five fingers - Sprint Rated as 4/5 on May 28 2007 by Robin Blandford DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - The new Vibram Five Fingers called ‘Spr[...] Read More »

6 Hikers, 2 Divers, 1 Yachtmans Dead. DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I have just returned from camping on a wind battered Aran Islands out in the Atlantic and I read Aisling’s Wicklow Round got called off. Maybe just as well too, RTE News are reporting that 23 have been killed in the same[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) As I said in the comments we had to stop the round attempt at Glenmacnass waterfall, about 18 hours in. I was absolutely distraught as I was feeling very fresh, had changed into warm dry clothes for the night ahead and felt that the worst was behind us. We were down [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND(Geared Up Blog) - Well no more news to report from the Wicklow Round attempt yet. Hope all is going well as the skies are looking menacing and i’ll be leaving soon to go and meet them along route. Update when i get back. Also no news to report on the Adventure Racing World Cha[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Via Mobiles to Go I came across ‘Bones In Motion‘. It’s an application for on your mobile phone that hooks up with its internal GPS (or a bluetooth one, I suspect). While you’re out running, it will download maps on to your device and plo[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I’ve woken up to a set of camera phone photos, one from each summit in the first 7.5hrs of the first Wicklow round attempt. Aisling also sent me her proposed summit times for the route - and very cleverly turned on timestamps on the photos, so I’ll now[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Our fellow TGU blogger Aisling has just sent the first live moblog photo from the start line of their Wicklow Round attempt. This is the very first attempt to complete this route in under 24hrs. TGU Eoin will be marshaling one of the night-time summits so hopefull[...] Read More »

This MSR stove is a true option for international travel. Review of MSR Whisperlite InternationaleRated as 4/5 on May 25 2007 by robinb I’ve owned the MSR Whisperlite for years now, and it’s never failed. It burns just about anything from white gas & kerosene to unleaded petrol [...] Read More »