Team Geared Up

Name: Robin Blandford - Blogger at Team Geared Up.

Interests: Mountaineering, Rescue, Mountain Running, Expeditions, Technology, Sailing, Kayaking, Skiing/Snowboarding. I was pretty involved in Scout Leadership in Ireland until I moved to London last September.

Neil Dorgan

Venture Scout, Amateur Photographer and Leaving Cert. student (soon to be college student)

Hi Neil :-) nice blog.

Rick Laing
SAR Manager for Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue in Maple Ridge, BC.
Enjoy reading the blog - always something interesting.

Hi Rick. Great to have professional readers.

I’ve bookmarked your SAR site and hope to feature in a post. The Helo hover exit stuff is fantastic.

Hi,
Alan Masterson - Web Developer, Scotland

Interests: Paragliding, Moutain Biking, Kiting

The webite is a great source of cool outdoors news and reviews.

Keep up the good work!

Hi Alan!!

We don’t have much coverage of Paragliding/Mountain-biking/Kiting at present. If you spot a good story - do send it over!

Shane Mitchell - Software Engineer, Dublin

Current Interests: Skydiving, Snowboarding, Capoeira, Technology, Swimming

Over the next year I hope to get involved in B.A.S.E., Rock Climbing and survival psychology

The site is a great source of inspiration and up to date news, keep up the good work!

Hi Shane. I’ve seen your MyBlogLog pop up a few times on the right. Never heard of Capoeira! Is it a Martial Art?

How did you get involved in Sky Diving? I’d love to do some of that & paragliding.

Programmer from Argentina
Adventure Racer, marathon kayaker, kayak surfer, mountain biker. You could add “ultra” to all those activities ;-)

Hi Mariano. Great to hear from you. You should hardcore!

Hi,

Richard Oakley - reporter with the Sunday Times in Dublin in Ireland. Am into mountaineering, running, rock and ice climbing, cycling, mountain running and the like. Try to write as many stories about outdoors stuff when not concentrating on politics. Check your site all the time to see if any stories pop up that I should check out. Also check to see if some of the paper’s are catching people’s attention. Of late we covered the story of the Red Bull base jumper’s tour of Ireland and did the first piece on Ian McKeever’s record bid. Keep up the good work!

Richard - great to have you as a reader. We’re trying to focus a little more on the Irish endeavours these days - hopefully you’ll quote in an article one day!

Hi Robin,
I’m the officer in charge of an Irish Coast Guard rescue unit. Cliff and coast rescue with a 6.6m rib patrol boat on station. 27 volunteer members, 40+ callouts a year. Check us out on http://www.howthcoastguard.com Great site keep up the good work guys. But you already know all this don’t you…….
I’m also a Mon** dive instructor when I have some free time.

Colin aka ‘Diverman’

hi Diverman :-) you’re someone who needs to join the blogger list on the right!

Hi Robin,

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that is commonly described as dance-fight-game and incorporates elements of acrobatics, music and ultimately the mastery of trickery when playing the game.

I got into skydiving about two years ago when I did a tandem skydive at the Irish Parachute Club in Co.Offaly and I have been happily jumping out of planes, helicopters and in wind tunnels since. I am currently learning to freefly.

Hi, i’m Paul (aka Pkshields), I’m from Northern Ireland, and I like a lot of technology, cycling, tennis and other similar things. Great site!

BTW. If there is any Dopplr invites going spare, could I maybe have one?

Thanks,
Paul

Just sent!