Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - The dates for the IBL have been released. Really glad to see a round in the new Play At Height Wall in Kerry. DCU, Saturday 11 October. An Daingean Play at Heights, Saturday 1 November Bouldering, and Sunday 2 November Lead climbing Comp. Galway (New Climbing Wall[...] Read More »

Image via Wikipedia DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Red Kettle Theatre Company Presents Climb Written and Directed by Ben Hennessy and Eoin Lynch. Climb is a new play about mountaineering with three interwoven mountain stories – Joe Simpson’s Touching the Void – an incredible, contemporar[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND - Wet & cold, muddy links for you on a Friday morning! — Skydiving over Everest…. “This will be the most important event in the Himalayan adventure since 1953,” said Nigel Gifford I think NOT! — Picture of the week!. “Furope no taki” and[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - If you’re in need of an adventure or would like to join an expedition, feeling like doing some conservation work or volunteering overseas, or if you need advice on working holidays in Australia, Canada or New Zealand, then you should get yourself down to the[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I’m back from London, here are this weeks muddy links. — Winter is coming… Dot Gloves makes these liners that come embedded with metal buttons in the fingertips to make texting and cell phone operation easy in the snow. Cool. — The Speed Ve[...] Read More »

Kuwait, Kuwait (Team Geared Up) - Just got this in from Nicole of DCU Rockclimbing Club. “Hi all, just want to let you know about a event being held in the Park Inn Hotel in Smithfield, Dublin on Friday the 17th of October at 8.30pm. It is going to be a talk by American climber Dave Graham[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Cheers to everyone for all their good wishes! It was really appreciated! The day of the Ironman itself began with an alarm call at 3am, though I don’t think I really slept at all. I was aiming to be at the start between 4:30 and 5am. The previous days weather [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I’m away travelling next week, so it’s link time! — Damn, we’re like a tabloid these days! Here a picture of the “phallic iceberg” taken in Brandsfield Strait, Antarctica. Is this a message from our gods to all the people that [...] Read More »