Team Geared Up

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 »

KILDARE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I thought I’d post up a brief review of these after they carried me through last weekend’s Connemarathon. I will acknowledge that most people I know seem to swear by Asics however so who knows how relevant or useful this write-up will be :) Note: 2007[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Just received Great Outdoors email newsletter and it’s the announcement of their annual Canoe & Kayak Sale on April 12th @ 9:30am. ….the annual clear out of our demo fleet of kayaks and any other second hand boats we’ve picked up over the la[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Myself and Steve McGowan have kicked off threads on the climbing.ie forums to try and collate a full list of all the best climbs in Ireland at their respective grades. Get yourselves over there to check out and add your thoughts! Best HS Best VS Best HVS Best E1 B[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - We’ve reported on Ian McKeever before, but now that he’s bringing his godson up Kilimanjaro, he deserves another mention! I saw this in the Irish Independent yesterday: An intrepid young explorer from Dublin will soon attempt to become the youngest per[...] Read More »

KILDARE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - It’s Monday lunch-time and it seems an ideal time to put together the report on the Connemarathon. It was my first experience of a large-scale running event so all I can say is that it was a brilliant experience! Of course, it all kicked off on Sunday morni[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Deep Water Soloing World’s blog, having been very quiet for a while, has a post up detailing the forthcoming festivals this year. the most unusual? A soloing festival above a lake on a manufactured wall! I’ve heard it all now :) Still though, having se[...] Read More »

KILDARE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Nicolas Favresse has a very interesting discussion up on Planetmountain.com (homepage link) at present about the impact of dry-tooling on rock. It’s an interesting discussion, and thankfully something that we don’t have to deal with here in Ireland. W[...] Read More »