Team Geared Up

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LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Thanks to user “Crosshaven Lifeboat” for submitting a link to the personal diary of Emil Grimsson on the support crew while filming the BBC Top Gear Arctic Polar Expedition to the ‘Magnetic North Pole (1996)’. It’s a good look behind the s[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This pair we previously talked about will try their hands now at skiing. Cracknell & Fogle have entered the South Pole Race. It’s not fair - I want to go to the pole too! Thanks to Eoin for dropping me the link. -Robin- (Image Credit: My signed copy of thei[...] Read More »

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Ever-reliable and ever-enthusiastic Dave Graham has sent Realization (9a+/5.15a) in Céuse, France. He’s now the 4th person to repeat the world’s first natural 9a+ (any other routes of this grade at the time had been chipped). Having tried it on an[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The way it is today people, no one wants to run an ordinary everyday bog standard road race anymore. There has to be an edge to it. Whether it’s the spectacular views or atmosphere of Connemara, or a hike up a mountain as fast as your legs will take you, there [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Just arrived into Great Outdoors today. Gonna grab a packet and use them after a long run on Tuesday. They are the first electrolyte replacement drink i have ever seen in Ireland. Does anyone else know of any other ones? Imagine being out on a long run or ride, [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) So good of MAD to consider us newbies to mountain biking. They’re running some beginners courses specially for us in August. Check here for details, they’re based around South Dublin by the looks of things and will be run on Saturday mornings. They’[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The London Red Bull Air Race is on this weekend above the Thames. The course is set right below our office windows. I snapped these photos at lunch during the practice runs. Fantastic! Flickr Set -Robin- (Photo Credits: All images by Author.) [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Top Gear Polar Special aired tonight on BBC2. It was brilliant - having been trained up by Ranulph Fiennes, Jeremy Clarkson & James May set off to drive to the North Pole in a race against Richard Hammond who set off with the traditional Sledge Dogs. Watch Vid[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Two of us are just back from a European Alps climbing trip so this news hits home. Six alpine climbers have died in separate incidents yesterday when temperature on the high mountain plummeted. 1,2,3,4: French authorities found four dead climbers on the Bionassay crest[...] Read More »

Two Irish marine rescues this afternoon: RTE Report: Gardaí and rescue services are attempting to recover the body of a man found on rocks at the sea below the Cliffs of Moher. The Doolin Coastal Cliff rescue team along with the Shannon based rescue helicopter are working in the area to recover the[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The London Evening Standard is reporting the death, as pictured above) of a City Entrepreneur who was attempting to snowboard Mustagata, a remote 24,600ft mountain in China. He was on a full expedition team with guides and while suffering from bad altitude illness he w[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Got my number today for the Jungfrau Marathon (not the actual one I pin to my chest but the reference number). The training for me has only just started with building my long runs up. I did about 17 miles this afternoon, with lots of tens and one hour fartleks last w[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Red Bull X-Alps challenge has started. The race requires athletes to travel as fast as possible from Austria to Monte Carlo by foot & paraglider only. Effectively they run/walk up mountains then jump off and fly as far as they can. Land & repeat. There ar[...] Read More »

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Dave Birkett (UK) has climbed a new E9 (5.14a x according to website) in Wales. Video can be found on the UK’s current answer to BigUp Productions, Posing Productions. The route (as yet unnamed) as described from the site info (photo gallery here also): [...] Read More »

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Chris Sharma (USA), ever-present with new and ridiculously hard ascents, has put up a new 9a (5.14d) at Ceuse featuring his old reliable move: three dynos. Obviously the training (7-foot dyno) on that deep water solo in Majorca last year paid off in other locat[...] Read More »