Team Geared Up

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Ok, so this is part III (see part I Gran Paradiso and part II Castor). This should get you in the mood for the Summer that’s not far away! We left off in Gressoney la Trinite near the Swiss-Italian border having climbed a great route on Castor. Back in our little [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This is part II and our ascent of Castor (see Part I: Gran Paradiso). Castor is a 4226m peak located in Switzerland but we climbed from Gressoney la Trinite in Italy which climbs up a long valley from Pont St Martine, the devil town with no ATMs, Maps or Guidebooks. It[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Eoin & myself took a week earlier in the summer to bag a number of 4000ers in the alps. With our rock skills out of practice and our first trip both on together, we decided on a set of easy routes from the Italian sides which we hoped would give us a good base to [...] Read More »

Lowe Alpine have brought out this limited edition bag for their 40th anniversary. They have only made 2000 of them with 120 available to the UK and Ireland. Review of Lowe Alpine Extreme Attack 20:20Rated as 5/5 on Aug 13 2007 by robinb DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Lowe Alpine have brought [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Two of us are just back from a European Alps climbing trip so this news hits home. Six alpine climbers have died in separate incidents yesterday when temperature on the high mountain plummeted. 1,2,3,4: French authorities found four dead climbers on the Bionassay crest[...] Read More »