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Feb
21
2008
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8:10pm Irishwoman Pauline Baker breaks Hot Air Balloon Record

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Today’s Evening Herald (I buy it for the athletics each Thursday!) reports that Irishwoman Pauline Baker has just broken the women’s altitude record for a hot-air balloonist. It says she ascended to 13,500 feet in a harness hanging from a balloon, a dang[...] Read More »

Nov
5
2007
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1:06am Elbrus Race

DUBLIN, IRELAND(Geared Up Blog) - This seems like one of the more crazy races to me. I noticed the existence of the race when i was looking on Mounteverest.net and i couldn’t quite believe it. The calibre of people entering the race is unreal. The race was originally set up as a training prog[...] Read More »