Team Geared Up » Australia http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com talking about outdoor adventure... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:09:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en © robin@bytesurgery.com () robin@bytesurgery.com() 1440 talking about outdoor adventure... robin@bytesurgery.com No no http://homedir-b.libsyn.com/podcasts/a7d06df132db6001b6053c87a6356197/487cc283/bytesurgery/images/tgu.jpg Team Geared Up http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com 144 144 Kayaking OZ to NZ: Crossing The Ditch http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2008/01/kayaking-oz-to-nz-crossing-the-ditch.html http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2008/01/kayaking-oz-to-nz-crossing-the-ditch.html#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:34:42 +0000 Robin Blandford http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2008/01/kayaking-oz-to-nz-crossing-the-ditch.html

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - I just watched two Aussies on BBC World completing a 62-day and 3,300km journey by kayak to New Zealand.

Two Australians have become the first people to paddle to New Zealand across the Tasman Sea in a kayak.

James Castrission and Justin Jones both 25 are the first to “Cross the ditch”, the Tasman Sea, by kayak. Australian kayaker, Andrew McAuley, 39, who disappeared while attempting the same crossing solo last February was never found. They found his kayak but no body. His camera mounted on his kayak shows photos of New Zealand in sight - so he was within the last few miles before drowning.

-Robin-

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DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Congrats to Tara! A new Irish Female Ironman record was set recently in Ironman Western Australia by Tara Nolan. Triathlon Ireland is planning on running a weekely Tara Diary in which she’ll share all her experiences including the event which allowed her to qualify for IM Hawaii to the big event itself next May. Her first instalment is here and if you don’t feel lazy now you will after reading snippets like this:

For the last 6 months:
I rise every weekday morning at 4am, at weekends it’s normally 3.30am. I am asleep by 8.00pm.
I ride to training, it’s 10-15km away across to the other side of the city.
I complete a 3 hour session before I walk through the doors of my work place.
I refuel within 20mins of finishing every session I complete.
After my ‘paying job’ day is over I have a 1 ½ hour evening session to complete
I go home, eat & shower and I go to bed.

Seriously an incredible read about the drive and ambition and sheer determination that it took for her to get where she is. Inspirational stuff!

-Aisling-

]]> http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/12/irelands-record-breaking-iron-woman-tara-nolan.html/feed The Wheel of Life (V16/F8c+) 2nd ascent http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/the-wheel-of-life-v16f8c-2nd-ascent.html http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/the-wheel-of-life-v16f8c-2nd-ascent.html#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:24:06 +0000 Neal McQuaid http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/the-wheel-of-life-v16f8c-2nd-ascent.html

NEWBRIDGE, KILDARE (Team Geared Up) - In what really looks like a route, 2 meters off the ground (that’s about 6 foot for the non-metric folks about there :), Chris Webb Parsons has climbed what is theoretically the world’s current hardest problem. I got tired looking at it…..

As the UKclimbing sites query, can you really grade it as a boulder problem as it’s almost 70 moves long? Who cares, it looks amazing!

Courtesy of Evil Phil’s blog and UKclimbing.com

- Neal :) -

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