Team Geared Up

talking about outdoor adventure…


Jun
30
2008
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1:26pm Peckerbird Productions in Pembroke

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - Dave has posted a video of his recent time in Pembroke on his personal blog. After dinner we packed the car to capacity and hit the road to Pembroke. Arriving at 2am we set up camp and got up at 8 for a full day on the rock. Warming up at St. Govans we swi[...] Read More »


Jun
27
2008
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2:56pm Runing at The New York Times

CHICAGO, USA ( Team Geared Up) – The New York Times is always a great source of information on all kind of topics. And running is not an exception. For this week’s post I thought I would bring back some of the articles from the on-line version of the newspaper that I have read over this first [...] Read More »


Jun
26
2008
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2:34pm Want to join Cracknell and Fogle on their South Pole Challenge?

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) They’ve rowed across the Atlantic naked, now they’re planning an expedition to the South Pole in the footsteps of Robert Scott’s trek to the South Pole in 1912. I’d imagine they’re planning on wearing clothes this time though….The[...] Read More »


Jun
25
2008
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7:11pm Irish Ultra Runners: Canals, Belgium and up and down the country…

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) It’s been a big week for Irish ultra runners! We’ve had Eoin Ryan ploughing through his Ultramarathon Triangle down along the canals. That involved the traditinal stage race format of 6.5 marathons in 6 days. I’m sure he’s well finished by [...] Read More »

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2:45pm Irish Adventure Racing: Kilbroney, Donegal and Montana!

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) This is gonna be a bit of a mixed bag of updates, links, well wishes etc. etc. even though it’s Wednesday! Well done to all those who took part in the Kilbroney Challenge, the one day adventure race in Rostrevor, Co. Down. Don’t forget, we DID remind you[...] Read More »


Jun
24
2008
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12:54pm WASP Injection Knife for Primal Quest

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - I’m guessing Avril & co could use one of these on the Primal Quest! The WASP Injection knife, great for taking down grizzly bears! This weapon injects a frozen ball of compressed gas approximately the size of a basketball at 850psi nearly instan[...] Read More »


Jun
23
2008
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1:11pm Update from Avril at Primal Quest 2008

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Just had an update from Avril Copeland at Primal Quest 2008. She’s part of Team Hunky Dory’s and they’ve just had their race briefing and are trying to come to terms with what lies ahead. There’ve been lots of warnings about bears and how to [...] Read More »

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12:00pm Avril at Primal Quest Montana 2008!!

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) As previously blogged, our own friend of TGU, Avril Copeland, is in Montana to take part in Primal Quest 2008, one of the most challenging endurance races in the world. From Avril herself: Greetings from sunny Montana!! Its amazing, the sun is out, however the peaks[...] Read More »