Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Continuing on from my post on Monday for Best VS, moving onto the next grade: HVS! Feel free to vote below, the more the merrier! Note this list is built from the climbing.ie forum list that I started several weeks below. There may be routes missing, so feel free [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I’m back from a very soggy Spain (yep, you read that right) after a small group from Ireland turned up for a week in Rodellar pulling on tufas. Unfortunately, said rain got in the way so we hit the road and made the most of the week in the Siurana region. Al[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - O.k. so Aisling was there with big ambitions in mind (guess who ran leg two and set a new record? :) for her times. I was just there to make it through the day! I suppose the name of my team, The Social Climbers, gave it away though :) you know how it is though, w[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Some may remember myself and Steve McGowan ran a quick forum test over on climbing.ie’s forums recently to test the waters as regards the best routes of each respective grade here in Ireland. Originally I was going to make this out as a top 10 list, but sinc[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Nigel Callender, sports scientist and of IrishClimbingCoaching has posted up on the discussion threads about an upcoming clinics he’s involved with in Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick (Google Map link) with a Mountain Biking Specialist from the UK, Sally Thomas. Ke[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - The Mountaineering Council of Ireland have organised the Spring Meet once again, and it’s being hosted on the 17th and 18th of May in Glendalough Wicklow. The all important bit is what’s arranged: Saturday Arrival (Glendalough International Youth Host[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Aisling covered this previously on “World Surf Kayaking Champion, Irish Paddler of the Year and 3rd year student at DCU, Lenny Kelleher - gets no funding.” Following on from this, Steve McGowan emailed me today with this amazing, and frankly ridiculou[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - This appeared on the climbing.ie forums today. Taking essentially a twist on Twitter, Jaiku or the update status on Facebook, the idea is to allow people to see where and when people are going climbing………you register for and will allow you to po[...] Read More »