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Welcome! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email: for updates. Thanks for visiting! DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) The entry requirements for the North Face Ultra Trail du Tour du Mont Blanc have just been announced. Up until now entry was first come[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND(Geared Up Blog) - I saw a working model of the Ultra back in November and is every bit as impressive as it looks. Pretty expensive although! I’ve found a site where you can pre-order it for $499. The Ultra Belt won the Electronics section award at this years ISPO awards. The T[...] Read More »

UPDATE (Editor): Aisling was too modest to tell you SHE WON the 13k / 320mt climb in 88min! Congratulations Aisling! —– DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Well the run of the event has to belong to the two ultra runners Grainne Connor and Paul Mahon for their part in the 51k Trail Blanch [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) About 15 Irish mountain runners are travelling to the French Pyrennees today to take part in the Trail Blanch Font Romeu. It’s the third time round for me and this year there’s 3 distances on offer in this Pyrenness mountain race: 13k, 24k and the ultra [...] Read More »

KILDARE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Here’s an interesting one while reading the climbing news on Kairn this morning. The ski resort of Les Deux Alpes has launched an avalanche simulator to let you experience what it’d be like - for 20 seconds that is. “The simulator has two cabins[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Resusi Annie is the most kissed woman in the world, albeit rubber - but little did I know she’s modelled on a real French woman. The Guardian report the following quotes and I’ve “dredged up” (oops no pun intended!) some photos: He based Anne[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK, (Team Geared Up) - This one wins all the prizes. Forget ascending Everest blind, as an amputee or even running the A-Z of Marathons, this is way cooler. Having tried to climb Mont Blanc myself (and getting white washed off in a snow storm) I have ultimate respect for them lobbing these [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) With the mountain running season coming to a close it’s time to start planning running events for next year. For the last 2 years I’ve headed to the Pyrennees in January for the Trail Blanch Font Romeu or as we call it the Snow Race. There’s 3 dista[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) With the Aer Lingus strike averted, this afternoon a number of Irish runners are heading over to Chamonix for the running of the North Face Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc. It’s 163k through 3 countries run continuously over about 2 days through the Alps. Includ[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A tip-off today (thanks to reader KM!) alerted TGU of two upcoming courses being run by the ‘Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors’. While we don’t have exact dates, details or costs yet - we’ve been promised the press releases are on the [...] Read More »

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Ever-reliable and ever-enthusiastic Dave Graham has sent Realization (9a+/5.15a) in Céuse, France. He’s now the 4th person to repeat the world’s first natural 9a+ (any other routes of this grade at the time had been chipped). Having tried it on an[...] Read More »